Unknown Wreck 117037
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Wreck Category | dangerous wreck |
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Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM) |
41 4.740 N,73 18.418 W |
| Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees |
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| Wreck Depth | 12.5 m |
| Type | unknown |
| Original Source | AWOIS |
WRECK MAP LOADING ...
41 4.740 N,73 18.418 W
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General Comments
HISTORY CL821/32--CGS; PRELIMINARY LIST OF SHOALS AND WIRE DRAG HANGS; ì 34 FT. SOUNDING TAKEN ON WRECKAGE IN LAT 41-04-44.5N, LONG ì 73-18-26.1W (NAD27); CLEARED BY 31 FT.; CHARTED AS 34 FT. SOUNDING. CL338/43--CGS; POLICY MEMO STATING THAT ALL SOUNDINGS CHARTED ì FROM WIRE DRAG SURVEYS BE REVISED TO CLEARED DEPTHS WITH BASKETS ì AND APPROPRIATE NOTATIONS; 34 FT. SOUNDING REVISED TO 31 FT. ì CLEARED DEPTH WITH NOTE WRECKAGE. (ENTERED MSM 10/88) FE320SS/88--OPR-B660-RU-88; 200% SIDE SCAN SONAR FOR 200% ì RADIUS; HYDROGRAPHER STATES THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CONTACTS, ì HOWEVER DURING OFFICE PROCESSING A TARGET WAS NOTED AND ASSIGNED ì FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON A SUBSEQUENT SURVEY (REF. FE323SS/89); ì LOCATED IN LAT 41-04-44.43N, LONG 73-18-25.15W WITH AN ECHOSOUNDER ì LEAST DEPTH OF 42FT. IN SURVEY DEPTHS OF 45 FT.; SEE FE323SS/89 ì FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, ITEM DESCRIPTION AND CHARTING ì RECOMMENDATION. (UPDATED MSM 5/90) FE323SS/89--OPR-B660-HE-89; DIVERS INVESTIGATION FOUND ì WRECKAGE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A WOODEN COAL BARGE WHICH HAS SUNK ì INTO THE MUDDY BOTTOM; STARBOARD SHEER STRAKE PROTRUDES FROM THE ì SEA FLOOR ALONG MOST OF THE BARGE'S LENGTH; STEM AND THE ì UPPERMOST END OF THE PROW ARE EXPOSED AND RISE 2 FT. ABOVE THE ì SEA BOTTOM; EXPOSED FROMES RUN THE LENGTH OF THE EXPOSED SHEER ì STRAKE; CLUMPS OF COAL SURROUND THE WRECK BECOMING NUMEROUS ì NEARER THE WRECK; A MOUND OF COAL RISING ABOVE THE SEA FLOOR ì FOLLOWS THE PROBABLE OUTLINE OF THE BARGE; COAL MOUND APPEARS TO ì HAVE SPILLED OVER THE PORT SIDE OF THE BARGE; LEAST DEPTH OF 39 ì FT. TAKEN ON TOP OF THE COAL PILE; WRECK'S DIMENSIONS WERE SCALED ì AS 15M X 35M FROM SONARGRAMS AND VERIFIED BY DIVERS; LAT ì 41-04-44.43N, LONG 73-18-25.07W (NAD83); HYDROGRAPHER AND ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTING A 39 WK. (UPDATED MSM 7/90) H12489(OPR-B340-TJ-12)-- CHARTED WRECK FOUND WITH RESON 7125 OBJECT DETECTION MULTIBEAM. SOUNDINGS CORRECTED TO MLLW WITH VDATUM SOLUTION. RETAIN CHARTED WRECK AND UPDATE LEAST DEPTH TO 41FT.