Ario (1) Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS CONTROVERSY IN THE HISTORICAL RECORDS IN POSITIONING OF THIS WRECK ì EXISTS. ARIO HAS BEEN MADE INTO TWO FILES: ARIO (1) AWOIS ITEM ì 581; AND ARIO (2) AWOIS ITEM 604 (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HO ì NO.640, ADDRESSED IN CL767/55). A POSITIVE ì IDENTIFICATION OF THIS WRECK WOULD BE DESIRABLE. MINIMUM SEARCH ì RADIUS 750M. HISTORY F00052WD/43-44-- ARIO, POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 34/19/06N, LONG ì 76/27/00W. IN 89FT OF WATER, LEAST ES DEPTH 27FT. RECOMMENDS THAT ì WRECK SHOULD BE REMOVED (AS IN SALVAGED). NM31/45(9/4/45)--(3457); 27 FT OVER WRECK; BUOY POSITON LAT 34/19/06N, LONG 76/27/00W, WHICH IS LOCATED 200YDS, 135DEG FROM THE WRECK. CL93/55--REFERENCE CL767/55--USC&GS SHIP PARKER-HO NO.640; WRECK LOCATED BY SONAR, ES LEAST ì DEPTH OF 82FT OBTAINED IN LAT 34/18/48N, LONG 76/27/12.6W. THIS IS A VERY SMALL WRECK, AND CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY WAS EXPERIENCED IN PASSING OVER IT THE ì SECOND TIME IN ORDER TO VERIFY DEPTH. CLRD 79FT. DEPTHS BASED ON PRED. TIDES. NM44/55(10/29/55)--(4960); A CHARTED WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT ì 34/18/48N, LONG 76/27/13W(NAD27) CLEARED TO 79FT. F00149WD/55-56--HO NO.640; WRECK POSITION (82FT), SCALED FROM SMOOTH SHEET IN ì LAT 34/18/48N, LONG 76/27/12.6W (NAD27). AREA CLEARED TO 76FT. ì (THE ECHOGRAM FOR THIS WRECK WAS LOOKED AT BY N/CG AND FOUND THAT ì THE 82FT DEPTH IS FAINTLY A SIDE ECHO AND IS A STRETCH TO CONSIDER ì IT A WRECK. DATA FROM CL767/55 WAS USED IN PROCESSING THIS FIELD EXAM. H9044/69--WRECK NOT VERIFIED, SPLITS INADEQUATE FOR DISPROVAL, ì 82FT WK CARRIED FORWARD TO SMOOTH SHEET. DESCRIPTION 24 NO.640; WD CLEARED TO 79 FT. 223 NO.864; ARIO, TANKER, NET 4960, SUNK 3/15/42, IN 89FT OF WATER. POSSIBLE MENACE TO NAVIGATION. WRECK "BELIEVED" TO BE THAT OF ARIO WHICH WAS ABANDONED AFTER BEING TORPEDOED AND SHELLED BY ENEMY SUBMARINES. IT IS LOCATED ABOUT TEN MILES ALONG THE LINE OF REASONABLE DRIFT FROM THE ATTACK POSITION, AND LESS THAN FIVE MILES FROM THE POSITION AT WHICH SHE WAS LAST SIGHTED AFLOAT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT ENOUGH INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED TO DETERMINED DEFINATELY THAT THE WRECK IS THAT OF A VESSEL COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO THE ARIO. 230 NO.36106 (REVISED 5/98 RWD)