Unknown Wreck 117494

General Comments

HISTORY FE241WD/82--OPR-B660-RU/HE-82; WHILE REVIEWING ITEM 11 ì (AWOIS ITEM 1769), A SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE ì SCAN SONAR RECORDS; TARGET HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A WRECK, IS 20M ì LONG AND RISES APPROXIMATELY 17 FT. OFF THE BOTTOM; LOCATED IN ì LAT 41-02-36N, LONG 73-04-25.5W (COMPUTED FROM SIDE SCAN ì RECORDS); LEAST DEPTH ESTIMATED BY SCALING HEIGHT ABOVE ì THE BOTTOM FROM SIDE SCAN SONAR RECORDS; RECONNAISSANCE HYDROGRAPHY ì ACQUIRED DURING THIS SURVEY SHOWED 112 FT. DEPTHS IN THE AREA OF ì THIS OBSTRUCTION; AFTER CONSULTATION BETWEEN MAPPING AND CHARTING ì BRANCH AND HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS BRANCH, IT WAS DECIDED THAT ì CHARTING AS A NONDANGEROUS WRECK (95 FT. REP) WOULD ADEQUATELY ì PORTRAY THIS FEATURE. (ENTERED MSM 1/90) H11044/01-- OPR-B340-RU; SIDE SCAN SONAR LOCATED A LARGE CONTACT MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS ITEM 85 METERS EAST OF AWOIS POSITION. SWMB LD OF 97 FEET OBTAINED IN LAT. 41-02-36.350N, LONG. 73-04-21.278W DIVERS FOUND A LARGE PILE OF COAL WITH SOME DEBRIS SCATTERED ON TOP. NO HULL OBSERVED. HYDROGRAPHER BELIEVES THIS COAL TO BE THE FUEL SUPPLY LEFT FROM THE WRECK OF A WOODEN STEAMSHIP SINCE ROTTED AWAY. WRECK IS APPROX. 20 METERS LONG WITH AN E-W ORIENTATION AND RISES APPROX. 4 METERS OFF THE BOTTOM. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING CHARTED NON-DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK (NO DEPTH) AND CHARTING A 97 WK AS SURVEYED. (UP 2/10.04, SJV) S00002/02--S-B600-RU--Wreck lies hull up with rudder posts sticking up at the stern. Delete 97ft Wk in Lat. 41°02'36.876", Long. 73°04'21.720", Chart 96ft Wk in Lat. 41°02'37.041", Long. 73°04'21.781" (RES 9/14/07).