Unknown Wreck 116458

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HISTORY CL1884/71-- WRECK OR OBSTRUCTION APPEARS TO BE A SUNKEN BARGE ABOUT 60 FEET LONG AND EXTENDS ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE BOTTOM. LOCATION IS ABOUT 1/2 MILE SSW OF YORK SPIT CHANNEL BUOY 19 (SIC), COVERED BY ABOUT 35 FEET. APPROX. POSITION IS LAT. 37-10.80N, LONG. 76-09.40W. NOT CHARTED. THIS REPORTED TO AMC BY A NAVY DEMOLITION TEAM. TELCON TO H. PROFITT (1/5/72) CORRECTED BUOY NUMBER TO "23". NM5/72-- CHESAPEAKE BAY-YORK SPIT-YORK RIVER ENTRANCE-WRECKS REPORTED; 1. COVERED 18 FEET MLW IN 37-09.5N, 76-11.7W, AND 2. PROJECTING ABOUT 10 FEET OFF THE BOTTOM IN 37-10.8N, 76-09.4W. CHARTED AS A DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WRECK, REP, PA. CL1960/78-- MAR; RU/HE, MAY 1978; SUNKEN BARGE LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR, WIRE DRAGGED, HUNG SEVERAL TIMES AND CLEARED ON MAY 17, 1978. DIVE OPS CONDUCTED CONFIRMING IDENTIFICATION. DESCRIBED AS A WOODEN BARGE APPROX. 80 FEET LONG, 25 FEET WIDE, AND 12 FEET MOULDED DEPTH. RESTS ON AN EVEN KEEL, ORIENTED NNW. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE FOUND. SCOURED TO 51 FEET IN CHARTED DEPTHS OF 41 FEET. RECOMMEND DELETING WRECK REP, PA (ABOVE) AND CHARTING A WRECK CLEARED TO 28 FEET IN LAT. 37-08.99N, LONG. 76-09.16W. LNM22/78-- A SUBMERGED WOODEN-HULLED BARGE, APPROX. 70 FEET IN LENGTH HAS BEEN LOCATED BY NOAA SHIPS RUDE AND HECK IN LAT. 37-08.89N, LONG. 76-09.16W. LD (SIC) OF 28.5 FEET. THE G.P. GIVEN IN THIS LNM WAS USED TO DHART THE WRECK SINCE IT WAS CLOSER TO THE RU/HE DESCRIPTION "350 YDS. NNW OF BUOY 17". (ENT 3/4/94, SJV) FE222WD/78-- OPR-E609-RU/HE-78; HUNG AT 30 FEET AND CLEARED IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY BY 27 FEET. EVALUATOR CONSIDERS THIS CLEARANCE VALID FOR CHARTING SINCE WRECK WAS HUNG IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS SEVERAL TIMES. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING A WRECK CLEARED 27 FEET BY WIRE DRAG. ADDITIONAL FIELD WORK NOT RECOMMENDED. FE249/84--OPR-E609-RU/HE-84; 1:20,000 SCALE, DELNORTE (R/R) CONTROL; SSS. THOROUGH DIVER INVESTIGATION; LEAST DEPTH OF 34 FEET OBTAINED WITH PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE; 100 FEET LOA WITH A 30-FOOT BEAM; JACK (SIC) BENT OVER FWD GROUND TACKLE; SLIGHT STBD LIST AND DOWN SLIGHTLY IN BOW; EVALUATOR DETERMINED VISIBILITY WAS TOO POOR (TWO FEET OR LESS) TO ACCEPT DIVER'S LEAST DEPTH; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED RETAINING AS CHARTED, BUT REVISE WIRE DRAG CLEARANCE TO 27 FEET THRU FE222/78WD. (ENT 12/4/84, MSM) FE415SS/95-- OPR-E696-HE; BARGE LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR. DIVERS DESCRIBE A BARGE COVERED BY 1-2 INCHES OF MARINE GROWTH. 5 DEG. LIST TO NORTH SIDE WHERE A DEEP, WIDE SCOUR RUNS THE LENGTH OF THE BARGE. LD OF 10.6 METERS (35 FEET) IN LAT. 37-08-53.88N, LONG. 76-09-08,05W. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REVISING CHARTED WRECK TO SURVEY POSITION AS 35WK. (UP 2/1/96, SJV) F00450/99--OPR-E350-RU; LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR. . DIVERS DESCRIBE A HEAVILY ENCRUSTED SUNKEN BARGE APPROX. 70 FEET LONG WITH A DEEP SCOUR TO THE NNW WHICH EXTENDS THE LENGTH OF THE WRECK. PNEUMO DEPTH GAUGE OBTAINED A LD OF 34.4 FEET (10.5 METERS) IN LAT. 37-08-54.01N , LONG. 76-09-08.12W. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REVISING CHARTED 35 WK TO 34 WK AS SURVEYED AND 27-FOOT WD SOUNDING TO 34 WK AS SURVEYED. THIS AWOIS ITEM IS DUPLICATED AS AWOIS ITEM NO. 8875. (UP 4/27/00, SJV) H11028/02 -- TWO HUNDRED PERCENT SIDE SCAN SONAR COVERAGE WAS ACQUIRED OVER 34FT CHARTED WRECK (AWOIS ITEM 3190, 8875) AT POSITION LAT. 37 08' 54.6" N, LONG. 076 09'07.5" W. ONE CONTACT WAS SELECTED AND FURTHER INVESTIGATED WITH SWMB. A LEAST DEPTH OF 35 FT (10.85 M, CORRECTED USING APPROVED TIDES) WAS DETERMINED BY SWMB.THE HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE 34 WK BE DELETED AND A 35 WK BE CHARTED IN LATITUDE 37 08' 53.95"N, LONGITUDE 076 09' 07.91"W. CHART 35 WK WITH DANGER CURVE. UPDATED JCM 4/19/2005. DESCRIPTION **** THIS WRECK IS IN THE VICINITY OF YORK SPIT CHANNEL WHERE THE USACE HAS PROPOSED TENTATIVE DREDGING OPERATIONS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL TO NOV. 1984. AN UPDATED POSITION AND CLEARED DEPTH WOULD PROVE USEFUL IN THE EVENT USACE PLANS BECOME FIRM. PLEASE ADVISE MR. EUGENE BATTY, NORFOLK DISTRICT, USCAE (FTS-827-3482) OF THE STATUS OF THIS WK. UPON COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION. (ENTERED, 11/22/83, MJF). **** CONTACTED MR. BATTY ON DEC. 4, 1984 TO RELAY RESULTS OF FE249/84. HIS SURVEY PLANS SHOW WK 200FT OUTSIDE TOE OF CHANNEL, WHICH AGREES WITH CHARTED POSITION. (ENTERED 12/4/84 MSM).