Subchaser 60 Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY H6463WD/39--OBSTRUCTION HUNG AT 37 FT AND CLEARED BY 34 FT. H10284/88--OPR-C147-WH-88; AN OBSTRUCTION WITH AN ESTIMATED ì DEPTH OF 33 FT WAS LOCATED IN LAT 40-22-29.20N, LONG 73-56-29.00W ì (NAD83), 81M SW OF PRIOR SURVEY POSITION FOR THIS ITEM, AND 269M ì SW OF AWOIS ITEM 4600; EVALUATOR BELIEVES THIS OBSTRUCTION IS ì EITHER THIS ITEM OR ITEM 4600, AND ASSIGNED FOR ADDITIONAL WORK; ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED OBSTRUCTION WITH CLEARED ì 34 FT DEPTH. FE330SS/89--OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #1 FROM SURVEY H-10284; ì DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND A LARGE MASS OF WOOD AND STEEL WRECKAGE ì OF UNDETERMINED TYPE; BADLY DETERIORATED AND RISING 10 FT OFF THE ì BOTTOM; EVALUATOR FOR H-10284/88 SPECULATED THAT THIS MIGHT BE AWOIS ì ITEM 1570, HOWEVER, DIVERS FROM THIS SURVEY REPORTED THAT THE WRECKAGE ì DID NOT RESEMBLE A TUG; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15491.8, 9960-X ì 26937.5, 9960-Y 43654.5, 9960-Z 59840.0; LORAN POSITION IS CLOSE ì TO LORAN RATES PROVIDED BELOW BY RICHARD TARACKA FOR WRECK HE ì IDENTIFIED AS SUB CHASER; THE WRECKAGE FOUND DURING THIS SURVEY ì HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO AWOIS AS ITEM 8071 PENDING ADDITIONAL ì INFORMATION TO VERIFY IDENTITY. (UPDATED MSD 7/91) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.119; SUBCHASER, 77 GT, SUNK 10/1/18 BY NAVY SURFACE CRAFT; POSITION ì ACCURACY 1-3 MILES; WD CLEARED TO 34 FT. 60 DATED 4/1/23. 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, ì CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEL NO 203-622-8020; 9960-X 26935.0, ì 9960-Y 43649.0; LAT 40-21-56.33N, LONG 73-54-59.01W (POSITION ì COMPUTED FROM LORAN COORDINATES). (ENTERED MSM 4/90)