Unknown Wreck 114572

General Comments

HISTORY CL1985/68-- USPS TO NOS (USESSA); SUNKEN SAILBOAT REPORTED TO EXIST IN APPROX. POSITION LAT. 17-56-08N, LONG. 66-15-37W. OBSERVED ON 12/7/68 AT 10:00AM. SAILBOAT IS TWO-MASTED; ONE MAST BROKEN OFF AT WATER LEVEL SECOND MAST ABOUT TO BREAK OFF AT WATER LEVEL AT PRESENT TIME. WRECK LOCATED BY USING RANGE OF BUOY RN "4" AND LIGHT "3" (SIC) INTERSECTING WITH ANOTHER RANGE USING CAYO MORRILLO AND AN UNNAMED ISLAND (5TH EDITION OF CHART 25687 ( OLD NUMBER 909). NOTE: SHORELINE AND AIDS HAVE BEEN REVISED SINCE THIS LETTER WAS RECEIVED IN 1968 (N"4" & LIGHT "3" NO LONGER CHARTED). REPORTED BY J. HESS, SAN JUAN, SAN JOAQUIN B-7, RIO PIEDRAS 00926 AND J. MARKELL, 214 GEN. DELVALLE, SAN TURCE, P.R. TELEPHONE 767-2044. NM4/69-- WEST INDIES-PUERTO RICO-SOUTH COAST-BAHIA DE JOBOS-WRECK REPORTED; A SUNKEN SAILBOAT IS REPORTED TO EXIST NORTH OF CAYOS DE PA'JAROS IN APPROX. POSITION LAT. 17-56-06N, LONG. 66-15-38W. CL1015/87-- USPS TO NOS, INVESTIGATION ON 8/10/87; ; SUNKEN SHIP (SIC) TOTALLY DISINTEGRATED. NO LONGER A HAZARD. REPORTED BY JORGE HESS, DIST. 50 (PONCE, PR) 1890 SAN JOAQUIN, RIO PIEDRAS, PR, 00926. TELEPHONE 809-767-2044. CHARTED SUBMERGED WRECK, PA REVISED TO ED. (ENT 4/5/01, SJV) H11035/01-- OPR-I305-WH; HYDROGRAPHER STATES THAT 50% OF SEARCH AREA TOO SHOAL FOR LAUNCH OPS. ADDS THAT "ITEM WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED." ONE SIGNIFICANT CONTACT FOUND THAT RESEMBLED A WRECK IN LAT. 17-55-58.88N, LONG. 66-15-36.60W. IDENTIFICATION AS A WRECK WAS NOT VERIFIED. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING A 20-FOOT DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK AND THE NOTATION "WKS" AS SURVEYED. DELETE THE CHARTED DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK ED. SEE ALSO AWOIS NO. 11819. (UP 3/28/03, SJV)