Harvey J. Kendall Wreck

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HISTORY --ORIGINAL SOURCE UNKNOWN; WK PD REPRESENTED AS 6 FT SNDG WITH DANGER CURVE CHARTED IN LAT 44-08-41.1N, LONG 76-22-01.7W. POSITION SCALED FROM CHART 14768 (1:30,000 SCALE). (ENTERED 3/85 MSM) MAR--8/85, OPR-V276-HFP-85; FATHOMETER, COMPASS AND DIVE SEARCH OF 25 FT CURVE REVEALED WOODEN WK WITH LD OF 10 FT AT BOW & STERN, IN LAT 44-08-32.55N, LONG 76-21-59.36W AND LAT 44-08-31.15N, LONG 76-21-59.38W; VESSEL IN GOOD CONDITION; REVISE TO NEW POSITION. (UPDATED MSM 11/85) MAR--11/85, OPR-V276-HFP-85; WK LOCATED 200M SOUTH OF CHARTED POSITION; WK IS RUINS OF 142 X 31 FT COAL FIRED CARGO SHIP SUNK IN 1920; LYING NORTH - SOUTH IN 25 FT OF WATER; LEAST DEPTH OF 7.5 FT AT ITS BOW IN LAT 44-08-32.55N, LONG 76-21-59.36W; STERN IS LOCATED AT LAT 44-08-31.15N, LONG 76-21-59.38W. (UPDATED MSM 9/86) H10185/85--OPR-V276-HFP-85; LOCAL RESIDENTS STATED THAT THE WRECK DOES EXIST BUT THAT NATURAL FORCES HAD MOVED IT INTO 25 FT. OF WATER; DESCRIPTION AS STATED ABOVE, BUT BOW IS IN LAT 44-08-31.25N, LONG 76-21-59.44W; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED WRECK AND CHARTING AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSM 9/88) DESCRIPTION **** WOODEN VESSEL, BUILT IN 1892, SUNK ABOUT 1920; 141 FT 7 INCHES LONG, 39 FT 9 INCHES BEAM; BROKEN UP AT STERN; EXCELLENT SPORT DIVE, MANY FISH AND ABUNDANT PLANT GROWTH; REFERENCE: HUNT DIVE SHOP WRECK LOG, HUNT UNDERWATER SPECIALITIES DIVE SHOP, CLAYTON, NY (315) 686-9824