Unknown Wreck 114625

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
18 18.677 N,64 54.947 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 18.311281
  • Longitude: -64.915783
Wreck Depth 7.6 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY CL379/32-- LETTER, E.L. SIMMONS, AGENT, HARBOR DEPT., ST.THOMAS ì TO U.S.C. & G.S. DATED MAY 8, 1932. LIGHTS ON SUNKEN DRY DOCK ì DISCONTINUED (DRY DOCK REMOVED). FIVE PONTOONS TOWED OUT OF ì HARBOR AND SUNK. PONTOON IS 100 X 50 X 10 FEET. CHARTED AS A ì DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WRECK. H8877/66-- OPR-423; NOT INVESTIGATED. HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDS ì SCALING ITS POSITION FROM PHOTOGRAPH 65 L 1553. H9271/72-- OPR-423; DRIFT SOUNDING OF 29 FEET OBTAINED IN LAT. ì 18-18-47.67N, LONG. 64-54-58.74W. RECOMMENDS FURTHER ì INVESTIGATION. NM22/32-- (ENT 6/11/93, SJV) H10505/93-- OPR-I173-MI; LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR. DIVERS ì DESCRIBE A SUNKEN PONTOON/BARGE MEASURING 33 X 15 X 2.7 METERS IN ì LAT. 18-18-40.660N, LONG. 64-54-56.361W. LL LD OF 8.0 METERS IN ì 10.5 METERS OF WATER. FATHOMETER DEPTH OF 7.6 METERS (25 FEET) ì WAS OBTAINED IN LAT. 18-18-40.608N, LONG. 64-54-56.824W. ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REPOSITIONING CHARTED DANGEROUS SUBMERGED ì WRECK TO SURVEY POSITION AND CHARTING AS A 25 WK. (UP 4/11/96, ì SJV)

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