Unknown Wreck 116782

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
33 42.583 N,118 14.351 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 33.709717
  • Longitude: -118.239175
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY LNM41/74 (9/4/74) -- A 21 FT SAILBOAT SANK AT APPROX. POS. 078 DEGREES TRUE, 1100 YARDS FROM LA LIGHT. NO GP GIVEN IN LNM BY THE 11TH USCGD. PRESENT POSITION SCALED FROM CHART 18751 (38TH ED.). LNM42/74 (9/11/74) -- THE 21 FT SAILBOAT REPORTED SUNK IN APPROX. POS. 078 DEGREES TRUE, 1100 YARDS FROM LA LIGHT COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE USCG. H9580 (1975) -- NOAA SHIP RAINIER ACQUIRED SOUNDINGS OVER THE AREA AT 20 METER INTERVALS, BUT SPACING WAS INADEQUATE TO DISPROVE THE EXISTENCE OF THE 21 FT SAILBOAT AND THE WRECK WAS RETAINED AS PRESENTLY CHARTED. H10998/01 -- OPR-L325-KR-00; CONTACT ON A VESSEL WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 48.7 FEET. THE WRECK IS AN INTACT VESSEL MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET LONG BY 13 FEET WIDE. WK WAS LOCATED 260 METERS SOUTHEAST OF THE REPORTED POSITION IN IT IS EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS THE WRECK BE CHARTED WITH A DEPTH OF 48 FEET AT LAT. 33°42¿34.984¿N AND LONG. 118°14¿21.032¿W. AND REMOVE THE CHARTED "PD". (UPDATED, 3/9/05, JRS)

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