Texas Tower 3 Wreck

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Texas tower 3 Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		41 0.869 N,69 29.523 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 41.014478
  • Longitude: -69.492058
Name TEXAS TOWER 3
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY CL745/57--USC&GS LTR DTD-9/27/57; POSITION OF TEXAS TOWER NO 3, ì GIVEN IN LAT 41-00-52.05N, LONG 69-29-36.35W. H8484/59--TEXAS TOWER USED AS CONTROL STATION, SURROUNDING ì DEPTHS ARE 72-78FT. A DISCREPANCY EXISTED WITH THE POSITIONING ì OF THE TOWER (CENTER VS. EAST LEG), A NEW POSITION WAS ESTABLISHED ì IN 1961 AND ADDRESSED IN CL975/61. CL975/61--USC&GS SHIP EXPLORER-LTR DTD 8/28/61, POSITION OF ì SOUTHEAST LEG OBTAINED FROM COASTAL SURVEYS BASED ON 1961 WORK ì AND CONFIRMED BY GEODESY COMPUTATION, GIVEN IN LAT 41-00-51.67N, LONG ì 69-29-33.43N(NAD 27). CL1057/62--TEXAS TOWER NO. 3 FORMS AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE WITH ì DISTANCE BETWEEN LEGS AT AT 139FT. NM44/63(5598)--TOWER IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEMOLISHED AND ì WILL BE EXPUNGED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE IN LAT 41-01-00N, LONG ì 69-29-42W(PA). NM37/64(4752)--U.S. COE ADVISES THAT DEMOLITION OPERATIONS AT ì TEXAS TOWER 3 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE TOWER REMOVED; THREE ì LEGS REMAIN ON THE BOTTOM AND WILL BE CHARTED AS AN OBSTRUCTION ì IN PAT LAT 41-01N, LONG 69-29-42W(NAD 27). (ENTERED MSD 6/91). CL1100/65--USAF LTR DTD 8/5/65; MARKER BUOY WILL REMOVED. NO ì POST MORTEM UNDERWATER INSPECTION WILL BE MADE. REQUEST THAT ì CHARTS BE MARKED "SUBMERGED WRECK" TO SHOW LOCATION OF DEBRIS AS ì A PERMANENT FEATURE FOR CHARTS ISSUED IN FUTURE YEARS. ("SUBM ì OBST" CHARTED). (UPDATED 8/92 RWD). ì

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