St Clair Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY NM31/45--BUOY ESTABLISHED 4745 YARDS 210 DEGREES FROM TWO MILE ROCK BEACON TO MARK A WRECK; BUOY LIES 100 YARDS 167 DEGREES FROM THE WRECK WHICH HAS A MAST PROJECTING 20 FT. ABOVE THE WATER; PA LAT 41-27-30N, LONG 71-06-10W. (ENTERED MSM 4/89) NM30/48--WK CHARTED AT LAT.41-27-33N, LONG.71-06-11W, IS LOCATED 4,600 YDS 216 DEGS, 25 MIN FROM TWO-MILE ROCK DAYBEACON. THERE IS A MINIMUM DEPTH OVER IT OF 14 FT AT MLW, THE MASTS ARE NO LONGER IN PLACE; LAT 41-27-42N, LONG 71-06-23W. FE194WD/64--OPR-444; ITEM PR-25; DISCREDITED 14 FT WK AT LAT.41-27-42N, LONG.71-06-22.8W, CHARTED POS. CLEARED 26 FT ED. DRAG HUNG ON SALVAGE BUOYS SOUTH OF CHARTED POS. SALVAGER REPORTED ONLY BOW INTACT. RECOMMENDED 43 FT WK BE CHARTED AT LAT.41-27-35.4N, LONG.71-06-15.6W, FATHOMETER DEPTH. SEXTANT-DUAL VESSEL CONTROL AT 1:20,000. NM1/66--RECOMMENDED WK COVERED 14 FT AT LAT.41-27-42N, LONG.71-06-21W BE DELETED FROM THE CHART. CL1019/66--C&GS WAINWRIGHT & HILGARD; SAME DATA AS FE194WD/64 (UNREVIEWED), NAMES VESSEL AS ST. CLAIR, A DESTROYER. FE207WD/67--OPR-444; ITEM PR-25; LOCATED WK AT LAT.41-27-37N, LONG.71-06-17W, SEXTANT-DUAL VESSEL CONTROL AT 1;20,000. DIVER INVESTIGATED, FOUND AN 8X18 FT SECTION OF BOW APPROX. 15 FT OFF THE BOTTOM. LEAST SOUNDED DEPTH 47 FT, CLEARED 44 FT. FE375SS/92--OPR-B660-RU; WRECK LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR AND FOUND TO BE SEVERELY DETERIORATED, SCATTERED, AND FLATTENED. EXTENT OF WRECKAGE WAS DEVELOPED BY ECHO SOUNDER USING 10M LINE SPACING. LEAST DEPTH WAS DETERMINED TO BE 15.6M (51.2 FT) IN POS. LAT.41-27-37.49N, LONG.71-06-14.87 (NAD 83). DIVER INVESTIGATION WAS INEFFECTIVE DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND STRONG CURRENTS. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS TO CHART DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WRECKAGE WITH A DEPTH OF 51 FT (15.6M) IN ABOVE GP. (UPDATED 1/93 MCR) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.561; SUNK 1945; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE; WD CLEARED TO 14 FT.