Unknown Wreck 116304

Field Value
Wreck Category wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
37 14.534 N,76 29.314 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 37.242232
  • Longitude: -76.488568
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

LNM38/96-- (9/17/96); VIRGINIA-YORK RIVER-HAZARD TO NAVIGATION; A CRANE BARGE IS REPORTED SUNK IN THE YORK RIVER 1 NM SOUTHWEST OF SARAH'S CREEK IN APPROXIMATE POSITION LAT. 37-14.5N, LONG. 76-29.3W DOWNSTREAM FROM THE COLEMAN BRIDGE. IT IS REPORTED THAT ONLY A PORTION OF THE BOOM REMAINS VISIBLE ABOVE THE WATER. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH EXTREME CAUTION. (ENT 2/2/04, SJV) H11295/2007 Survey Position: 37° 14' 32.036" N, 076° 29' 18.845" W Least Depth: 3.10 m Timestamp: 2007-284.09:47:21.276 (10/11/2007) Remarks: Uncharted dangerous wreck located during H11295 survey operations. Data describes the remains of a crane associated with AWOIS 12191 and charted as wreck awash position approximate. Item was initially located using 200% SSS and developed using a Reson 8125 multibeam echosounder. The least depth of this feature was found to be 10.15ft (3.10m) relative to the Chart datum. Surrounding water depths were 22.82ft (6.96m). Soundings were adjusted to the MLLW datum using verified water levels and final discrete tide zones. Divers on December 9th, 2007 report the item to be a steel pipe approximately eight inches in diameter. No other wreckage was found above the bottom surface within an 50 foot radius.

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