George P. Hudson Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS COMBINE THIS SEARCH WITH AWOIS ITEM 3983. HISTORY LHNM30/14(7/29/14)--GEORGE P. HUDSON WK GAS AND BELL BUOY ì ESTABLISHED IN 18FMS OF WATER, ABOUT 135YDS 278DEG FROM WK, SUNK ì ABOUT 6 MILES 76.5DEG. FROM POLLOCK RIP SLUE LIGHT VESSEL (LIGHT ì VESSEL POS. LAT 41-36-40N, LONG 69-53-47W). THE HUDSON WK BUOY ì POS. GIVEN IN LAT 41-38-00N, LONG 69-46-05W(NAD27). CL376/14--USCG LTR; GEORGE P. HUDSON (SCHOONER) SUNK IN LAT 41-38N, LONG ì 69-45-05W, CG CAPT REPORTS THAT HE REMOVED THE OBSTRUCTION TO ì NAVIGATION CAUSED BY THE WRECK TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 24FT OVER THE STUMP OF ì THE SPANKER MAST. (THIS LONGITUDE OF 69-45-05W IS PROBABLY A ì TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR AND SHOULD BE 69-46-05W AS GIVEN IN THE LHNM ì ABOVE. THIS WAS CHECKED BY BEARING AND DISTANCE FROM THE POLLOCK ì RIP SLUE LIGHT VESSEL.) LHNM29/15(7/16/15)--GEORGE P. HUDSON WK GAS AND BELL&BUOY HS TO BE ì DISCONTINUED ABOUT JULY 21, 1915. CL371/15--US ENGR.OFFICE; 65FT LEAST DEPTH REPORTED AFTER REMOVAL OF ì THE WK OF THE GEORGE P. HUDSON BY THE LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR, BOSTON, MASS. ì 10FM SHOAL THEN CHARTED. CHART 13246(1208)--1920 EDITION SHOWED A 10FM DEPTH, THE ì 1921 EDITION SHOWED A 60FT DEPTH WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN 65FT WK ì PA. H5276/32--10FM SHOAL NOT INVESTIGATED, 10FM SNDG WAS CARRIED FORWARD FROM ì CL371/15 IN LAT 41-38N. LONG 069-45-05W. (THE 10FM SOUNDING ì CARRIED FORWARD TO THIS SURVEY IS IN ERROR, FIRST THE REPORTING ì POSITION IN CL376/14 IS ONE MINUTE OFF IN LONGITUDE, THIS ALSO IS A ì COAST GUARD DOCUMENT, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN ON A USC&GS ì SMOOTH SHEET. SURVEY DOCUMENTATION HAD NOT BEEN SUBMITTED ì EITHER. SECONDLY THE DEPTH SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO 65FT.) BP55025--BOATSHEET H8350/56; "ED" CHARTED AT SHOAL SNDG. H8350/56--WRECK WAS DEVELOPED 2500M N/S BY 1000M E/W, HOWEVER ì LINESPACING WAS INADEQUATE FOR DISPROVAL. REVIEW INDICATES THAT ì AREA OF DEVELOPMENT WAS OUTSIDE THE AREA TO BE INVESTIGATED. ì (THE REVIEWER WAS EVALUATING THE POSITION GIVEN IN CL376/14. ì HOWEVER THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN THE APPRORIATE POSITION.) THE ì REVIEWER RECOMMANDS THAT THE 60FT DEPTH (SHOULD BE 65FT) BE ì RETAINED ON THE CHARTS UNTIL CONCLUSIVELY DISPROVED BY WIRE DRAG ì OR OTHER MEANS, AND THAT WRECK PA BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE PRESENT ì ED. (ENTERED 5/85) (UPDATED 7/92 RWD) H10191/85--OPR-B118-MI-85; 10FM WK NOT ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATED BY ì ECHOSOUNDER OR SSS. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE SEARCH AREA CONTAINED NUMEROUS ì FISHING NETS, LINES, AND FLOATS WHICH PREVENTED SSS OPERATIONS. TWO ì ADDITIONAL OBSTRUCTIONS AND BOULDERS WERE FOUND, THE OBSTR HAVE ì BEEN LOGGED AS AWOIS ITEMS 4528 AND 4529. RECOMMENDS RETAIN CHARTED ì INFORMATION (UPDATED 3/87 RWD) DESCRIPTION 219 PICTURE SHOWS THE GEORGE P. HUDSON TO BE A 5 MASTED ì SCHOONER (PAGE 60).