John Dwight Wreck

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
John dwight Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
41 24.259 N,70 52.955 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 41.404319
  • Longitude: -70.882589
Name JOHN DWIGHT
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS SEARCH AROUND LORAN RATES RATHER THAN GP. HISTORY H8905/66--78-82FT DEPTHS EXIST IN VICINITY. LNM32/89-- ADD SYMBOL FOR WRECK IN LAT. 41-24-11.9N, LONG. 70-53-03.7W. ( CHARTED AS A DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK WITHOUT "PA" NOTATION). H10649/95-- OPR-B389-CN; THIS ITEM IS NOT PRESENTLY CHARTED. ì (SEE AWOIS ITEM NO. 7883). SUNKEN WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT. ì 41-24-10.74N, LONG. 70-54-00.06W. MULTIBEAM LD OF 71 FEET (21.8 ì METERS). LOCAL SPORT DIVER INDICATED THIS WAS A RUM RUNNER SUNK ì DURING THE PROHIBITION ERA. HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDS REMOVING ì WRECK CHARTED IN LAT. 41-24-12.0N, LONG. 70-53-03.6W AND CHARTING ì A NON-DANGEROUS WRECK COVERED 71 FEET AS SURVEYED. OBJECT HAS ì LITTLE RELIEF AS INDICATED BY MULTIBEAM SONAR, LACK OF SIDE SCAN ì SONAR SHADOW, AND NO DISRUPTIONS TO TRAWL ACTIVITY IN AREA. ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING CHARTED WRECK AND NOT CHARTING ì WRECK AS LOCATED ON PRESENT SURVEY. (UP 7/9/97, SJV)

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