Unknown Wreck 116461

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HISTORY NM45/45--WRECK REP. COVERED 34 FT., BEARING 137 DEG., 6,830 YDS. FROM POINT NO POINT LIGHT. MARKED BY A SPAR BUOY AND A CAN BUOY. NM46/45--LIGHTED BELL BUOY EST., RB HOR. BANDS, QK FL; BEARS 137 DEG., 6,830 YDS. FROM POINT NO POINT LIGHT AND 163 DEG., 200 YDS FROM WRECK (ABOVE) REP. IN APPROX. POS. LAT. 38-05N, LONG. 76-14W. NM34/46--POINT NO POINT WRECK LIGHTED BUOY DISCONTINUED. NM41/46--SUBMERGED OBJECT, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, REP. ABOUT 3 MILES 137 DEG. FROM POINT NO POINT LIGHT. LOCATED IN APPROX. POS. LAT. 38-05-30N, LONG. 76-14-50W. (DCGO 5TH NAVAL DISTRICT 261338 SEPT. 1946). FE102/51(WD) (F.E. NO. 11 1951)--CS-326; OBSTRUCTION REP. IN NM41/46 APPARENTLY BROKEN UP AND PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND IN TWO LOCATIONS. ONE PIECE OF WRECKAGE HUNG TWICE WITH SECOND HANG IN LAT. 38-05-23N, LONG 76-15-06W. ECHO SOUNDING OF 39.5 FT. (PREDICTED TIDES) OBTAINED IN GENERAL DEPTHS OF 43.5 FT. CLEARED BY WIRE DRAG TO 37.5 FT. HYDRO. RECOMMENDS CHARTING CLEARED DEPTH OF 37 FT. ANOTHER HANG IN POS. LAT. 38-05-20N, LONG. 76-15-07W WAS NOT CHARTED. ECHO SOUNDER DEPTH OF 40 FT. WAS OBTAINED ON THIS WRECKAGE IN GENERAL DEPTHS OF 44 FT. CLEARED BY 37.5 FT. CL858/50--SPECIAL REPORT OF FIELD EXAM. ABOVE MADE INTO CHART LETTER. NM47/50-NO OBSTRUCTION FOUND DURING USC&GS WIRE DRAG SURVEY AS CHARTED FROM NM41/46 ABOVE. CURVE AND NOTE EXPUNGED FROM CHARTS. SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN DEPTHS REVEALED BY SURVEY TO BE APPLIED TO CHART. H8283/55-56--ECHO SOUNDER INVEST., 100 METER SPACING, NEGATIVE. D-22--OPR-E404-PE-84; TWO SIDE SCAN SONAR CONTACTS OBTAINED. ECHO SOUNDER LD ON CONTACT ONE WAS 43 FT. IN POS. LAT. 38-05-23.6N, LONG. 76-15-03.9W. LD ON CONTACT TWO WAS 40 FT. IN POS. LAT 38-05-20.0N, LONG. 76-15-01.6W. HYDRO. RECOMMENDS RETAINING OBSTRUCTION AS CHARTED. SURVEY NOT VERIFIED AS OF 1/18/85. FE267/84--THE TWO OBSTRUCTIONS FOUND BY F.E. NO. 11, 1951 (FE-102WD (1951)) (ONLY ONE CHARTED) WERE LOCATED. ONE LOCATED IN LAT. 38-05-19.92N, LONG. 76-15-01.72W, ECHO SOUNDER LD OF 40 FT. SECOND OBSTRUCTION LOCATED IN LAT. 38-05-24.00N, LONG. 76-15-03.76W, ECHO SOUNDER LD OF 43 FT. FE275/85SS--OBSTRUCTION LOCATED 13 METERS WEST OF FIRST ITEM ABOVE IN LAT. 38-05-20.28N, LONG. 76-15-02.01W. DIVERS IDENTIFIED ITEM AS A WRECK WITH A PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LD OF 41 FT. AN OBSTRUCTION (NOT DIVED ON) WAS LOCATED 37 METERS WEST OF THE SECOND ITEM ABOVE IN LAT. 38-05-24.48N LONG. 76-15-05.18W 42 FT. LD DERIVED FROM MARINE CENTER SIDE SCAN SONAR ANALYSIS. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING THE CHARTED SUBM. OBSTR. CLEARED BY 37 FT. (THE ORIGINAL AWOIS NO. 3425) AND CHARTING A DANGEROUS WRECK, COVERED 41 FT. (THE NEW AWOIS NO. 3425). ALSO RECOMMENDS CHARTING A DANGEROUS SUBM. OBSTR. (42 FT. REP.) IN THE SECOND POSITION. (SEE AWOIS NO. 04512) OPR-E349-KR-10 DELETE CHARTED DANGEROUS WRECK, LEAST DEPTH 41FT. CHART DANGEROUS WRECK, LEAST DEPTH 42FT. FEATURE WAS VERIFIED WITH SSS AND MBES. SURVEY REQUIREMENTS FULL--VERIFY OR DISPROVE THROUGH 400% SIDE SCAN SONAR SEARCH OR BOTTOM DRAG INVESTIGATION, 250 METER MIN. RADIUS. LD REQUIRED IF FOUND. NOT ASSIGNED.