State Of California Wreck
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Wreck Category | non-dangerous wreck |
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State of california Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM) |
57 28.398 N,133 56.101 W |
| Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees |
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| Wreck Depth | 19.75 m |
| Name | STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
| Original Source | AWOIS |
WRECK MAP LOADING ...
57 28.398 N,133 56.101 W
State Of California on Wreck Map
State Of California Wreck on Google Map
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General Comments
SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT REQUIRED INSIDE THE 7 FATHOM CURVE. HISTORY CL400/13--C&GS TELGRAM 9/6/13; STATE OF CALIFORNIA BEARS 316 ì DEG, 640 METERS, FROM SOUTHWEST POINT INNER PENINSULA. CL408/13--CGS LTR 9/4/13; STATE OF CALIFORNIA SUNK 8/17/13 ì AFTER STRIKING ROCK. VESSEL WAS AT FULL HEADWAY DRAWING 18.5FT ì WHEN IT STRUCK A 13-14FT PINNACLE WHICH PROBABLY OPENED THE ì ENTIRE LENGTH OF HER PORT BILGE. THE VESSEL ROLLED TO HER PORT ì BEAM AND SANK WITHIN 3 MINUTES. THE SINGLE SCREW, SINGLE BOTTOM ì IRON VESSEL WAS 413FT LONG 51FT WIDE AND HAD A GROSS TONNAGE OF ì 5700 TONS. THE VESSEL MADE THE BEACH AT WHICH TIME HER HULL WAS ì UNDERWATER, AFTER COMPLETELY ROLLING TO PORT SHE SLIPPED BACK ì INTO 36 TO 37 FATHOMS OF WATER, 31 LIVES WERE LOST. NM38/13(3128)--STATE OF CALIFORNIA LIES NEAR BEACH WITH BOW IN 20 ì FMS AND STERN IN 36 FMS, 700 YDS, 316 DEG FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN POINT ì OF THE INNER PENINSULA, APPROX IN LAT 57-28-25N, LONG 133-56-09W ì (PROBABLY S.E. ALASKA DATUM) H3542/13--STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS LOCATED IN LAT 57-28(+648M)N, ì LONG 133-56(+140M)W, RESPECTIVELY 20.95" AND 08.4" (PROBABLY S.E. ì ALASKA DATUM). VESSEL IS BERTHED IN A NW-SE DIRECTION IN DEPTHS ì OF 118 AND 196 FEET AT MLLW. DIFFCULTY WAS EXPERIENCED IN ì LOCATING THE STERN OWING TO GREAT DEPTH AND STRONG CURRENTS. BOW IS ì APPROX 100M FROM THE LOW WATER LINE ALONG BEACH. (THE SMOOTH ì SHEET DEPICTS A "WRECK" LABEL WITH 3 FATHOM DEPTHS AND A CURVE. ì THIS INFORMATION APPEARS QUESTIONABLE CONSIDERING THE DEPTHS OF ì THE WATER.) THE SMOOTH SHEET WAS REPRODUCED AT 1:40,000 AND ì POSITIONED OVER THE 1983 DATUM CHART. THE CENTER OF THE WRECK WAS ì SCALED GRAPHICALLY IN LAT 57-28-25N, LONG 133-56-11W. H4512B/25--STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS NOT LOCATED BY WIRE DRAG. ì AREA WAS CLEARED TO 44FT, HOWEVER A 43FT GROUNDING OCCURRED ì APPROXIMATELY 200M SE OF THE CHARTED WRECK POSITION OF 1820M, 127 ì DEG OF THE CANNERY DOCK. WRECK WAS RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL. ì (THIS RECOMMENDATION IS NOT BASED ON A STANDARD POLICY; THE WIRE ì DRAG DEPTH WAS NOT ADEQUATE FOR DISPROVAL). (ENTERED 9/90 RWD) H10594/95-- STATE OF CALIFORNIA (SUBM 10.8FM AT MLLW), DIVER ì MOD III DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH ON JACK-STAFF OF WRECK. BOW IS ì UP, STERN OF VESSEL BEARS APPROX 270DEG TRUE FROM BOW. POSITION ì GIVEN IN LAT 57-28-23.87N, LONG 133-56-06.05W. (UPDATED 4/96 RWD)