Unknown Wreck 115553

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
30 9.922 N,88 45.045 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 30.165372
  • Longitude: -88.750744
Wreck Depth 9.45 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY FE313SS/88--OPR-J433-RU/HE-88; WRECK IN LAT 30-09-55.34N, LONG ì 88-45-02.68W LOCATED WHILE SEARCHING FOR AWOIS NOS. 2808 AND ì 2809. PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LD OF 31 FT. WRECK DESCRIBED AS A ì LIBERTY SHIP HULL, COMPLETELY CUT AWAY 2 FEET ABOVE THE WATER ì LINE. 450 FT. LONG, 50 FT. WIDE LYING LEVEL AT 42 FEET ON A SOFT ì SILTY BOTTOM. THIS WRECK (AND ADJACENT AWOIS NO 7488) IS APPROX. ì 340 METERS NW OF A CHARTED FISH HAVEN. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS MOVING ì CHARTED FISH HAVEN (REP MIN DEPTH 30FT) TO THE AVERAGE POSITION ì OF THESE TWO WRECKS. RETAIN CHARTED NOTATION. VESSELS SUNK AS A ì FISH HAVEN BY MISSISSIPPI GULF FISHING BANKS INC. (ENT 10/10/89 ì SJV) LORAN-C RATES (7980 CHAIN) W=12317.4, Y=47061.5 OPR-J348-KR-11--OBSTN LOCATED WITHIN FISH HAVEN. Ensonified with object detection MBES and 200% SSS feature is real. Feature located within charted fish haven and does not exceed authorized minimum depth. Feature should remain uncharted.

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