Bunker Hill Wreck

General Comments

AWOIS ITEM 50436 SURVEY REQUIREMENTS COMMENT 100% COVERAGE BY A SHALLOW WATER MULTI-BEAM SOUNDING SYSTEM IS ACCEPTABLE FOR RESOLVING THIS ITEM. HISTORY CL320/64--USCG AND USC&GS; CHART LETTER CONTAINS THE CG MESSAGES ì OF THE INCIDENT OF THE TANKER BUNKER HILL EXPLODING, BURNING, SINKING, AND THEIR SEARCH & RESCUE EFFORTS. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ì FINDING OF THE USC&GS VESSELS HODGSON AND BOWIE WHICH FOUND THE ì TWO PARTS OF THE TANKER IN LAT. 48/25/40N, LONG. 122/44/35W ì (NAD27) AND LAT. 48/25/04N, LONG 122/44/28W (NAD27). BOTH ì SECTIONS WERE FOUND TO BE COVERED BY 28 FATHOMS AT MLLW. ì (ENTERED 4/97 BY MBH) S-N905-DA-81, PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS, BS3 CHARACTERIZATION TESTS--ASSIGNED AS TEST AREA C; SCALED POSITION 40-28-03N, 122-44-28.8W. NOAA TECHNICAL REPORT OTES-9, PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BS3--SOUTH WRECK, PROBABLY BOW SECTION LYING ON ITS SIDE W/MIDSHIP SUPERSTRUCTURE, 300 FT.L, 50-75 FT W, LEAST DEPTH APPROX, 222 FT. PER BS3, NO POS. REPORTED. H10828/99--OPR-N368-PHP; ITEM DEVELOPED BY ECHOSOUNDER WITH 10-METER SPACED ORTHOGONAL LINES AND 200% SIDE SCAN SONAR. BASED ON THE SOUNDINGS ACQUIRED, THE WRECK IS LYING APPROXIMATELY 30°/210° T AND IS APPROXIMATELY 120 METERS IN LENGTH. THE NORTH END IS IN LAT. 48/25/03.66N, LONG. 122/44/32.08W (NAD83) - APPROX. 55 METERS SE OF THE CHARTED POSITION - AND THE SOUTH END IS IN LAT. 48/25/00.17N, LONG.122/44/34.82W (NAD83). THE CENTER OF THE ITEM IS IN LAT. 48/25/01.93, LONG. 122/44/33.59W (NAD83). A LEAST DEPTH OF 37.0 FATHOMS (MLLW) WAS ACQUIRED AT LAT. 48/25/03.48N, LONG. 122/44/32.12W (NAD83). THE WRECK IS SURROUNDED BY DEPTHS OF 45 FATHOMS (MLLW). (UPDATED 2/01 BY MBH)