Dryland Wreck

General Comments

NM47/66--DANGEROUS WRECK OF DREDGE DRYLAND, 62 FT. LONG. 22 FT. WIDE REPORTED SUNK IN ABOUT 90 FT. COVERED ABOUT 55 FT. IN APPROX. POS. LAT. 40-27-18N, LONG. 73-49-06W. CL1540/78--MAR, OPR-C622-RU/HE-78; ITEM 4; INVESTIGATION BEGAN 30 AUGUST AND WAS COMPLETED ON 18 SEPTEMBER. EFFECTIVELY CLEARED TO MIN. OF 45.5 FT., (38.5 FT. ON A 40 FT. SHOAL), WITH NO HANGS ENCOUNTERED. FE221/78-79--OPR-C622-RU/HE; ITEM 4; REQUIRED CLEARANCE TO 45 FT. DUE TO POSSIBLE HAZARDS ON BOTTOM. 1 MILE, RADIUS CIRCLE DRAGGED TO 45 FT. EXCEPT TO 38 FT. ON 40 FT. SHOAL (SEE AWOIS NO.00752) NW OF AMBROSE LIGHT TOWER. NO HANGS ENCOUNTERED. RECOMMENDED THAT CLEARED AREA BE CHARTED WITH GREEN TINT WITH 45 FT. CLEARANCE NOTE WHERE APPROPRIATE. H10224/86-87--OPR-C121-WH-86-87; WRECK FOUND DURING MAIN SCHEME HYDROGRAPHY AND SIDE SCAN SONAR OPERATION 850M EAST OF REPORTED POSITION; SIX DIVES PERFORMED; 2-15 FT VISIBILITY; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 86 FT TAKEN ON TOP OF A 20 FT LONG DREDGE PIPE FLOAT FOUND 841.6M EAST OF AWOIS POSITION IN LAT 40-27-15.44N, LONG 73-48-30.44W (NAD27); WRECK SITE REVEALED PIPES, FLOATS AND DREDGING EQUIPMENT; HYDROGRAPHER AND EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED SYMBOL AND CHARTING 86 WK AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD 4/91) S00003/03 -- S-B601-RU-02/03 HLS; Bathy development of wreck DRYLAND in Survey Position: 040° 27' 15.641" N, 73° 48' 28.900" W (NAD 83). Revise 86 Wk to 87 Wk.Updated 9/5/2006 JCM OPR-B310-TJ-08 -- F00561; Bathy development of wreck DRYLAND in Survey Position: Latitude 40:27:15.67 N, Longitude 073:48:28.98 W (NAD 83). Wreck located with 200% SSS and developed with SWMB. Chart revised: 87 ft sounding with text "Wk" was removed, 85 ft sounding and text "Wk" added at updated position. (PTT 11/19/08).