Hilda Garston Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS VERIFY LEAST DEPTH. HISTORY NM8/61--FISHING VESSEL IS REPORTED IN LAT 41-26-54N, ì LONG 71-02-06W WITH 10 FT. OVER THE WRECK; BUOY ESTABLISHED TO ì MARK WRECK. CL150/61--WAINWRIGHT AND HILGARD PRELIMINARY REPORT; FISHING VESSEL ì REPORTED HITTING A SUBMERGED OBJECT IN ì THE VICINITY OF SEVENTEEN FOOT SHOAL LTD. BY 1; WRECK LOCATED BY C&GS ì SURVEY IN LAT 41-26-52.96N, LONG 71-02-09.00W; INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS; ì LOCAL FISHERMAN REPORTED VESSEL RAN AGROUND IN VICINITY OF THE REEF ì "OLD COCK" AND AFTER THE WRECK A VERY LARGE STREAK OF RED PAINT ì COULD BE SEEN ON THE REEF; VESSEL FOUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ì RESTING ON THE BOTTOM IN 55 FT. OF WATER ON SMALL ROCKS; NO HOLE ì COULD BE SEEN BUT A PREVIOUS DIVER REPORTED A SMALL HOLE IN STERN WHICH WAS ì SANDED IN DURING C&GS INVESTIGATION; 12 INCH DIAMETER METAL MAST IS ì PERPENDICULAR TO THE BOTTOM; SMOOTH TIDE LD OVER THE WRECK OF 12 FT.; ì EXAMINATION OF AREA INDICATED NO OBSTRUCTION. (ENTERED MSM 3/89) CL1454/77--CG AUX; REPORTS ROCKS TO EAST OF WRECK; STATES WRECK ì "SURFACES 10 FT AT LOW TIDE". LNM49/88--1ST CGD; SUBSTITUTE 45 FT. SDG AND DANGER CURVE FOR ì CHARTED 12 FT. DEPTH; ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED. CL156/89--USCG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER; REPORT OF SIDE ì SCAN SONAR SURVEY OF HILDA GARSTON; WRECK WAS LOCATED IN CHARTED ì LOCATION AT LORAN C RATES 9960-W 14283.8-9, 9960-Y 43953.3-4; ì FATHOMETER LEAST DEPTH CORRECTED FOR TIDES WAS 45 FT.; WRECK ì APPEARS TO LIE UPRIGHT, MOSTLY INTACT WITH THE BOW FACING WEST; ì NO DECKHOUSE STRUCTURE OR MASTS ARE VISIBLE IN THE SONAR SHADOW; ì BOW IS THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WRECK; WRECK PROJECTS BETWEEN 14 ì FT. AND 17 FT. ABOVE THE BOTTOM IN 62 FT. SURROUNDING DEPTHS; ì SSS LD CONSISTENT WITH THE FATHOMETER RECORD; HIGH POINT OF THE WRECK IS ì COVERED BY 45 FT. OF WATER USING THE MOST CONSERVATIVE DATA. ì (UPDATED MSM 6/89) FE375SS/92--OPR-B660; SIDE SCAN SONAR AND DIVER INVESTIGATION ì LOCATED AND DETERMINED WRECK TO HAVE A LEAST DEPTH OF 12.1M (39.7 FT) ì MLLW, IN LAT.41-26-53.54N, LONG.071-02-07.46N (NAD 83). WRECK WAS ì FOUND TO BE 30 FT IN LENGTH AND RESTING ON ITS KEEL AND INTACT. ì THERE WERE HOLES WASTED IN THE PORT AND STARBOARD BOW AND ONE AFT ì OF THE WINCH ON THE MAIN DECK. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS TO CHART ì DANGEROUS SUBM. WRECK WITH A DEPTH OF 12.1M (39 FT) AT ABOVE GP. ì UPDATED 1/93 MCR)