Gwendoline Steers Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS LOCAL DIVERS MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA TO AID IN LOCATING ì WRECK. CONDUCT INVESTIGATION AROUND LORAN RATES RATHER THAN ì GEOGRAPHIC POSITION. HISTORY CL723/63--CGS/COE; TUG. SANK 12/30/62 AT ENTRANCE TO HUNTINGTON BAY AND ì ABANDONED BY STEERS SAND AND GRAVEL CORP. COE INVESTIGATION SHOWED WK TO BE ì LYING ON EVEN KEEL, ORIENTED NE-SW, 20 FT LD(MLW). COE CONSIDERED ì REMOVAL UNJUSTIFIED SINCE POSES NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION; PUBLISHED IN ì NM19/63 AND NM30/63. FE321SS/88--OPR-B660-HE-88; WRECK LOCATED ON FIRST SSS LINE RUN ì THROUGH THE SEARCH RADIUS; DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND STACK AND ì FLYING BRIDGE, BUT THE HIGHEST POINT ON WRECK WAS FOUND TO BE A ì MOUNTING FOR A SEARCH LIGHT ON TOP OF THE PILOT HOUSE; WITH A LEAST ì DEPTH OF 22 FT.; WRECK IS AN 80 FT. STEEL TUG RESTING UPRIGHT ON A MUDDY ì BOTTOM IN ABOUT 41 FT. OF WATER; WRECK IS INTACT AND RISES ABOUT 18 FT ì ABOVE THE BOTTOM; THERE IS A RAISED SUPERSTRUCTURE WHICH HAS A HIGH SMOKE ì STACK AND A RAISED PILOT HOUSE; APPEARS TO BE AN OCEAN GOING TUG; HAS A ì DAVIT OR SIMILAR STRUCTURE ON PORT QUARTER; LORAN RATES EXACTLY ì MATCH THOSE PROVIDED BY MR. TARACKA BELOW; HYDROGRAPHER AND ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED CHARTING A SUNKEN DANGEROUS WRECK WITH A ì LEAST DEPTH OF 22 FT. IN LAT 40-57-15.311N, LONG 73-26-02.780W. ì (ENTERED MSM 4/90) H10348/90-- OPR-B285-AHP; NOT ADDRESSED BY HYDROGRAPHER. ì BROUGHT FORWARD. (UP 2/5/93, SJV) DESCRIPTION 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, ì CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEL. 203-622-8007; 9960-X 26798.6, 9960-Y ì 43951.4. (ENTERED MSM 2/89) H12413: OPR-B340-TJ-12: Feature is visible in full MBES coverage. Recommend to move the wreck 20 meters to the south of the charted location. The least depth remains 22ft. (Updated 05/09/14 MPG)