Barataria Wreck

General Comments

LNM50/71--TUG, IN 127 FT OF WATER AT APPROX. POS.41-10N, 72-26W. H9181/70-71--OPR-474; NOT FOUND, NO SPECIFIC INVESTIGATION RU/HE MAR 9/30/82--WKS FOUND AT POSITION 41-09-19.5N, 72-25-04.1W AND AT POS.41-10-29.5N, 75-25-34.4W. NOT SUBSTANTIATED AS BARATARIA (FE-241 WD) ITEM 4. THESE WKS WERE ENTERED INTO AWOIS AS 2729 AND 2730, RESPECTIVELY. FE241WD/82--OPR-B660-RU/HE-82; ITEM 4; ONLY TWO SIGNIFICANT CONTACTS WERE FOUND DURING SSS INVESTIGATION AND THESE CONTACTS WERE NOT DIVER INVESTIGATED; HYDROGRAPHER BELIEVES THAT THE CONTACT IN LAT 41-10-29.52N, LONG 72-25-34.40W IS THE BARATARIA AND THE OTHER CONTACT IS THE THAMES (ITEM 1814); INSUFFICIENT SSS ACCOMPLISHED FOR DISPROVAL; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED RETAINING THE ORIGINAL SYMBOL AS CHARTED AND ADDING A WRECK IN THE POSITION LISTED ABOVE (SEE AWOIS ITEM 2730). (UPDATED MSM 9/89) FE257/83-84WD--OPR-B660-RU/HE-83-84; TWO WKS WERE LOCATED BY 100% SSS, HOWEVER THEY DO NOT SUBSTANTIATE WHETHER THEY ARE EITHER THE BARATARIA(1813) OR THE THAMES(1814). NO DIVER INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED. INSUFFICIENT WORK ACCOMPLISHED FOR DISPROVAL; POSITION OF ITEM 1813 HAS BEEN CLEARED BY 79 FT. IN ONE DIRECTION; CHARTING RECOMMENDATION FOR 1813 WILL BE ADDRESSED IN REPORT OF FE241/82WD, WHEN REVIEWED (SEE ENTRY ABOVE). (UPDATED 5/87 RWD) DESCRIPTION 01 64 GT, 68.7 FT L, 18 FT W, 7.6 FT D, STEEL, BUILT 1937 OWNER; THOMAS W. KIDD JR, DBA PIRATE COVE MARINA, POINT RD, PORTSMOUTH, RI 02871 OPR-B370-TJ-04--Chart AWOIS Item #1813 non-dangerous sunken wreck, least depth known 181 feet at the present survey position in Latitude 41°10'03.226"N, Longitude 072°25'06.122"W.The feature is the least depth over a wreck located with 100% MBES (EM 1002) and developed with 100% SSS (KLEIN 5500) and 100% MBES (RESON 8101). The wreck is approximately 21 meters long and 3-5 meters wide. The feature is located within the 2000-meter search radius of and closely matches the length and width dimensions of AWOIS 1813; however, the hydrographer is unable to definatively substantiate that the current feature is the wreck of AWOIS 1813 because no diver investigation was performed and another wreck (of the five located within or very near the search radius of AWOIS 1813) also closely matches the dimensions of AWOIS 1813. NOTE: Although two different wrecks closely match the length and width dimensions of AWOIS 1813, a recommendation addressing AWOIS 1813 is included in only the current feature report since a feature can be a secondary feature to only one primary feature.