Unknown Wreck 117500

General Comments

HISTORY NM25/61--6/24/61; A 5 PONTOON BARGE REPORTED SUNK IN 22 FT OF ì WATER WITH 14 FT OF WATER OVER IT ON THE WEST SIDE OF PRUDENCE ì ISLAND; PA LAT 41-36-47N, LONG 71-20-25W. H6859/62-63AD.WK.--WIRE DRAG SURVEY CONDUCTED IN VICINITY OF OBSTRUCTION ì REPORTED IN LAT 41-36-47N, LONG 71-20-25W; IN 1962 SEASON, THERE ì WAS A DOUBLE HANG NEAR REPORTED POSITION OF OBSTRUCTION WITH EFFECTIVE ì WIRE DRAG DEPTH OF 17 FT; DIVER DEPTHS OF 11 AND 14 FT; BOTH ì HANGS REPORTED TO BE PIECES OF ANGLE IRON PROTRUDING FROM A ì SUBMERGED BARGE; SUBSEQUENTLY CLEARED TO EFFECTIVE DEPTHS OF 8 ì AND 10 FT.; REVIEWER RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED SYMBOL AND ì ADDING 8 AND 10 FT CLEARED WRECKS IN LAT 41-36-48.5N, LONG ì 71-20-27.4W, AND LAT 41-36-47.9N, LONG 71-20-22.8W (SCALED FROM ì A&D SHEET ON NAD 27). (ENTERED MSD 1/91) FE360SS/91--OPR-B660-RU; WRECK LOCATED IN POS. ì LAT.41-36-49.14N, LONG.71-20-25.41W WITH A DIVER LEAST DEPTH OF ì 3.7M (12.1FT). WRECK IS A PORTION OF STEEL BARGE, LD TAKEN ON A ì STEEL BEAM STICKING UP AT 45 DEG ANGLE. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS TO ì CHART THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS WRECKAGE (INCLUDES AWOIS ì 7900) IN POS. LAT.41-36-48.26N, LONG.71-20-20.98W WITH A LEAST ì DEPTH OF 3.7M (12FT). (UPDATED 7/94 MCR) H11988-- OPR-B301-NRT5-08; Inadequate search for wreck. Compiler recommends retaining the charted wreck. (Updated CEH 2/2012)