Unknown Wreck 115449

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS INVESTIGAITON SHOULD DETERMINE IF CHARTED AUTH. MIN. DEPTH OF 34 FT. IS VALID. LD REQUIRED IF DEPTH(S) OVER HAVEN ARE LESS THAN CHARTED AUTH. MIN. NATURE AND SIZE OF BARGES SUNK ON HAVEN INDICATE LESSER DEPTHS MAY BE EXPECTED. (FOUND, PROCESSING INCOMPLETE, FE-313WD) HISTORY CL921/59--COE TO GULFPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SNAPPER BANKS COMMITTEE, P.O. BOX 1021, GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI (JACK MOODY); AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A SNAPPER BANK. BARGE LOADED WITH AUTO TIRES WILL BE SUNK ALONG SIDE AN EXISTING WRECK WHICH IS 113 FT. LONG, 40 FT. WIDE, IN 36 FT. NM46/59--NOT AVAILIABLE. CL804/86--COE TO NOS (RONALD A. KRIZMAN, OPS. DIV. TO JAMES DAILEY, N/CG2222); COPY OF LETTER FROM SEA GRANT ADVISORY SERVICE (RON LUKENS, BILOXI) TO COE (ERIC A. ROBERTSON, MOBILE); BARGE SUNK BY EXPLOSIVES ON EXISTING SITE, 195 FT. LONG, 35 FT. WIDE, 12 FT. HIGH, LOADED WITH CONCRETE RUBBLE IN LAT. 30-10.3N, LONG. 88-50.4W. PERMIT TO REPLENISH UNDER 10-YEAR MAINTENANCE PLAN EXISTING 5-ACRE ART. REEF IN LAT. 30-10.31N, LONG. 88-50.37W (FORMERLY DESIGNATED MD82-00014-D); MIN. CLEARANCE 34 FT. MLW (PER TONY ROBERTSON, COE, ON 10/31/86); NEW PERMIT NO. MD86-00008-F NM8/87--DELETE FISH HAVEN SYMBOL AND BLUE TINT IN LAT. 30-10-31N, LONG. 88-50-37W, AND ADD OBSTRUCTION FISH HAVEN (AUTH MIN DEPTH 34 FT) IN LAT. 30-10-18N, LONG. 88-50-24W. FE309WD/74--OPR-479-RU/HE-74; FORMERLY H-9420WD/74; MODIFIED EVALUATION REPORT; ITEM NO. 55; NOT LOCATED BUT CHARTED POSITION CLEARED BY 34 FEET. EVALUATION RECOMMENDS RETAINING AS CHARTED WITH LABEL (CLEARED TO 34 FEET 1974). CL804/86--COE TO NOS (RONALD A. KRIZMAN, OPS. DIV. TO JAMES DAILEY, N/CG2222); COPY OF LETER FROM SEA GRANT ADVISORY SERVICE (RON LUKENS, BILOXI) TO COE (ERIC A. ROBERTSON, MOBILE); BARGE SUNK BY EXPLOSIVES ON EXISTING SITE, 195FT. LONG, 35FT WIDE, 12FT. HIGH LOADED WITH CONCRETE RUBBLE IN LAT. 30-10-3N, LONG 88-50-47W. PERMIT TO REPLENISH UNDER 10-YEAR MAINTENANCE PLAN EXISTING 5-ACRE ART. REEF IN LAT 30-10.31N, LONG 88-50-37W (FORMERLY DESIGNATED MD 82-00014-D); MIN. CLEARANCE 34FT. MLW (PER TONY ROBERTSON, COE ON 10/31/86); NEW PERMIT NO. MD 86-0008-F. NM8/87--DELETE FISH HAVEN SYMBOL & BLUE TINT IN LAT 30-10-31N, LONG 88-50-37W, AND ADD OBSTRUCTION FISH HAVEN (AUTH MIN DEPTH 34FT) IN LAT 30-10-18N, LONG 88-50-24W. CL417/88--NOAA SHIP RUDE TO CGD8; LD OF 27.7FT. OBTAINED IN LAT 30-10-32.273N, LONG 88-50-26.469W, OR 444 METERS NNW OF CHARTED FISH HAVEN. LORAN-C RATES 12263.9 AND 47063.3. LNM21/88--RELOCATE SYMBOL "OBSTRUCTION FISH HAVEN" IN 30-10-18N, 88-50-24W TO 30-10-32.3N, 88-50-26.5W. CHANGE LEGEND TO READ "OBSTRUCTION FISH HAVEN MIN DEPTH 27.7FT). FE313SS/88--OPR-J433-RU/HE-88; ITEM LOCATED BY ECHO SOUNDER. LD OF 28.0FT. LOCATED IN LAT 30-10-32.27N, LONG 88-50-26.47W. (PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE). WRECK IS APPROX. 444 METERS NORTH OF CHARTED FISH HAVEN. (31 ST EDITION CHART 11373). EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING A DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK AS SURVEYED (28 WK). BASED ON THE SIDE SCAN SONAR INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE FIELD UNIT AFTER LOCATING THE BARGE THE EVALUATOR ALSO RECOMMENDS MOVING THE CHARTED FISH HAVEN TO THE BARGE'S POSITION AND DELETING THE LEGEND (AUTH MIN 34FT). ADDITIONALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION IN SECTION 7.A.3 OF THE EVALUATION REPORT FOR FE-309WD/74 TO RETAIN THE CHARTED FISH HAVEN OBSTRUCTION PA IN LAT 30-10-5N, LONG 88-50.6W SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. (UP 10/11/89 SJV) H12355 OPR-J348-KR-11-- Ensonified with object detection MBES and 200% feature is real. Feature located inside charted fish haven and does not exceed authorized minimum depth. Feature should remain uncharted.