Naeco (Bow) Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS MINIMUM RADIUS OF 300M IS REQUIRED ABOUT THE TWO POSITIONS ì PROVIDED IN F00149WD BELOW. HISTORY F00052WD/43-44--NAECO (BOW), SUB WRECK REPORTED WITH 87FT LD, IN ì 125FT OF WATER, POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 34/00/42N, LONG 76/39/36W (NAD27). NM36/45(4193A)--9/8/45; WRECK WITH DEPTH OF 87FT OVER IT REPORTED ì AT LAT 34-00-42N, LONG 76-39-36W. CL93/55--REFERENCE CL767/55--USC&GS; REFERENCE NM44/55(4960H)--10/29/55; REFERENCE CL607/56--USC&GS-NO.642; THE WRECK WAS LOCATED IN 1955 IN ì GENERAL DEPTHS OF 125FT. IN 1956 TWO SECTIONS OF WRECK WERE ì FOUND, SEE F00149WD/55-56 BELOW. NM33/56(3836B)--8/18/56; THE WRECK CHARTED IN LAT 34/01/35N, ì LONG 76/40/00W, WAS FOUND IN LAT 34/01/25N, LONG 76/38/55W AND IS ì CLEARED 79FT. F00149WD/55-56--NO.642; TWO SECTIONS OF WRECK WERE FOUND ABOUT ì 320M APART. THE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN SCALED FROM THE SMOOTH SHEET. ì THE FIRST IN LAT 34/01/26.4N, LONG 76/38/51.6W(NAD27), WHICH HUNG AT 81FT, AND ì CLEARED 79FT. NO SOUNDING. THE SECOND WRECK WAS SCALED FROM THE ì SMOOTH SHEET IN LAT 34/01/24N, LONG 76/38/39.6W(NAD27), WHICH HUNG ì AT 85FT, CLEARED 79 AND 81FT, AND SOUNDED AT 88FT. H9044/69--81 AND 85 FT WRECKS CARRIED FORWARD IN 128 THRU 132 ì FT DEPTHS. WRECKS NOT INVESTIGATED. W00237/10-- OSD-AHB-12; Wreck (Naeco bow AWOIS #571)positioned at 34-01-31.2572N, 076-38-52.6020W. Least depth of 34.682m. DESCRIPTION 24 NO.642; REFERENCE. WD CLEARED TO 79 FT. 223 NO.866; NAECO (BOW), TORPEDOED SANK 3/23/42, STANDS 35FT HIGH IN 125FT OF WATER. THE BOW BROKE AWAY FROM THE STERN AND WAS SEEN BY SURVIVORS TO SINK PRIOR TO THE STERN. SINCE NO OTHER SINKINGS ARE REPORTED IN THE AREA, IT ì IS BELIEVED THAT THIS WRECK MAY BE IDENTIFIED WITH CERTAINTY AS THE BOW OF THE NAECO. ECHOSOUNDER DEPTHS OF 122-125FT WERE OBTAINED IN THE VICINITY OF THE WRECK. LD OVER THE WRECK IS 87FT AT MLW. NO WRECKS OTHER THAN THE TWO HALVES OF THE NAECO COULD BE FOUND IN THE AREA. 230 NO.36108 (REVISED 6/98 RWD)