Blackpoint (Bow) Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS VERIFY THAT WRECK IS STILL IN SAME LOCATION USING SIDE SCAN ì SONAR. NO LEAST DEPTH IS REQUIRED UNLESS WRECK APPEARS ì SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN DESCRIBED (E.G., WRECK HAS ì COLLAPSED). CHECK SHADOW HEIGHT. HISTORY NM24/45--WRECK OF A SUNKEN VESSEL HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 96 FT. OF ì WATER 5910 YARDS 129 DEGREES FROM POINT JUDITH LIGHTHOUSE; WRECK ì HAS 53 FT OF WATER OVER IT; PA LAT 41-19-46N, LONG 71-25-57W. H7029/48WD--HUNG AT 46 FT CLEARED TO 44 FT (MLW), NO IDENTIFICATION. MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT, 8/13/82--LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN ON 7/20-7/25; ì DIVERS OBTAIN 65.8 FT LD ON BOW SECTION, POS.41-19-46.642N, 71-25-46.97W. ì SECTION LIES 320 DEG.(T) KEEL UP. APPEARS STABLE. 90-95 GENERAL AREA DEPTHS. FE241SS/82--OPR-B660-RU/HE-82; LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR ì INVESTIGATION IN TWO SECTIONS; DIVER INVESTIGATION ON BOW SECTION ì REVEALED LEAST DEPTH AT THE EXTREME END IN LAT 41-19-46.58N, ì LONG 71-25-47.24W; VESSEL LIES APPROXIMATELY 320 DEGREES T, KEEL ì UP IN A VERY STABLE POSITION; SEE ITEM 2712 FOR INFO ON STERN ì SECTION; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTING A DANGEROUS WRECK IN ì SURVEY POSITION WITH 66 FT. LD. (UPDATED MSM 6/89) H-10378/91--OPR-B660-RU; WRECK LOCATED AND FOUND TO HAVE A ì LEAST DEPTH OF 20.5M (67 FT) IN POS. LAT.41-19-47.82N, ì LONG.71-25-45.36W (NAD 83). THIS WAS THE BOW SECTION OF THE BARGE ì BLACKPOINT. SEE AWOIS 2712 FOR OTHER SECTION. (UPDATED 1/94 MCR) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.557; 5353 TONS, SUNK 5/5/45 BY SUBM.; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN ì 1 MILE; WD CLEAR TO 44 FT, 5/18/45 (SOURCE UNK); POS.41-19-46N,71-25-54W 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, ì CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEL NO. 203-622-8007; 9960-W 14453.3, ì 9960-Y 43940.4. (ENTERED MSM 4/89)