Unknown Wreck 115021

General Comments

HISTORY NM19/51--SUNKEN BARGE, 125 FT. LONG, IN 11 FMS., APPROX. 175 YDS., 354 DEG. FROM CHARTED POS. OF WARD COVE BUOY 1. IN APPROX. POS. LAT.55-24-18N, LONG.131-43-20W. H7869/51--NO PROJECT NO. SEE LETTER TITLED "SPECIAL SURVEY OF WARD COVE AND VICINITY, ALASKA", DATED 27 MARCH 1951. FATHOMETER LD OF 6.9 FMS.WITH THE NOTE "SUNKEN BARGE", LEAD LINE LD OF 7.0 FMS. IN LAT.55-24.34N LING, 131-43.40W. SEXTANT CONTROL. H8101/53WD--NO PROJECT NO. SEE 22-SRO, S-1-HO, DATED 23 MARCH 1953, SPECIAL WIRE DRAG SURVEY, WARD COVE, ALASKA. HANG AT 44 FT. LEAD LINE DEPTH OF 41 FT. IN LAT.55-24-21.36N, LONG.131-43-23.48W. SEXTANT CONTROL. MAR--11/83, S-O907-RA-83: NO INVESTIGATION. SEMI-PERMANENT "HOUSE FLOAT" MOORING AT THIS LOCATION. FE/251/83--S-0907-RA-83; NO INVESTIGATION; ANCHORED "HOUSE FLOAT" OVER SEARCH AREA. HYDRO. RECOMMENDS ITEM REMAIN AS CHARTED. EVALUATOR NOTES A SHOAL DEPTH OF 3.9 FATHOMS LOCATED 35 METERS SOUTH OF CHARTED WIRE-DRAG CLEARED DEPTH. THIS 3.9 FATHOM SHOAL BELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF WOOD CHIP DEPOSITS. RECOMMENDS THE HOUSE FLOAT AREA LIMITS AND THE 3.9 FATHOM SOUNDING BE CHARTED EVEN THOUGH THE WRECK HAS NOT BEEN DISPROVEN. ALSO RECOMMENDS THE WRECK BE RECHARTED IF ANCHORED HOUSE FLOAT IS MOVED. DURING AWOIS CHECK, IT WAS NOTED (3/6/85) THAT THE WRECK IS CHARTED AS CLEARED BY 6 FATHOMS 5 FEET (41 FEET) WHEREAS THE SOURCE (H-8101 WD) INDICATES A HANG AT 44 FT. AND A LEAD LINE DEPTH AT THE HANG OF 41 FT. H10967/00--OPR-O302-KR; AREA WAS SURVEYED WITH 100% MULTIBEAM. BARGE IS NOT EVIDENT IN SURVEY RECORD AND IS NOT CHARTED. DEPTHS ARE NOT SHOALER THEN 6 FATHOMS 5 FEET IN THE VICINITY, PROBABLY DUE TO A GENERAL SHOALING TREND FROM WOOD DEBRIS. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING SELECTED SOUNDINGS FROM 200 SURVEY AND DO NOT CHART THE BARGE. (UPDATE 3/2/05, JRS)