Mars 54 Wreck

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HISTORY CL1169/79-- USPS; DAVID A. POTTER, JR. (DELBAY PILOT) TO NOS; ADD WRECK (SANK JUNE, 1979) IN LAT. 38-48-26N, LONG. 75-02-57W IN 96 FEET (GP CONVERTED FROM LORAN-C TD'S). NM44/79-- ADD DANGEROUS WRECK (PA) IN LAT. 38-48-26N, LONG. 75-02-57W. LNM5/80-- 88 FOOT BARGE "MARS 54" SUNK IN APPROX. POS. LAT. 38-48-04N, LONG. 75-03-00W WITH 67 FEET OVER IT. CRANE IT WAS CARRYING FELL OFF. NOT CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. SEE AWOIS NO. 8227 FOR INFO. ON CRANE. SOURCE OF THE GP IN THIS NOTICE UNKNOWN. NM10/80-- ADD WRECKS (PA) IN LAT. 38-48-04N, LONG. 75-03-00W (BARGE) AND LAT. 38-48-09N, LONG. 75-03-01W (CRANE). NM27/80-- REPEATS ABOVE NM10/80. CL948/81-- MINUTE MEMO, DENNIS HILL (HYDRO SURV BRANCH) TO JIM DAILEY (MARINE CHART BRANCH); TELCON BETWEEN D. HILL AND D. POTTER (ABOVE) INDICATES SUNKEN BARGE AND CRANE IN VICINITY OF LORAN-C 9960-X-27140.6, 9960-Y-42647.7 (LAT. 38-48-49.2N, LONG. 75-02-52.8W, 1981 ASF CORRECTORS). HAS DOVE ON THEM AND CRANE BOOM IS DOWN. IN ABOUT 90 FEET. WRECKS CHARTED FROM LNM5/80 ARE APPARENTLY THE SAME. CGD3 AND COE PHILADELPHIA COULD NOT EXPLAIN DIFFERENCE. THEIR LATEST INFO WAS 1979 WHEN THE CARDWELL DIVING CO. OBSERVED THE WRECK PROJECTING 15 FEET OFF BOTTOM IN 90 FEET. WRECK SILTING OVER. HYDRO SURV BRANCH RECOMMENDS WRECK CHARTED IN LAT. 38-48-26N, LONG. 75-03-01W BE DELETED. CHART A NON-DANGEROUS WRECK IN LAT. 38-48-49.2N, LONG. 75-02-52.8W. DELETE WRECKS CHARTED THROUGH LNM5/80. AS PART OF THIS CHART LETTER, THERE IS INCLUDED A LETTER FROM J.D. PUGH (LCDR, BRITISH HYDRO DEPT) TO DIRECTOR, DMA STATING THAT A "HYDROGRAPHIC NOTE" DATED 3/1/80 INDICATED THE WRECK REFERED TO IN NM44/79 HAD BEEN REMOVED "AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PREVIOUSLY" AND AREA IS NOW CLEAR. THIS INFO PASSED TO CGD3 BY NOS, NOTICE TO MARINERS UNIT (LUNDBERG). CL470/83-- SUNKEN CRANE BARGE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN POS. LAT. 38-48-28.59N, LONG. 75-02-55.08W. BARGE IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. CRANE IS DETACHED FROM BARGE AND IS LOCATED APPROX. 550 YARDS NNE OF BARGE IN LAT. 38-48-44.67N, LONG. 75-02-52.50W. LYING ON ITS SIDE, BOOM BENT, BUT OTHERWISE INTACT. BARGE IN 95 FEET WITH 75 FEET OVER IT. CRANE IN 88 FEET WITH 65 FEET OVER IT. RECOMMENDED THAT THE BARGE AND CRANE "BE POSITIVELY CHARTED" IN THE ABOVE POSITIONS AND THE POSITION APPROXIMATE SYMBOLS REMOVED FROM THE CHARTS. (ENT 4/9/92, SJV) H10446/92-- OPR-D168-WH; SIDE SCAN SONAR ESTIMATED LD OF 22.2 METERS OBTAINED. RECOMMEND DIVER LD TO CONFIRM WRECK. (UP 4/20/93, SJV) H10446/92-93-- OPR-D368-WH; (FE-386SS RESCINDED); SUBMERGED DERRICK BARGE LOCATED IN LAT. 38-48-29.35N, LONG. 75-02-54.13W. LD OF 22.6 METERS (PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE) IN 28 METERS. DIVERS DESCRIBE BARGE LYING NE-SW APPROX. 12.2 METERS WIDE, 27.4 METERS LONG. LD ON SW END. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING A WRECK COVERED 22.6 METERS (74 FEET) AS SURVEYED AND DELETING WRECK CLEARED 75 FEET IN LAT. 38-48-28.99N, LONG. 75-02-53.72W. (UP 3/30/94, SJV)