Johnson Wreck

General Comments

02595 HISTORY LS1224/10--DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WRECK, LD 19 FT, OSCAR FLINT. POSITION 45-01-33.52N, 83-20-48.87W. LS1851/47--20 FOOT DEPTHS IN THE VICINITY OF LAT. 45-01-33N, LONG. 83-20-51W., SWEPT TO 20 FEET. H9839/79--OPR-X115-PE/HSB-79, PSR ITEM 9; WRECK LOCATED AT LAT. 45-01-33N, LONG. 83-20-51W. R/R CONTROL. DIVER OBTAINED LEAD LINE LD OF 21 FEET. WOODEN HULL, OVER 200 FT. CARGO OF STONE VISIBLE ON BOARD, SOME RIBS STILL PROTRUDING,. HYDRO IDENTIFIES AS STEAMER JOHNSON REPORTED THRU CL574/82 TO BE AT POS.45-01-40N, 83-20-50W. (POSSIBLE MISIDENTIFICATION SINCE CL SAYS DEPTHS IN AREA ARE 40 FT.) VERIFIER/QC CONSIDER WK TO BE OSCAR FLINT. (IDENTIFICATION AS OSCAR FLINT BASED ON SIMILARITY OF OLD/NEW POSITION. IDENTITY AS JOHNSON BASED ON DESCRIPTIVE INFO. FROM CL574/82 WHICH SAYS OSCAR FLINT LOCATION NOT KNOWN WHILE JOHNSON HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THIS VICINITY. JOHNSON CARRIED STONE, FLINT CARRIED COAL. TELECON THOS. WARNER CONFIRMS THAT CARGO WAS STONE BASED ON DIVE OBSERVATION. WARNER SAYS ID AS JOHNSON BASED ON RESEARCH OF LOCAL DIVE CHARTERER GEORGE BAKER) NB; CL547/82 FILED AS DOC 181. SURVEY REQUIREMENTS FULL--VERIFY OR DISPROVE. DISPPROVAL NOT LIKELY SINCE SALVAGE NOT PROBABLE AND DETERIORATION VERY SLOW. VERIFICATION SHOULD INCLUDE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. CL1124(95)-Local Diver: Reports OSCAR T. FLINT to be wreck at this position (45-01-35.29N, 83-20-57.67W. Nearby buoy also described as the FLINT (WN 0804). Duplicate AWOIS entry 2596 ID's this wreck as the FLINT. (4/09 KAK) H12132-- S-X905-NRT4-10; AWOIS item is within the same AWOIS radius as the OSCAR FLINT wreck. However we only observed one wreck in the area. Location of AWOIS #2595 and 2596 are 50-meters apart. The search for these items identified only one wreck located at position 45-01-33.650N, 083-20-51.061W with a least depth of 22.690 ft. This wreck is included in the HCell. It is recommended to retain both items for the AWOIS database because it is unknown which wreck was found with 100% SWMB.