Unknown Wreck 115326

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
40 25.077 N,73 51.780 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 40.417950
  • Longitude: -73.863000
Wreck Depth 13.72 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

H10224/86-88--OPR-C121-WH-86-88; SIDE SCAN SONAR AND DIVER INVESTIGATION OF CONTACT SHOWING DEFINITE WRECK CHARACTERISTICS; DIVERS FOUND A DETERIORATED WOODEN VESSEL WITH ROTTED WOODEN DECK PLANKING WHICH WAS MOSTLY SILTED OVER BY SAND; ONLY LARGE DECK TIMBERS REMAIN; NO MACHINERY FOUND; RIBS WERE OBSERVED RISING UP OFF THE BOTTOM ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF WRECK; DIVER GAUGE LEAST DEPTH TAKEN ON TOWING BITS AT THE NORTHERN END OF WRECK; LARGE DECK TIMBERS WERE SEEN ON WESTERN SIDE OF WRECK; 50 FT SW OF MAIN WRECKAGE, DIVERS FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PORTION OF THE SAME WRECK, RUNNING NW-SE, WOODEN RAIL-LIKE TIMBERS STICKING UP OFF THE BOTTOM 6-8 INCHES; ALSO APPEARS TO BE DETERIORATED; ON SECOND DIVE, A PILE WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE WRECK AND A PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 46 FT WAS TAKEN ON IT IN LAT 40-25-04.11N, LONG 73-51-48.51W (NAD27); BEAM MEASURED 40 FT; LENGTH WAS 120 FT; HYDROGRAPHER AND EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTING 46 WK AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. (ENTERED MSD 4/91) H11916 -- OPR-B310-TJ-09, Item investigated with SSS & SWMB, least depth and position of charted OBstn updated. (12/19/08, PTT).

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