Nina Wreck

General Comments

--H11648/2007--A charted 62 foot wreck was found as 61 feet (18.82 meters) 0.27 meter uncertainty in 38°30/31.76N, 074°50/32.38W (Feature 67). The confirmed wreck is located within 2 meters of the reported AWOIS position. The broken wreck measured about 45 meters by 8 meters and was oriented 304º. The least depth was near amidships. (ETR 05/08/09) F00453/99--OPR-D392-WH; SIDE SCAN SONAR INVESTIGATION LOCATED THE REMAINS OF A WRECK IN LAT. 38-30-31.56N, LONG. 74-50-32.56W. HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL WORK IN ORDER TO OBTAIN LD AND POSITION. (UP 7/18/00, SJV) F00467/00-- OPR-D392-WH; CONTACT RESEMBLING A WRECK WAS LOCATED WITH A LD OF 62 FEET IN LAT. 38-30-31.79N, LONG. 74-50-32.31W. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING CHARTED WRECK, PA AND CHARTING A 63 WK AS SURVEYED. (UP 2/25/02, SJV) DESCRIPTION **** 19 FISHING OBSTRUCTION; OLD LORAN-C TDS (9930 CHAIN): Y = 52374.6, Z = 70353.8; (9960 CHAIN): W = 15751.3, Z= 59184.4. NAD-27 GP CONVERTED FROM ORIGINAL DATA USING 1980 CORRECTIONS. **** TELCON. 6/15/99, S. VERRY (N/CS31) WITH CAPT. DAVID POTTER (DELBAY & RIVER PILOT); WRECK IS THE NAVY SALVAGE TUG "NINA" IN 80 FEET OF WATER. LORAN-C TD'S (9960 CHAIN): X = 27032.3, Y = 42450.7; LAT. 38/30/30N, LONG. 74/50/30W. 216 SHIPWRECKS OF DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BY GARY GENTILE, COPYRIGHT 1990, GARY GENTILE PRODUCTIONS, P.O. BOX 57137, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111; IRON-HULLED TUG, LENGTH 137 FEET, BEAM 26 FEET, DRAFT 9 FEET; 420 GT; COAL-FIRED STEAM, BUILDER REANEY, SON, AND ARCHIBOLD, CHESTER, PA; OWNED BY THE U.S. NAVY AND DESIGNATED AS A FOURTH-CLASS SCREW STEAMER. SUNK FEBRUARY 6, 1910 IN 80 FEET; LORAN-C TD'S (9960 CHAIN): X = 27032.3, Y = 42450.7. WRECK LIES N-S AND SITS UPRIGHT; THE WRECKAGE OF THE BRIDGE LIES IN THE SAND TO THE PORT OF THE MAIN HULL. THE BOW IS FAIRLY INTACT. THE DECK IS GONE BUT THE BEAMS STILL SPAN THE GUNWALES. FIFTY FEET AFT, JUST FORWARD OF WHERE THE SUPERSTRUCTURE USED TO BE, IS A BIG WINDLASS. AMIDSHIPS, PLATES HAVE COLLAPSED OUTWARD. STACK LIES TO STARBOARD. STERN LOW TO THE SAND BUT STILL RECOGNIZABLE. LARGE TOWING BITT VISIBLE. (UP 6/30/99, SJV)