Unknown Wreck 117670

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HISTORY LHNM44/1932 (11/3/32)--(2070); OIL BARGE WRECK BEACON ESTABLISHED OCTOBER 21, IS A RECTANGULAR SLATTED DAYMARK ON PILE WITH RED AND BLACK HORZ. BANDS, 15 FEET ABOVE WATER AT SOUTH END OF WRECK OF SUNKEN OIL BARGE ON EAST SIDE OF CHANNEL, 775 YDS 124° FROM ARANSAS PASS LIGHTHOUSE, IN 8 FEET. (THIS POSITION PLOTS POORLY) T5369/1934-- BEACON SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. H5613/1934-- TOPOGRAPHIC SIGNAL "LARD," A DAYBEACON, MARKS WRECK OF OIL BARGE COVERED 1FT AT MLW. DAYBEACON IS 6X6" POST 16' HIGH, R&B, SLATTED FOUR WAYS. DESCIPTIVE REPORT HAS FORM 567 "LANDMARKS FOR CHARTS" WITH- BEACON (OLD WRECK BARGE) POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 27/51/(1284M)41.71N, LONG 97/03/(110M)04.02W (NAD27). CGNM43/1940(10/23/40)--(2042); OIL BARGE WRECK BEACON REPORTED DESTROYED OCT 6. (ONLY THE BEACON WAS CHARTED, WHEN THIS NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED THE BEACON WAS REMOVED FROM THE CHART, THE WRECK SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARTED) CGNM52/1940(12/25/40)--(2493); BEACON TO BE DISCONTINUED; BUOY TO BE ESTABLISHED ABOUT FEBRUARY 1, 1941. OIL BARGE WRECK BUOY WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN 16 FEET, A BLACK , 3RD-CLASS SPECIAL CAN BUOY WITH YELLOW TOP, 640 YARDS 115° FROM ARANSAS PASS LIGHTHOUSE, ON THE CHANNEL SIDE OF AND ABREAST THE WRECK. (UPDATED 9/1999 RWD, CAB) CGNM3/1941; THIS DOCUMENT IS UNAVAILABLE, HOWEVER ON AID PROOF #7, DATED OCT17,1940, FOR CHART 1286(11307), IT HAS ANNOTATED, "ADD BLACK BUOY AND WRECK SYMBOL". LNM31/1982(7/28/82)--(389)-8TH CGD; SUBM OBSTR(PA) AN UNIDENTIFIED SUBM OBJ; REP ABOUT 10 FT BELOW SURFACE IN 20 FT. OF WATER IN APPROX POS LAT 27/51/41N, LONG 97/03/10W. SITE MARKED BY TEMP BLACK BUOY, QUICK FLASHING. (ENT LQ 11/87) (ORIGINAL FILE UNAVAILABLE FROM CG (UPDATED 9/1999 RWD)) H10322/1989-90-- OPR-K229-AHP; SUBMERGED WRECK 11 FT AT MLLW, FROM DIVER LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH, WAS LOCATED IN LAT27/51/42.64N, LONG. 97/03/05.21W (NAD83). THIS IS THE OFFSHORE, SOUTHERN END OF WHAT "APPEARS" TO BE A LIBERTY SHIP 12X200 FOOT LONG. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING OBSTRUCTION, PA AND CHARTING A WRECK COVERED 11 FEET AT MLLW. (UP. 8/29/90, SJV) RAW DATA RECORDS SHOW THE WRECK APPEARS ON MAINSCHEME SOUNDING LINES ON JAN 11, 1990 AND HAD A DIVER LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH ON JAN 22, 1990. DIVER INVESTIGATION REPORT STATES THAT "ITEM INITIALLY FOUND AS FATH. SPIKE ON MAINSCHEME HYDRO LINES. DIVERS FOUND HULL, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE APPROX 200' LONG. UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THIS WRECKAGE IS THE SAME HULK AS WRECKAGE NEAR LT. 87, I.E. LIBERTY SHIP. WRECKAGE EXTENDS TOWARDS EXPOSED WRECKAGE NEAR LT. 87. (EXPOSED WRECKAGE WOULD BE AWOIS ITEM #5020, THE WRECK OF THE WORTHINGTON. (UPDATED 6/2001 RWD) LNM9/1990(2/27/90)-- (027-90)- 8TH CGD; UNIDENTIFIED DERELICT F/V, 12 FT REP. IN LAT 27/57/41.6N, LONG 97/03/05.2W POSITION SUPERSEDED BELOW BY LNM20/1990. (UPDATED 9/1999 RWD) LNM13/1990(3/27/90)--(027-90)- 8TH CGD; ADD BUOY, REFERENCE. LNM20/1990(5/15/90)--(027-90)- 8TH CGD; DANGEROUS WRECK (PA) IN LAT. 27/51/42.70N, LONG. 97/03/06.2W. (NAD83). (SIC). (UP 1/21/97, SJV) TEMP LB "WR-87A" ADDED AT SAME POSITION. (UPDATED 9/1999 RWD) LNM36/1991(9/3/91)--(027-90)- 8TH CGD; "DEPTH LEGEND" 8 FT REP, (027-90), POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 27/51/42.7N, LONG 97/03/06.2W. (THIS DEPTH IS NOW REPORTED AS A DEPTH FOR THE SAME COAST GUARD FILE NUMBER (027-90) AND POSITION AS REPORTING A DANGEROUS WRECK IN LNM20/1990 ABOVE) LNM37/1991(9/10/91)--(027-90)- 8TH CGD; TEMP LB "WR" DELETED. A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION (PA), (8 1/2 FT REP) IN LAT 27/51/42.9N, LONG 97/03/05.2W, THROUGH CG FILE 177-91 WAS ADDED. (TELCON 6/25/01; FILE 177-91 IS UNAVAILABLE FROM THE CG, THEY BELIEVE IT TO HAVE BEEN MERGED INTO FILE 027-90. SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW) LNM29/1993(7/20/93)--(027-90)- 8TH CGD; SUNKEN BARGE REPORTED TO BE JUST BELOW THE SURFACE IN LAT 27/51/42N, LONG 97/03/05W. TEMP LIGHTED BUOY "WR-99" WAS ADDED IN LAT 27/51/45.9N, LONG 97/03/00.8W. (THIS BUOY PLOTS NE OF THE SUNKEN BARGE AND APPEARS TO BE MARKING AWOIS ITEM 5020, SS JOHN WORTHINGTON.) (UPDATED 6/2001 RWD) LNM14/1994(4/5/94)-- 8TH CGD; REFERENCE. (UPDATED 9/1999 RWD CAB) DESCRIPTION **** IN THE MID 1940'S, PROBABLY DURING A CHART RECONSTRUCTION AND INSET, THE OIL BARGE (IF EVER CHARTED), WAS DELETED FROM THE CHART AND THE SS JOHN WORTHINGTON (AWOIS # 5020) WAS CHARTED. A REASONABLE EXPLANATION IS THAT THE EAST BANK OF THE CHANNEL MIGRATED 50-100 METERS EAST WHICH PUT THE ONCE CLOSE INSHORE WRECK OF THE OIL BARGE (AWOIS #5016) OFFSHORE, AT THE SAME TIME THE WORTHINGTON WAS BEACHED ON THE EAST SHORE IN 1945. (UPDATED 9/1999 RWD) **** RECORDS FROM MR. LEDET (8TH CGD) SEPT 99, OF A COE INVESTIGATION (ASSUMED 8/91) SHOW THAT A 8.6FT DEPTH AT MLLW WAS OBTAINED AT LAT 27/51/42W, LONG 97/03/04. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN FILE I77-91 ADDRESSED IN LNM37/1991, AS DISCUSSED WITH MR. LEDET (TELCON 6/25/2001). THE SURVEY PLOT IS ILLEGIBLE HOWEVER THE COVER LETTER STATES THAT "NO SUNKEN VESSEL WAS FOUND... A MOUND OF SAND IS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS FOUND AND ITS HIGHEST POINT IS APPROX. 8-9FT BELOW THE SURFACE ". THESE DATA ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF SURVEY H-10322 (1989-90) WHICH HAD A DIVE INVESTIGATION WITH A TIDE CONTROLLED LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH. (UPDATED 6/01 RWD)