Cowin Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS SEARCH ABOUT POSITION GIVEN ABOVE; ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT BOTH ì THE UNCHARTED 55WK AND THE 48WK REP. (ADDRESS BOTH) HISTORY BP52348--48 FT. SOUNDING CL1210/66--CGS; WHILE INVESTIGATING IN THE AREA OF ITEM 11 (LAT ì 41-28-00N, LONG 70-57-19.2W), THE EXISTENCE OF ANOTHER WRECK WAS ì LEARNED FROM SALVAGERS WORKING IN THE AREA; IDENTIFICATION OF ì WRECK WAS NOT POSSIBLE BUT IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A STEEL HULLED ì SHIP WITH A WOODEN DECK; POSITION DETERMINED TO BE LAT ì 41-28-16.2N, LONG 70-58-23.4W; FATHOMETER LEAST DEPTH OF 55.5 ì FT.; HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDED RETAINING THE CHARTED 48 FT. ì SDG. FE207WD/66(FE3/67WD)--VERIFIED ABOVE INFORMATION; WRECK LOCATED IN ì LAT 41-28-17N, LONG 70-58-26W; SHOALEST SOUNDING OBTAINED WAS 55 ì FT.; SALVAGE BUOYS PREVENTED WIRE DRAG; HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDED ì RETAINING CHARTED 48 FT. SOUNDING; POSSIBLY WRECK OF FERRY "CORBIN"; ì BEING SALVAGED. (ENTERED MSM 4/89) H9645/76--UNREVIEWED; NO EVIDENCE OF WRECK CHARTED AT LAT ì 41-28-17N, LONG 70-58-26W FOUND AT 100 METER LINE SPACING, DEPTHS ì OF 62-64FT EXISTS IN VICINITY. (ENT 10/89 GM) H10496/93--RU; COLONEL WILLIAM COWIN (SUBM 55FT AT MLLW), PNEUMATIC ì DEPTH GAUGE,ì POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 41-28-15.48N, LONG 70-58-20.17W(NAD83). MR. ì FISH OF AMERICAN UNDERWATER SEARCH AND SURVEY LTD, STATED THAT ì THIS WAS THE COL. COWIN, A US ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS VESSEL, A ì RAILROAD STEAMER, APPROX 60M LONG. IT IS THE SAME VESSEL AS AWOIS ì 1915 (CORVIN) OR OTHERWISE CALLED COWEN OR CORBIN. DIVE REPORT ì INDICATES THAT THE SHIPS DECKS HAD COLLAPSED, LEAVING LARGE ì HOLES IN THE HOLD OF THE SHIP WHICH WERE CLUTTERED WITH FALLEN ì BEAMS, NETS, AND CABLES. TWO BOILERS WERE ENCOUNTERED WHICH WERE ì THE LARGEST AND SHOALEST FEATURE OF THE WRECK. (UPDATED 8/95 RWD) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.372; COWEN SUNK 12/29/44; POS. ACCUR. WITHIN 1 MILE, 41-28-12N, 70-58-18W.