Baroid Express Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS SEARCH AREA FALLS WITHIN THE 2000 METER SEARCH RADIUS FOR THE ì PROJECT ORIGINATING FROM SOUTH TIMBALIER WRECK LIGHTED BELL BUOY ì WR2 IN POS. LAT.28-37-45N, LONG.90-13-19W (NAD 83). EXTREME ì CAUTION ADVISED. HISTORY CL638/66--USCG REPORT ON SINKING OF M/V BAROID EXPRESS, ì 12/31/65; THE 85 FT SUPPLY VESSEL STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT ON ì 12/27/65 WHILE ENROUTE FROM THE RIG OS-5 IN BLOCK 131 TO THE RIG ì PELICAN IN BLOCK 151, BOTH IN SOUTH TIMBALIER AREA. THE VESSEL ì PIVOTED ON THE SUBMERGED OBJECT AND BACKED OFF. ANOTHER VESSEL ì ATTEMPTED TOWING OPERATIONS BUT THE BAROID EXPRESS SANK IN BLOCK ì 134, IN APPROX. POS. LAT.28-38.00N, LONG.90-15W-00W. ì BLOCK 134 OF THE SOUTH TIMBALIER AREA. NOS CHART 1116A, 6TH ED, 1961 ì DEPICTS THIS BLOCK BOUNDED BY LAT.28-37-30N TO LAT.28-39-30N AND ì LONG.90-14-30W TO LONG.90-15-00W. NM6/66--THE 85 FT MUD BARGE BAROID EXPRESS, DRAWING 6 FT OF ì WATER, HAS BEEN REPORTED SUNK IN 138 FT OF WATER, IN ì APPROX. POS. LAT.28-38-00N, LONG.90-13-30W (NAD 27) AFTER ì STRIKING AN UNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION IN THAT POSITION. ****USCG REPORT, DATED 3/7/66, OBSTRUCTION SEARCH AND SOUTH ì TIMBALIER WRECK BUOY REPORT; THE USCGC IRIS CONDUCTED A ì UNDERWATER OBSTR. SEARCH USING A "SEA SCANNER" AND DRAGGING ì METHODS. THREE CONTACTS WERE OBSERVED DURING SEARCH ì (ALSO SEE AWOIS 8207 & 8208). INITIAL CONTACT OF OPERATIONS ì GAVE A SOLID BUT SMALL VIDEO IMAGE. AFTER CHANGING THE ASPECT BY ì 90 DEG., THE IMAGE GAVE A LARGE PRESENTATION. THE TARGET WAS ì ESTIMATED TO EXTEND 25 FT OFF THE BOTTOM. AFTER INTERPRETATION OF ì THE CONTACT IT WAS FELT THAT THIS WAS THE BAROID EXPRESS LAYING ì IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THE POS. OF THE CONTACT WAS ONLY ì 350 FT FROM ONE OF THE PROBABLE POS. GIVEN IN REFERENCE A (NO ì LONGER AVAILABLE). (ENTERED 2/92 MCR) FE362SS/92--S-904-HE; WRECK WAS LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR AND ì DEVELOPED WITH ECHO SOUNDER, 1492 METERS NE OF THE CHARTED POS. ì OF THE BAROID EXPRESS; NO OTHER WRECKS WERE FOUND. LEAST DEPTH ì WAS 40M (131 FT) IN POS. LAT.28-38-15.76N, LONG.90-12-38W. ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS TO DELETE WRECK IN PRESENTLY CHARTED POS. ì AND APPLY THIS WRECK. (UPDATED 8/93 MCR) DESCRIPTION 01 FRT; 97 GT, 72 NT, LENGTH 83.1 FT, WIDTH 23.1, HT 7.5 FT, ì OWNER: NATIONAL LEAD CO. ì