Naeco (Stern) Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS INVESTIGATION SHOULD INCLUDE AN AREA THAT WOULD BE CENTERED ON THE GP PROVIDED IN F00149WD/55-56, FOR A MINIMUM OF 250M. IF NOT VERIFIED THEN AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT LAT 34/03/34N, LONG 76/34/03W (NAD27) FOR A 400M RADIUS SHOULD BE ì CONDUCTED. HISTORY F00052WD/43-44--NO.389; NAECO (STERN), POSITION GIVEN IN LAT ì 34/02/42N, LONG 76/34/48W. WRECK IN 130FT OF WATER, WITH A LEAST ì ECHOSOUNDER DEPTH OF 62FT, CORRECTED TO 59FT. CL93/55--REFERENCE CL767/55--USC&GS--NO.459; NAECO, ONLY ONE PIECE OF WRECK WAS ì FOUND. SURVEY WAS BEYOND LIMITS OF CONTROL. NM44/55(4960G)--10/29/55; THE WRECK CHARTED IN 34/02/54N, LONG ì 76/34/24W WAS LOCATED IN LAT 34/03/34N, LONG 76/34/03W AND HAS ì 98FT OF WATER OVER IT. CL607/56--USC&GS-NO.459; NAECO, THE WRECK WAS FOUND BY SONAR IN ì LAT 34/03/25.2N, LONG 76/34/24.6W (NAD27). LEAST DEPTH 102FT IN ì GENERAL DEPTHS OF 128FT. THE AREA WAS CLEARED WITH AN EFFECTIVE ì DEPTH OF 95FT. IN SEPT 1955 THE LEAST SOUNDING OBTAINED WAS 98FT. ì (INFO FROM THIS LETTER PROVIDED POSITIONING FOR THE WRECK, ì HOWEVER THE 1955 POSITION WAS USED IN LIEU OF THE 1956 IN ERROR.) ì SEE F00149WD BELOW. NM33/56(3836A)--8/18/56; REFERENCE CL607/56. F00149WD/55-56--NO.459; THE 98FT SOUNDING ON THE WRECK (1955 ì WORK) APPEARS TO BE THE SHOALEST DEPTH (16FM CLEARED DEPTH ì CHARTED). THE 98FT DEPTH WAS APPLIED TO ì THE POSITION OF THE WRECK (1956 WORK) WITH ITS POSITION 5M ì SCALED FROM THE SMOOTH SHEET IN LAT 34/03/24N, LONG 76/34/19.2W ì (NAD27). THE AREA WAS CLEARED TO 95FT. (THE POSITIONS PROVIDED IN ì NM44/55 AND NM33/56 ARE IN ERROR APPROX 450M ENE OF THE SURVEYED ì POSITION) H9044/69--98FT WK CARRIED FORWARD IN 126FT DEPTHS. WRECKS NOT INVESTIGATED. W00237/10-- OSD-AHB-12; Wreck Naeco (Stern). Wreck positioned at 34-03-28.8443N, 076-34-17.2121W with a least depth of 31.702m. Also associated with AWOIS 2838 Naeco. DESCRIPTION 24 NO.459; NAECO, TKR (5373 TONS), IN LAT 34/03/34N, LONG 76/34/03W 27 NO.389; NAECO, AMERICAN TANKER (3258NT) SUNK 3/23/42. 223 NO.389; NAECO, (STERN) CARGO KEROSENE. IN 130FT OF WATER, RISING TO 91FT. ECHOSOUNDINGS RANGED FROM 122 TO 131FT. LEAST DEPTH 57FT. THE WRECK HAS A STRONG SONAR RETURN. A SONAR PLOT INDICATED THE WRECK TO BE ABOUT 180FT LONG. THE SURVEY IDENTIFIED THE WRECK BY UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY AND AS THE STERN OF THE TANKER AND GAVE ITS POSITION AS LAT 34/02/54N, LONG 76/34/24W. 230 NO.35931 (REVISED 6/98 RWD)