Unknown Wreck 116178

General Comments

HISTORY H09743/78--PSR Item #1 was found by divers to be a dangerous sunken wreck, as charted. Least depths were determined by diver-held lines, with the leas depth located at the southeast end. The wreck lies at an angle of approx. 345T and appears to be approx. 120 ft. long. Local residents confirmed the wreck to be a mine sweeper which sunk at the end of the Navel degaussing station pier. LNM50/75--The Point Jefferson lighted wreck buoy has been discontinued. The wreck has moved inshore and is now located in lat. 47/45/28N, 122/28/06W in 34 feet of water. CL331/71--A sunken charted wreck at 47/45/27N, 122/28/03W was investigated on 25 Sept. 1970 by the USC&GS FAIRWEATHER launch FA-3 to verify its location and determine the least depth. The wreck was located and a fix taken at the shoalest depth, 1.1 fathoms by hand lead, The top of the rest of the wreck was submerged about 2 fathoms. The centerline of the wreck lies approx. N-S. Inquiry of Mr. Al Wolfe at the US Navy Degaussing Station on the point, indicated that he believed the wreck was a 140 ft. mine sweeper. Originally, parts of the wreck were exposed at minus tides, but he reported that it had not been visible recently. Mr. Wolfe also reported that the pier charted insshore of the buoy near the wreck had been removed entirely, including stub pilong, etc.; an investigation confirmed this. NM12/70--A sunken wreck exists in 47/25/27N, 122/28/03W. Point Jefferson lighted wreck buoy established 10 yd. , 090 degrees. H11190, 2002; Charted wreck was visually verified by divers at 5m visibility on a sloping bottom with a debris field 90' long and 25' wide. The least depth is 6.76 m determined by placingdiver least depth gauge at highest point on wreck. (KRW 09/28/2006)