Port Hunter Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS SEARCH ABOUT LORAN RATE. HISTORY H6350/38--26-35FT DEPTHS IN VICINITY. ADD WK OF 1942 DID NOT COVER AREA. NM33/48(4448)--STR PORT HUNTER LOCATED 3500YDS 25DEG 15MIN FROM EAST CHOP LIGHT, WITH 3FT OVER THE MAST AT LOW WATER. POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 41-29-47N, LONG 70-33-06W(NAD27). AID ESTABLISHED. CL576/49--USC&GS SHIP HILGARD; HILGARD REPORTS THAT USCG CUTTER WHITE SAGE LOCATED WK AND THAT THE STUB MAST WAS BROKEN OFF AT THE CROSS TEE AND COVERED 3.5FT AT MLW. A DIVER SALVAGED THE PROPELLER AT THIS TIME. (A NOTE ON AN ACCOMPANING CHART SECTION INDICATED THAT LOCAL INFORMATION PUTS THIS WRECK TO BE THE PORT HUNTER BEFORE AN ACTUAL POSITION WAS OBTAINED. N/CG241 CANNOT CORROBRATE THIS.) (UPDATED 7/92 RWD) NM6/50(813)--AID DISCONTINUED. CL65/50--COE; A WRECK BELIEVED TO BE THE S.S. PORT HUNTER WAS LOCATED AND INVESTIGATED ON 12/20/49; WIRE DRAG SWEEPINGS FOUND THAT THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WRECK IS A SECTION OF THE MAST CLEARED BY 10 FT AT MLW; LAT 41-29-47N, LONG 70-33-10W (POSITION SCALED FROM CHART 1209). (ENTERED MCR 8/88) H10504/93-94--PORT HUNTER (SUBM 19FT AT MLLW), DIVERS LOCATED WK LAYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. LEAST DEPTH TAKEN NEAR CENTER OF WRECK ON THE STARBOARD GUNNEL. NO EVIDENCE OF MAST WAS FOUND. POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 41-29-46.99N, LONG 70-33-12.47W. (UPDATED 5/96 RWD) DESCRIPTION 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEL NO 203-622-8020; 9960-W 14097.7, 9960-Y 43930.7; COMPUTED POSITION: LAT 41-29-49.67N, LONG 70-33-16.51W. (ENTERED MSM 4/90) 196 HISTORICAL MARITIME GROUP OF NEW ENGLAND (LTR DTD 9/9/85); STEEL, 4062 TONS 380FT LONG, BUILT 1906. (UPDATED 7/92 RWD)