Roda Wreck

Field Value
Wreck Category wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
Roda Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		40 36.348 N,73 25.669 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 40.605800
  • Longitude: -73.427811
Name RODA
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY H4796/27-- THE BOILER AND PART OF THE HULL OF A STEAMER WAS LOCATED AT LAT. 40-36-28.92N (680 METERS), LONG. 73-25-31.90 W (976 METERS). THE WRECK WAS PREVIOUSLY LOCATED BY TRIANGULATION. THE WRECK BARES 6.3 FEET AT MLW. CL1195/67-- (LNM35/67); NEW YORK-FIREISLAND INLET; THE FOLLOWING LONG-EXISTING WRECKS ARE REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF FIRE ISLAND INLET. THEY ARE INDICATED BY SYMBOLS ON APPLICABLE CHARTS, BUT ARE NOT OTHERWISE MARKED: A) WRECK IN 40-36-22N, 73-25-39W IS LOCATED ABOUT 350 YARDS SOUTH OF PRESENT BEACH LINE IN 12 FEET OF WATER. AT LOW WATER THE MAST IS ABOUT THREE FEET ABOVE THE WATER WITH YARDARM ABOUT THREE FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. (UP 10/5/99, SJV) F00455/99--S-C906-RU; WRECK IDENTIFIED VISUALLY AND SIDE SCAN SONAR WAS USED TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF WRECKAGE. PORTION OF BOW OBSERVED ABOVE WATER AT TIME OF SURVEY. A HEIGHT OF 5 FEET WAS DETERMINED IN LAT. 40/36/20.88N, LONG. 73-25-40.12W. EVALUATR RECOMMENDS REVISING CHARTED DANGEROUS WRECK, DEPTH UNKNOWN, TO A VISIBLE WRECK AS SURVEYED. ALSO RECOMMENDS DELETING DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK AND NOTATION "MAST" AS SHOWN ON CHART 12326. SEE AWOIS NUMBER 10818 FOR INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL WRECK LOCATED DURING THIS SURVEY. (UP 12/5/00, SJV) DESCRIPTION 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, ì CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEL NO 203-622-8020; 9960-X 26741.5, ì 9960-Y 43756.2; IDENTIFIED AS "ROTA". (ENTERED MSM 4/90) .

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 40 36.348 N,73 25.669 W
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