Unknown Wreck 117036

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
41 3.648 N,73 18.959 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 41.060794
  • Longitude: -73.315983
Wreck Depth 12.8 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY H5219/32WD--44 FT. SOUNDING TAKEN ON WRECKAGE IN LAT ì 41-03-38.9N, LONG 73-18-59.1W (NAD27); CLEARED BY 42 FT; CHARTED AS 44 ì FT. SOUNDING. CL338/43--CGS; POLICY MEMO STATING THAT ALL SOUNDINGS CHARTED ì FROM SPECIFIC WIRE DRAG SHEETS NOW BE CHARTED AS CLEARED DEPTHS ì WITH BASKETS AND APPROPRIATE NOTATIONS; 44 FT. SOUNDING REVISED TO ì 42 CLEARED DEPTH. (ENTERED MSM 10/88) FE323SS/89--OPR-B660-HE-89; ONE CONTACT FOUND IN LAT ì 41-03-38.86N, LONG 73-18-57.54W (NAD83); DIVER INVESTIGATION ì FOUND WRECKAGE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A BARGE, WHICH HAS SUNK INTO ì THE MUDDY BOTTOM, AND NUMEROUS SCATTERED BARRELS OR KEGS; BARRELS ì ARE MADE OF METAL AND SHOW SIGNS OF RUST AND FAIRLY HEAVY BARNACLE ì GROWTH, BUT THEIR CONTENTS ARE UNKNOWN; WRECK IS APPROXIMATELY 6M ì X 20M; LEAST DEPTH OF 42 FT. TAKEN ON THE LARGEST PILE OF ì CONTAINERS; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15222.6, 9960-X 26756.1, 9960-Y ì 43996.9, 9960-Z 60058.1; HYDROGRAPHER AND EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED ì CHARTING A 42 WK AND DELETING CHARTED CLEARED SOUNDING. (UPDATED ì MSM 7/90) H12489(OPR-B340-TJ-12)--DEPTH AND POSITION CONFIRMED WITH MBES.

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