Gypsum Prince Wreck

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HISTORY FE9/50-- CLEARED TO 37 FEET IN LAT. 38-48-18N, LONG. 75-04-06W, ì (SURVEY OTHERWISE NOT EVALUATED). H9758/76-- OPR-515-R/H-76; ITEM NO. 1; HUNG AT 43 FEET, CLEARED ì TO 40 FEET. DIVERS REPORT BATTERED REMAINS OF STEEL HULL. ì HYDROGRAPHERS STATE THAT MR. HEIFER OF LEWES, DE, DESCRIBED ì VESSEL AS BEING 357 FEET LONG, 1970 TONS, STEEL HULL. H9154/70-- OPR-492; QC FOR H-9758 STATES A 42-FOOT LD IN LAT. ì 38-48-16.8N, LONG. 75-04-03.6W IS VALID. CL470/83-- COE SIDE SCAN SONAR INVESTIGATIONS OF PREVIOUS NOS ì WIRE DRAG INFO. WRECKAGE FOUND IN POSITION LAT. 38-48-15.70N, ì LONG. 75-04-04.63W IN AVERAGE DEPTHS OF 57 FEET. ECHO SOUNDER LD ì OF 43 FEET AT MLW. RECOMMEND RETAINING CHARTED 40-FOOT CLEARED ì DEPTH. WRECKAGE LIES NE-SW WITH BOW AT SM END. MAY BE SANDING IN. ì (UP 4/9/92, SJV) H10446/92-93-- OPR-D368-WH; (FE-386SS RESCINDED); LD OF 14.1 ì METERS (PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE) IN LAT. 38-48-14.71N, LONG. ì 75-04-02.96W IN 17.9 - 18.5 METERS. DIVERS FOUND EXTENSIVE ì WRECKAGE OF METAL PLATING AND TWISTED METAL BEAMS, EVIDENCE OF ì ATTEMPTS AT DEMOLITION BY BLASTING. THIS EVIDENCE PLUS LIMITED ì VISIBILITY PRECLUDES OBTAINING A TRUE LD. EVALUATOR ì RECOMMENDS DELETING 40-FOOT CLEARED DEPTH AND CHARTING A WRECK ì COVERED 14.1 METERS (46 FEET) WITH AREA LIMITS AS SURVEYED. (UP ì 3/30/94, SJV) DESCRIPTION 24 NO. 387; CARGO, 3915 GT, SUNK 5/2/42 BY MARINE CASUALTY; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE. WRECK HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. REPORTED THROUGH COE. CLEARED TO 37 FEET. 27 NO. 242; CARGO, 1970 NT, SUNK 5/2/42, DEMOLISHED AND CLEARED TO 50 FEET.