G.l. 78 Wreck

General Comments

FE101/51WD(FE10/51WD)--CS-326; WK PROBABLY DUMP SCOW SUNK IN 1937 WAS ì LOCATED IN LAT 40-25-40N, LONG 73-51-10W; 47 FT SNDG TAKEN ON WK IN ì 62 FT DEPTHS; CLEARED BY 45 FT; CHARTED AS 45 FT SNDG WITH BASKET AND ì TYPE WRECK. (ENTERED MSM 12/85) H10224/86--OPR-C121-WH-86; MAIN SCHEME HYDROGRAPHY AND SIDE ì SCAN SONAR FOUND WRECK; DIVER INVESTIGATION REVEALED A WOODEN ì HULLED VESSEL BROKEN INTO TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS, LAYING UPRIGHT ì ON A SAND AND GRAVEL BOTTOM; TWO SECTIONS SEPARATED BY 20-30 FT ì OF SCATTERED DEBRIS; EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL MACHINERY AND DRIVE ì SHAFTS; BEAM ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 50 FT; KEEL BLOCK AND INTERNAL ì FRAMING WERE MOSTLY INTACT; AT THE SOUTHERN END OF WRECK ONLY OCCASIONAL ì WOODEN RIBS WERE OBSERVED EXENDING UPWARDS FROM WRECKAGE; ì NORTHERN SECTION OF THE WRECK WAS COMPOSED OF WOODEN AND METALLIC ì BEAMS, PIPES AND OTHER DEBRIS; POOR VISIBILITY; PNEUMATIC DEPTH ì GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF 52 FT TAKEN ON TOP OF WOODEN POST STICKING ì 8-10 FT UP FROM BOTTOM IN LAT 40-25-37.05N, LONG 73-51-09.45W ì (NAD27); BELIEVED TO BE A MOTOR DRIVEN BARGE OR SCOW WHICH BROKE ì APART AND SANK; HYDROGRAPHER AND EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING CHARTED ì SYMBOL AND ADDING 52 WK TO CHART AS SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY. ì (UPDATED MSD 4/91) H10683/96--OPR-C399-RU; WRECK LOCATED WITHIN THE SEARCH RADIUS FOR AWOIS #9705. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS DELETING AWOIS ITEM 4295 FROM CHART. (UP 2/19/97, SJV) H11916 - OPR-B310-TJ-08, Wreck located with SSS & SWMB, position and depth of wreck updated to 2.37ft @ 40° 25' 38.49" N / 073° 51' 8.10" W. (12/31/08, PTT)