Ormond Wreck

General Comments

NM4/26--BUOY ESTABLISHED TO MARK WK OF A COAL BARGE SUNK 6 MILES SE OF ì SANDY HOOK LIGHT STATION; 3 MASTS SHOWING ABOUT 6 FT ABOVE WATER. NM32/26--BUOY DISCONTINUED; WRECK REMOVED; WK DELETED FROM CHART. FE101/51WD; COE STATES BARGE SANK IN LAT 40-25-40N, LONG 73-53-00W AND WAS ì REMOVED UNDER CONTRACT TO A DEPTH OF 50 FT; 1 MILE RADIUS WIRE DRAG FROM ì 41-61 FT WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS; HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDED NO FURTHER SEARCH ì BE MADE FOR THIS WK. CL347/58--CGS; MEMO FROM CHIEF, CHART DIVISION ESTABLISHING NEW POLICY ì CONCERNING CHARTING OF WKS; WK ADDED TO CHARTS AS 55 FT BASKET SNDG. ì (ENTERED MSM 1/86) H10224/86--OPR-C121-WH-86; WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT 40-25-22.14N, ì LONG 73-52-05.77W (NAD27) WITH A PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST ì DEPTH OF 58 FT; TWO DIVES TO VERIFY IDENTITY, POSITION AND LEAST ì DEPTH; 5-10 FT VISIBILITY; 40X90 FT WOODEN BARGE SITTING SLIGHTLY ì TILTED INTO A SAND BOTTOM; LEAST DEPTH WAS ON THE SOUTHEAST ì CORNER WHERE VESSEL REMAINS STUCK UP 2 1/2 FT ABOVE THE BOTTOM; ì NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SUPERSTRUCTURE OR THE THREE MASTS MENTIONED ì IN NM4/26; COAL FOUND WITHIN INTERIOR OF WRECK; 1392M SE OF AWOIS POSITION, ì BUT BELIEVED TO BE THE ITEM; NO INDICATION AT AWOIS POSITION; 216M FROM ì AWOIS ITEM 1595; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED THAT, DUE TO CHART SCALE, THE TWO ì ITEMS BE COMBINED AND CHART 52 WKS IN POSITION OF ITEM 1595; ì DELETE CHARTED SYMBOL. (UPDATED MSD 4/91) H11916 -- OPR-B310-TJ-08, charted wrecked barge, no part rises more than 1/2 meter off see bed danger circle enlarged and sounding data updated. (12/19/08, PTT). DESCRIPTION 24 NO.1355; BARGE; SUNK 1926; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE