Progress Wreck
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Wreck Category | non-dangerous wreck |
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Progress Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM) |
41 13.007 N,69 36.967 W |
| Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees |
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| Name | PROGRESS |
| Original Source | AWOIS |
WRECK MAP LOADING ...
41 13.007 N,69 36.967 W
Progress on Wreck Map
Progress Wreck on Google Map
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General Comments
HISTORY H8599/61--UNREVIEWED; 80FT DEPTHS EXIST IN VICINITY, AN ì INVESTIGTION WAS CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTS ADDRESSED IN A REPORT, ì "WRECK INVESTIGATION-OPR-401", FILED AS CL841/61. CL841/61--WK INVEST. REPORT-PROJECT OPR-401; "THIS WRECK SHOWN ì ON CHART #1107(13200) IS LISTED ON THE PRESURVEY REVIEW (1961) AS BEING ì THE SHIP PROGRESS SUNK BEFORE WORLD WAR II. A TWO HOUR INTENSIVE ì INVESTIGATION WAS MADE IN A ONE SQUARE MILE AREA CENTERING ABOUT ì THE CHARTED POSITION, IN JUNE 1961, WITHOUT FINDING ANY EVIDENCE OF ì THIS WRECK. A SYSTEM OF EAST-WEST CLOSELY SPACED LINES WERE ì CROSSED WITH NORTH-SOUTH LINES WHICH WERE PLOTTED ON AN OVERLAY. ì THE BOTTOM IN THE AREA INVESTIGATED IS UNEVEN AVERAGING ABOUT 14 ì FATHOMS. THERE ARE SMALL SHOALS WITH DEPTHS OF 8 FATHOMS ABOUT ì 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE CHARTED POSITION, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF THE ì WRECK WAS FOUND. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE REPORTED POSITION IS IN ì ERROR. ONLY BY WIRE DRAGGING CAN POSITIVE PROOF OF THE PRESENT ì NON-EXISTENCE OF THIS WRECK BE ESTABLISHED. HOWEVER, BASED ON ì THIS INVESTIGATION, IT IS RECOMMENED THAT THE WRECK BE REMOVED ì FROM THE CHART." DESCRIPTION 24 PROGRESS POSITION FROM CG RECORDS SUNK BEFORE WWII. ì POSITION GIVEN IN LAT 41-13N, LONG 69-37W(NAD27). TONS 116. ì (ENTERED 9/92 RWD)