Unknown Wreck 115232

General Comments

HISTORY H6463/39WD--ITEM33; WHILE INVESTIGATING THE WK OF THE POCONO (AWOIS ITEM 1568) AN OBSTRUCTION AND WRECKAGE (AWOIS ITEM 1563) WERE FOUND IN LAT 40-21-24N, LONG 73-56-12W, SHOALEST DEPTH OF 38 FT.; CLEARED BY 35 FT. (ENTERED MSM 5/87) H10284/88--OPR-C147-WH-88; WRECK FOUND WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 37 FT IN LAT 40-21-25.9N, LONG 73-56-10.2W (NAD83); WRECK IS 47M NORTH OF THE CHARTED AWOIS ITEM AND IS BELIEVED TO BE THIS ITEM; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED RETAINING AS CHARTED PENDING VERIFICATION OF FE330SS (1989). (UPDATED MSD 6/91) FE330SS/89--OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #16 ON SURVEY H-10284/88; SIDE SCAN SONAR AND DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND A WRECK LYING ON A FLAT BOTTOM; WRECK IS AN OLD WOODEN STEAMSHIP ABOUT 75M IN LENGTH; WRECKAGE IS BADLY DETERIORATED AND STREWN ABOUT HE BOTTOM; SEVERAL PROTRUSIONS RISE ABOVE THE TREND OF THE WRECK; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE DIVER LEAST DEPTH OF 38 FT TAKEN ON THE STACK FROM THE STEAM PLANT WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE WRECK; LAT 40-21-25.08N, LONG 73-56-09.18W (NAD83); STEAM ENGINE FOUND ABOUT 30M FROM THE STERN; NEAR MIDSHIPS THE ENGINE AND STACK RISE ABOUT 20 FT OFF THE BOTTOM AND TWO LARGE BOILERS ARE INTACT JUST FORWARD OF THE STACK; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15498.5, 9960-X 26943.3, 9960-Y 43646.0, 9960-Z 59834.2; HYDROGRAPHER STATES THAT THIS MAY BE THE REMAINS OF THE AUGUSTINA, AWOIS ITEM 1561; ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO MASTS FOUND, THEY MAY HAVE COLLAPSED INTO THE WRECKAGE; NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION COULD BE MADE; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED 35 FT WIRE DRAG WRECK AND ADDING 51 WK AS SHOWN ON THIS SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD 6/91) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.598; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE; WD CLEARED TO 35 FT. (SOURCE UNK.); REPORTED THROUGH H.O. CHART RECORDS, DATED 1950 **** DIVER INVESTIGATION MAY DETERMINE THAT THIS ITEM IS THE WRECK AUGUSTINA. REFERENCE ITEM 1561.