Unknown Wreck 115335

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HISTORY H6463/39WD--ITEM 33; WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE WK OF POCONO (AWOIS ITEM 1568), SEVERAL OBSTRS WERE FOUND; TWO 37 FT SDGS WERE FOUND AT LAT 40-22-36N, LONG 73-56-24W AND LAT 40-22-30N, LONG 73-56-30W (ALSO REF AWOIS ITEM 1572); ALL OBSTRS CLEARED BY 34 FT; OBSTRS WERE HARD IN A SOFT BOTTOM AND ARE BELIEVED TO BE SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (ENTERED MSM 5/87) H10284/88--OPR-C147-WH-88; AN OBSTRUCTION WAS FOUND WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 33 FT IN LAT 40-22-29.2N, LONG 73-56-29W; OBSTRUCTION IS 269M SW OF CHARTED POSITION OF THIS ITEM AND 81M SW OF POSITION OF ITEM 1571; EVALUATOR BELIEVES THAT THIS CONTACT IS THIS ITEM OR ITEM 4600; THERE ARE OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AWOIS ITEM THAT WERE LOCATED BY THE PRESENT SURVEY, BUT THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND HAS AN ESTIMATED HEIGHT THAT IS CLOSE TO THE CHARTED INFORMATION; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED THAT THE CHARTED ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CHART AND AN OBSTRUCTION BE CHARTED FROM THE PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD 6/91) FE330SS/89--OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #22 FROM SURVEY H-10284/88; DIVERS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE REMAINS OF A LARGE WOODEN WRECK WHICH IS BADLY BROKEN UP, DETERIORATED AND STREWN ABOUT THE BOTTOM; SEVERAL LARGE TIMBERS RISE AT ANGLES ABOVE THE GENERAL TREND OF THE WRECK; TIMBERS ARE MOST LIKELY THE RIBS FROM THE WRECK; LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH WAS TAKEN BY DIVERS ON THE AFTERMOST VERTICAL TIMBER; LAT 40-22-57.93N, LONG 73-56-24.38W (NAD83); LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15498.8, 9960-X 26949.1, 9960-Y 43662.0, 9960-Z 59840.8; DUE TO THE DETERIORATED CONDITION OF WRECK, POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION IS NOT POSSIBLE; HOWEVER, DIVERS REPORTED THAT THE WRECKAGE WAS MORE LIKELY A BARGE THAN A WAR VESSEL (AWOIS ITEM 1571); IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IN H-6463/39WD THIS ITEM WAS ASSUMED TO BE SCATTERED WRECKAGE FROM THE BARGE, POCONO (ITEM 1568); EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED THAT THE OBSTRUCTION FOUND ON H-10284/88 NOT BE CHARTED AND THAT A 39 WK BE CHARTED AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY; CONTACT #25, WHICH WAS ALSO ASSIGNED FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ALSO SUGGESTED AS POSSIBLY BEING ITEM 4600, WAS DETERMINED TO BE A ROCKY SHOAL AND NOT WRECKAGE. (UPDATED MSD 6/91) DESCRIPTION **** REF AWOIS ITEM 1571, WK OF A CG VESSEL SUNK IN 1918.