Cadet Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY NM22/49--05/28/49, USN; CADET WRECK LIGHTED GONG BUOY 16 FEET ABOVE WATER, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 38 FEET OF WATER, 6.2 MILES 68° FROM HEREFORD INLET LIGHT. THE WRECK WHICH SHOWS AT ALL STAGES OF THE TIDE, LIES 300 YARDS 305° FROM THE BUOY. APPROXIMATE POSITION OF LIGHTED GONG BUOY: 39-02-39N, 74-40-06W (NAD 27). NOTE: WRECK MAY BE THE DERRICK BARGE, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BREAKING UP IN APPROXIMATELY 39-02-12N, 74-39-36W (NAD 27). NM36/49--09/03/49, USN; CADET WRECK LIGHTED GONG BUOY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. APPROXIMATE POSITION: 39-02-39N, 74-40-06W (NAD 27). THERE IS A REPORTED DEPTH OF 34 FEET OVER THE WRECK WICH IT MARKED. F00093/50--06/05/50; THIS WRECK WAS LOCATED IN 39-02-32N, 74-40-02W (NAD 27) A WIRE DRAG HUNG THE WRECK AT 32 FEET AND CLEARED IT AT 30 FEET. A FATHOMETER SOUNDING OF 30 FEET WAS OBTAINED ON THE WRECK, WHICH IS IN ABOUT 37.5 FEET OF WATER. TWO OTHER LOW LYING OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE AREA THAT MAY BE FRAGMENTS FROM THIS VESSEL ARE IN AWOIS 1243. (UPDATED 01/02, PSH) H11019/02-- OPR-C303-KR-02; SIDE SCAN SONAR SEARCH LOCATED 4 CONTACTS WITHIN SEARCH RADIUS. SWMB LD OF 34 FEET OBTAINED ON WRECKAGE IN THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: LAT. 39-02-34.12N, LONG. 74-39-58.16W AND LAT. 39-02-32.93, LONG. 74-40-00.04W. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING WRECK CLEARED TO 30 FEET AND CHARTING 34 WRECKAGE IN LAT. 39-02-34.12N, LONG. 74-39-58.16W. THE EVALUATOR CONSIDERS THE OTHER TWO CONTACTS TO BE INSIGNIFICANT (ONE IS AN OBSTRUCTION WITH A SWMB LD OF 38.88 FEET. SEE AWOIS NO. 12528). (UP 8/16/04, SJV) DESCRIPTION 19 FISHING OBSTR. OLD LORAN C 9930Y-52021.0,9930Z-70171.8=9960W-15720.1,9960Z-59365.4 NAD-27 GP CONVERTED FROM ORIGINAL DATA USING 1980 CORRECTIONS.