Pt. Brownsville Wreck

General Comments

HISTORY CL1135/71--08/30/71, USPS; THE WRECK OF THE PT. BROWNSVILLE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHIP CHANNEL. IT IS IN SHALLOW WATER BUT IS A HAZARD TO SMALL BOATS AND SHOULD BE CHARTED. CL751/80--06/20/80, USPS; SHIPWRECK SHOWN SHOWN ON CHART 11302 ON SOUTH SIDE OF BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL WAS NOT VISABLE ABOVE WATER. (ENT06/02, PSH) S00017/02- This item was listed as a wreck positioned at 26°00' 21.290" N, 097°16' 30.91"W. The area was covered by Side Scan Sonar at 75 meter scale at 100% & 200% coverage. No wreck was found in that particular area. Search radius was not fully covered with 200% SSS. A contact was found in SSS imagery during office processing in Lat. 26°00'15.69" N, Lon. 097°16'41.86" W. Recommendations: The hydrographer recommends that this assigned AWOIS item be removed from the chart. Note: this item was included in the DTON report (see Appendix A) to be removed from the chart. Do not concur AWOIS#11491 is currently charted as Dangerous wreck, depth unknown PA on chart 11302 (30th Ed., Sep. /03, corrected through Notice to Mariners 10/25/2003). Further investigation is required to disprove this item. It is recommended that AWOIS#11491 be retained as charted. Chart 11301 (24th Ed., Oct./05 corrected through Notice to Mariners 10/08/2005,with a subsequent date to chart 11302 does not show the wreck. It is recommended that an Obstn, depth unknown be charted in Lat. 26°00'15.69" N, Lon. 097°16'41.86" W. This item is not shown on the H-Drawing for chart 11301. These items are deferred to MCD Source Data Branch for final charting dispostion. Updated 3/30/2007 JCM.