Bright Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY NM37/40--BRIGHT WRECK LIGHTED BELL BUOY 18B, RED WITH QK FL WHITE LIGHT ESTABLISHED TO MARK WRECK 50 YDS., 208 DEG. 30 MIN. FROM SHARPS ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE. BUOY IS 100 YDS. WEST OF WRECK. NM38/40--BARGE BRIGHT IN 54 FT., 10,500 YDS. 207 DEG. FROM SHARPS ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE. 18 FT. OVER WRECK. BRIGHT WRECK LIGHT BUOY 18B 50 YDS, 270 DEG. FROM WRECK. APPROX. POS. LAT. 38-34N, LONG. 76-26W. NM33/42--BUOY DISCONTINUED. 50 FT. REPORTED OVER WRECK IN POS. LAT. 38-33-45N, LONG. 76-25-30W. H6952/44--CS-250; NO INDICATION OF WRECK ON MAINSCHEME HYDRO. NO SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED. FE306/87SS; OPR-E609-RU/HE-87--THREE CONTACTS BY SIDE SCAN SONAR SEARCH DETERMINED TO BE REMAINS OF SUNKEN WK. LEAST DEPTHS ASCERTAINED BY DIVER'S INVESTIGATION WITH PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAGE ON EACH CONTACT. WRECKAGE CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS OF DETERIORATED WOODEN BARGE (KEEL BEAM, RIBS, HULL PLANKING, TWO LARGE WOODEN BULKHEADS, AND METAL AND WOODEN SPIKES). SIZE OF LARGEST SECTION OF WRECK LOCATED AT CENTER CONTACT IS 114FT X 19FT. LEAST DEPTHS, GP'S AND LORAN-C RATES FOR EACH SECTION ARE: 52.3FT AT LAT. 38-33-35.41N, LONG. 76-25-43.00W (9960-CHAIN; 16142.4W, 27517.7X, 42401.6Y, 58842.0Z); 51.6FT AT LAT 38-33-32.57N, LONG 76-25-41.67W (9960-CHAIN; 16093.2W, 27517.5X, 42400.8Y, 58841.6Z); 57.0FT AT LAT 38-33-30.33N, LONG 76-25-44.68W 9960-CHAIN; 16093.5W, 27517.5X, 42400.4Y, 58841.3Z). RECOMMENDED THAT THE SECTIONS OF SUNKEN BARGE BE CHARTED IN LAT 38-33-32.57N, LONG 76-25-41.67W AS A DOTTED DANGERCURVE AROUND A 51-FT DEPTH LABELED WRECKAGE