Unknown Wreck 115910

General Comments

03163 HISTORY LNM1/79(1/3/79)--7TH CGD; WRECK, PA (MAST), SUNKEN SHRIMP BOAT WITH A STEEL MAST WAS REPORTED IN APPROX. POS. LAT.24-39.4N, LONG.81-54W. VISIBLE 6FT. CL1191/82--USPS; HORIZONTAL VISIBLE SEARCH FAILED TO LOCATE "MAST" AS CHARTED. MR. CHET ALEXANDER, OWNER OF ALEXANDER MARINE, A SALVAGE FIRM, WAS QUERIED ABOUT THE WRECK. HE STATED THAT HE HAD SALVAGED THE WK, REMOVED EVERYTHING OF VALUE INCLUDING THE MAST, AND THAT THE REMAINS OF THE HULL WERE FLAT ON THE BOTTOM. H10086/84--OPR-H373-HFP-83; DANG SUBM WK NOT INVESTIGATED ON PRESENT SURVEY. RECOMMENDS RETAINS AS CHARTED. (UPDATED 4/87 RWD) DESCRIPTION **** TELECON WITH BOATSWAIN MATE SURPRIZE OF THE KEY WEST COAST GUARD STATION, 9/26/83, INDICATED THAT MR. ALEXANDER HAD RETIRED, BUT A HOME PHONE WAS GIVEN (305 296-3418). SURVEY REQUIREMENTS FULL--VERIFY OR DISPROVE BY FATHOMETER INVESTIGATION AT LOW WATER WITH REDUCED LINE SPACING, OR IF THE WATER CLARITY PERMITS VISUAL OBSERVATION, 1/4 MILE MINIMUM RADIUS OF THE GIVEN POSITION. DISPROVAL MAY BE ACQUIRED BY SALVAGE DOCUMENTATION (MR. ALEXANDER), HOWEVER IF THE HULL REMAINS (CONSTRUCTION UNKNOWN) A LEAST DEPTH WOULD BE REQUIRED. MR. ALEXANDER POSSIBLY COULD AID IN DEFINING THE GIVEN POSITION. ASSIGNED: H12191, OPR-H355-TJ-10. Item located with SSS and developed with MB. Wreck debt visible in SSS image and MB data. The charted wreck Mast PA was deleted and a wreck charted in position: 24 39 26.4 / 81 53 53.4 with 29.79 ft (9.08 m) depth. (PTT 4/2/2012)