Unknown Wreck 115250

General Comments

NM 7/53--LTD WK BUOY ESTABLISHED TO MARK WRECK OF A TUG IN 78 FT OF WATER ì WITH 38 FT OF WATER OVER IT; IN PA LAT 40-25-25N, LONG 73-54-01W. NM45/54--CL990/54; WK BUOY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED; COE REPORTS A MINIMUM OF ì 54 FT OVER WRECK. FE129--(FE8/54WD); AREA SWEPT TO 53-57 FT FOR 1/2 - 1 MILE RADIUS; NO ì INDICATION OF WK; HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDED CHARTING AS OBSTR SWEPT TO 54 FT; ì COMBINED WITH AWOIS #1592 AND CHARTED AS WRECKS, 54 FT WITH BASKET. ì (ENTERED MSM 6/86) H10224/86--OPR-C121-WH-86; WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT 40-25-24.29N, ì LONG 73-54-01.73W (NAD27), 191M SE OF SUNKEN WRECK RAMOS; 55-60 ì FT WRECK IN AT LEAST TWO SECTIONS ON A SILT BOTTOM; METAL CROWS ì NEST WITH METAL RUNGS COLLAPSED ON TOP OF WHEELHOUSE; STANDING 10-14 FT ì OFF THE BOTTOM; PART OF MAIN MAST STILL BRACED TO UPPER ì WHEELHOUSE; WHEELHOUSE SUPERSTRUCTURE STOOD 8-10 FT ABOVE THE ì MAIN DECKING; MAIN PROPULSION SHAFT, 1 1/2-2 FT IN DIAMETER, ì FOUND AFT OF DEBRIS AT END OF SITE; PART OF THE TRANSOM WAS ì INTACT WITH A SINGLE 8 FT 3-BLADE PROPELLER FOUND AT THE STERN; ì THREE WOODEN BEAMS CLUSTERED TOGETHER STANDING 4-5 FT OFF ì THE BOTTOM AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF WRECK; BOW STEM ì STANDING 6 FT ABOVE THE BOTTOM; BOW BROKEN OFF; APPROXIMATELY 14 FT REMAIN ì INTACT; STEEL HULLED WITH DETERIORATED WOOD DECKING; PNEUMATIC ì DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 67 FT; DUE TO SCALE OF CHART, EVALUATOR ì RECOMMENDED COMBINING WITH ITEM 1592 AND CHARTING AS 59 WKS. ì (UPDATED MSD 4/91) H11916 - OPR-B310-TJ-08, Wreck with mast located with SSS & SWMB. Minimum depth significantly shoal of charted sounding. A DtoN report was submitted for AWOIS item 1592 which is 200 meters to the north-west of this contact. Least depth updated to 55 ft @ 40° 25' 24.78" N / 073° 54' 0.14" W. (12/31/08, PTT). 24 NO.1025; TUG; SUNK BY MARINE CASUALTY; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE; ì LEAST DEPTH 49 FT. (FE101)