Unknown Wreck 115229

General Comments

HISTORY H6463/39WD--ITEM 27; WHILE DRAGGING FOR THE WK OF THE PROGRESS (ITEM 1534), ì AN OBSTR WAS LOCATED IN LAT 40-16-12N, LONG 73-56-30W; 44 FT SNDG WAS TAKEN ì OVER OBSTR; FELT LIKE WRECKAGE AND WHILE SOUNDING IT THE LEAD WAS CUT UP AND ì COVERED WITH RUST; CLEARED BY 42 FT; CHARTED AS 42 FT BASKET SNDG; ALSO ì REFERENCE ITEMS 1537 AND 1538.(ENTERED MSM 1/86) H10285/88--OPR-C147-WH-88; DURING HYDROGRAPHY AND SIDE SCAN ì INVESTIGATION, NO INDICATION OF ITEM AT CHARTED POSITION; A SIDE ì SCAN CONTACT WITH WRECK-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS AND AN ESTIMATED ì DEPTH OF 55 FT WAS FOUND 143 METERS SOUTHWEST OF AWOIS POSITION; ì LAT 40-16-07.913N, LONG 73-56-34.198W (NAD83); EVALUATOR BELIEVES THIS IS ì THE AWOIS ITEM; RECOMMENDS DELETING CHARTED AWOIS ITEM 1531, ì CHARTING A SUBM OBSTR, AND ASSIGNED THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER ì INVESTIGATION. (UPDATED MSD 3/91) FE331SS/89--OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #9; SIDE SCAN SONAR CONTACT, ì FOUND ON ABOVE SURVEY, INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS; LOCATED THE REMAINS ì OF A LARGE SUNKEN WOODEN SHIP; APPEARED TO HAVE SETTLED KEEL DOWN ì AND TO ONE SIDE; ONLY ONE SHEER STRAKE RUNNING 40 M LONG AND SOME ì DECK PLANKS WERE EXPOSED; MOST OF THE SHIP WAS BURIED IN THE ì SAND; CURRENT SCOUR ALONG THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE WRECK ì ACCOUNTED FOR THE DIVERS MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 64 FT; SHOALEST POINT ì ROSE APPROXIMATELY 3 FT OFF A SANDY BOTTOM; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE ì LEAST DEPTH OF 54 FT; LAT 40-16-08.50N, LONG 73-56-34.18W ì (NAD83); LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15503.4, 9960-X 26931.8, 9960-Y ì 43592.8, 9960-Z 59809.8; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTING A 54 WK ì IN SURVEY POSITION, DELETING CHARTED CLEARED 42 FT DEPTH, AND NOT ì CHARTING 55 OBSTR FROM SURVEY H-10285/88. (UPDATED MSD 7/91) DESCRIPTION 24 NO 361; SUNK 1939, CGS WD CLEARED TO 42 FT IN 1939 27 NO.644; LOCATED BY U.S.C. & G.S. IN SEPT. 1939, CLEARED TO 42 FT. H12609/2014-- OPR-C319-KR; Least depth 56 feet in present survey position.(UP 10/09/15 SDR)