Unknown Wreck 115585

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS OBTAIN LD WITH POSITION. HISTORY CL624/74--OPR-479-74 (NOAA SHIP HECK); STEEL HULL (100 FT. LONG), POSSIBLY BARGE, FOUND IN 45 FT., LD 34 FT. (UNSUPPORTED), CLEARED TO 30.5 FT. (PREDICTED TIDES). LOCATED IN LAT. 30-09.25N, LONG. 88-28-48W. NO DOCUMENTATION OF DIVE, LEAD LINE CHARTED AS A WRECK, CLEARED 5 FATHOMS (CHART 11360, 29 ED., JUNE 15, 1985). NM26/74--PUBLISHES ABOVE INFO. FE309WD74--OPR-479-RU/HE-74; FORMERLY H-9420WD; MODIFIED EVALUATION REPORT. SUNKEN BARGE LOCATED IN LAT 30-09-13.9N, LONG 88-28-29.7W. HUNG AT 31 FEET CLEARED IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY BY 30 FEET. INVESTIGATED AND IDENTIFIED AS A SUNKEN BARGE, 100 FEET LONG IN 43-44 FEET. (SEE ADVANCE INFO. ABOVE). EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REVISING PRESENTLY CHARTED WRECK (CHART 11373 30TH ED.) TO A DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK (CLEARED TO 30 FT. 1974) AT SURVEYED POSITION. NO FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED EXCEPT FOR OBTAINING LD. H10261/87--OPR-J217-HFP-84; NEITHER VERIFIED NOR DISPROVED. HANG SHOWN ON FE309/74WD CARRIED FORWARD TO THIS SURVEY (UPDATE 4/12/89 LQ) FE324/89SS--OPR-J433-RU-88/89--DIVER INVESTIGATION REVEALED STEEL HULL WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE REMOVED FROM 100 FT LONG VESSEL, 20 FT WIDE, AND 8 FT ABOVE BOTTOM. CONSIDERED REMAINS OF F/V AS DESCRIBED BY LOCAL DIVERS. DIVER DETERMINED LD 37.6 FT BY PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 44 FT. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WK WITH DEPTH OF 37 FT AS SURVEYED. (UP 5/7/91 GKM). SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS FULL--VERIFY OR DISPROVE THROUGH 400% SIDE SCAN SONAR SEARCH, OR BOTTOM DRAG INVESTIGATION 100 METER MIN. RADIUS. LD REQUIRED IF FOUND. DISPROVAL BY SALVAGE DOCUMENTATION, ACCEPTABLE ASSIGNED: 0PR-J217-HFP-86.