Triton Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS FUTURE SURVEYS REQUIRE THE REMAINDER OF THE SEARCH AREA NOT ì COVERED BY H10496/93 BE SURVEYED FOR DISPROVAL OF THIS WRECK. HISTORY H9645/76--UNREVIEWED; 92FT DEPTHS EXIST IN VICINITY. (UPDATED ì 3/92 RWD). LNM23/88(6/8/88)--1ST CGD; WRECK OF 52 FT MERCHANT VESSEL, TRITON, ì REPORTED SUNK IN LAT 41-27-24N, LONG 70-56-57W (NAD83). (ENTERED ì MSD 5/91) H10496/93--RU; AN S2 AND ES INVESTIGATION DID NOT LOCATE THE ì TRITON WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE SURVEY LIMITS. RETAIN CHARTED WRECK. ì ANOTHER WRECK WAS LOCATED, REFER TO AWOIS ITEM 8307. (UPDATED ì 2/96 RWD) DESCRIPTION **** USCG MESSAGE TO MR. KEVIN SHAW (N/CG2212) 4/14/92; THE FOLLOWING ì WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE ENTIRE FILE. THE WRECK IS OF A 52FT WWII CONVERTED STEEL ì HULL LANDING CRAFT, VINTAGE 1940, MAROON HULL WITH ì A WHITE SUPERSTRUCTURE. (OWNER; WILLIAM HEALY (SINCE DECEASED)). ì VESSEL PROBABLY SUNK DO TO SPLIT SEAM IN HULL. THE POSITION AS ì RADIOED FROM THE FROM TRITON PUT IT IN THE VICINITY OF BUZZARDS ì BAY BUOY NUMBER 4 (JUNE 3,1988 1344H). CG GROUP WOODS HOLE ì REPORTED THE POSITION AS LAT 41-26-54N, LONG ì 70-59-42W(NAD83) (JUNE 3,1988 1355H). THE CG RESCUE HELICOPTER ON ì SEEN PUT THE POSITION AS SUNK IN LAT 41-27-24N, LONG 70-56-57W ì (NAD83) (JUNE 3,1988 1407H). A MESSAGE SENT FROM CG GROUP WOODS ì HOLE TO CG HDQTRS BOSTON GIVES THE HELI GP, BUT STATES THAT IT ì SUNK IN 85FT OF WATER APPROX 3NM NNW OF CUTTYHUNK ISL., IN THE ì VICINITY OF BUOY NO 4. (THIS GEOMETRY DOES NOT FIT, THE GP IS 2 MILES ì OFF CUTTYHUNK ISL. AND ALMOST 2 MILES FROM BUOY NO 4; BUOY NO 6 IS ì ALSO JUST OVER 1/2 MILE AWAY). (THE WRECK SHOULD HAVE BEEN ì REPORTED AS PA). MR. SHAW VERBALLY INDICATED THAT THE WRECK HAD ì NOT BEEN SALVAGED, ACCORDING TO THE CG. (UPDATED 5/4/92 RWD)