Mars 54 Wreck

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HISTORY CL1169/79-- USPS; DAVID A. POTTER, JR. (DELBAY PILOT) TO NOS; ì ADD WRECK (SANK JUNE, 1979) IN LAT. 38-48-26N, LONG. 75-02-57W IN ì 96 FEET (GP CONVERTED FROM LORAN-C TD'S). NM44/79-- ADD DANGEROUS WRECK (PA) IN LAT. 38-48-26N, LONG. ì 75-02-57W. LNM5/80-- 88 FOOT BARGE "MARS 54" SUNK IN APPROX. POS. LAT. ì 38-48-04N, LONG. 75-03-00W WITH 67 FEET OVER IT. CRANE IT WAS ì CARRYING FELL OFF. NOT CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. SEE ì AWOIS NO. 8227 FOR INFO. ON CRANE. SOURCE OF THE GP IN THIS NOTICE ì UNKNOWN. NM10/80-- ADD WRECKS (PA) IN LAT. 38-48-04N, LONG. 75-03-00W ì (BARGE) AND LAT. 38-48-09N, LONG. 75-03-01W (CRANE). NM27/80-- REPEATS ABOVE NM10/80. CL948/81-- MINUTE MEMO, DENNIS HILL (HYDRO SURV BRANCH) TO JIM ì DAILEY (MARINE CHART BRANCH); TELCON BETWEEN D. HILL AND D. ì POTTER (ABOVE) INDICATES SUNKEN BARGE AND CRANE IN VICINITY OF ì LORAN-C 9960-X-27140.6, 9960-Y-42647.7 (LAT. 38-48-49.2N, LONG. ì 75-02-52.8W, 1981 ASF CORRECTORS). HAS DOVE ON THEM AND CRANE ì BOOM IS DOWN. IN ABOUT 90 FEET. WRECKS CHARTED FROM LNM5/80 ARE ì APPARENTLY THE SAME. CGD3 AND COE PHILADELPHIA COULD NOT EXPLAIN ì DIFFERENCE. THEIR LATEST INFO WAS 1979 WHEN THE CARDWELL DIVING ì CO. OBSERVED THE WRECK PROJECTING 15 FEET OFF BOTTOM IN 90 ì FEET. WRECK SILTING OVER. HYDRO SURV BRANCH RECOMMENDS WRECK ì CHARTED IN LAT. 38-48-26N, LONG. 75-03-01W BE DELETED. CHART A ì NON-DANGEROUS WRECK IN LAT. 38-48-49.2N, LONG. 75-02-52.8W. ì DELETE WRECKS CHARTED THROUGH LNM5/80. AS PART OF THIS CHART ì LETTER, THERE IS INCLUDED A LETTER FROM J.D. PUGH (LCDR, BRITISH ì HYDRO DEPT) TO DIRECTOR, DMA STATING THAT A "HYDROGRAPHIC NOTE" ì DATED 3/1/80 INDICATED THE WRECK REFERED TO IN NM44/79 HAD BEEN ì REMOVED "AT LEAST SIX MONTHS PREVIOUSLY" AND AREA IS NOW CLEAR. ì THIS INFO PASSED TO CGD3 BY NOS, NOTICE TO MARINERS UNIT ì (LUNDBERG). CL470/83-- SUNKEN CRANE BARGE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN POS. ì LAT. 38-48-28.59N, LONG. 75-02-55.08W. BARGE IS INTACT AND ì UPRIGHT. CRANE IS DETACHED FROM BARGE AND IS LOCATED APPROX. 550 ì YARDS NNE OF BARGE IN LAT. 38-48-44.67N, LONG. 75-02-52.50W. ì LYING ON ITS SIDE, BOOM BENT, BUT OTHERWISE INTACT. BARGE IN 95 ì FEET WITH 75 FEET OVER IT. CRANE IN 88 FEET WITH 65 FEET OVER IT. ì RECOMMENDED THAT THE BARGE AND CRANE "BE POSITIVELY CHARTED" IN ì THE ABOVE POSITIONS AND THE POSITION APPROXIMATE SYMBOLS REMOVED ì FROM THE CHARTS. (ENT 4/9/92, SJV) H10446/92-- OPR-D168-WH; SIDE SCAN SONAR ESTIMATED LD OF 22.2 ì METERS OBTAINED. RECOMMEND DIVER LD TO CONFIRM WRECK. (UP ì 4/20/93, SJV) H10446/92-93-- OPR-D368-WH; (FE-386SS RESCINDED); SUBMERGED ì DERRICK BARGE LOCATED IN LAT. 38-48-29.35N, LONG. 75-02-54.13W. ì LD OF 22.6 METERS (PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE) IN 28 METERS. DIVERS ì DESCRIBE BARGE LYING NE-SW APPROX. 12.2 METERS WIDE, 27.4 METERS ì LONG. LD ON SW END. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING A WRECK COVERED ì 22.6 METERS (74 FEET) AS SURVEYED AND DELETING WRECK CLEARED 75 ì FEET IN LAT. 38-48-28.99N, LONG. 75-02-53.72W. (UP 3/30/94, SJV)