San Diego Wreck

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HISTORY NM30/18--OBSTRUCTION BUOY HS, 2ND CLASS NUN, WAS ESTAB. JULY 19 IN 15 FMS ì ABOUT 50 YARDS WEST OF OBSTR. OVER WHICH THERE IS 6.5 FMS OF WATER; ì SHINNECOCK BAY LH BEARS 52 DEG (M), FIRE ISLAND LH BEARS 297 DEG (M), LONE ì HILL CG STATION BEARS 339 DEG (M). NM31/18--OBSTRUCTION GAS BUOY HS ESTAB. JULY 27 IN PLACE OF OBSTRUCTION ì BUOY HS, THEN DISCONTINUED. NM44/19--BUOY DISCONTINUED OCT. 21, THE WK HAVING DISAPPEARED (CHARTS ì CARRIED NO WK SYMBOL AT THIS TIME) NM30/18--SEE ABOVE (NON-DANGEROUS WK APPLIED TO CHART IN 1955 AFTER ì RE-EVALUATING NM) H6189/36--NOT FOUND, NO INVESTIGATION. CL347/58--1957 NAVY WK LIST; TWO WKS LISTED; NO.115, SAN DIEGO AT POSITION ì 40-33-15N, 73-01-20W AND UNKNOWN AT POSITION 40-33N, 73-00-30W (BOTH CHARTED ì AS NON-DANGEROUS, THE UNKNOWN IS ASSUMED TO BE THE SAN DIEGO BASED ON THE ì REFERENCE TO AN NM DATED 10/30/19 AS THE SOURCE. ALTHOUGH NO NM IS DATED ì SUCH NM44/19 IS DATED 11/1/19 AND PERTAINS TO THE SAN DIEGO) CL351/59--PRIVATE LETTER; ALTHOUGH PART OF LTR IS MISSING AUTHOR APPARENTLY ì INDICATES THAT WKS CHARTED AT POS.40-33N, 73-00-30W AND 40-33-15N, 73-01-20W ì ARE NOT CORRECT AND A WK SHOULD BE CHARTED AT 40-32-25N, 73-02-35W. (A WK IS ì ADDED AS RECOMMENDED BUT NO WKS ARE REMOVED AS RECOMMENDED) H9577/75--OPR-517, PSR 5; PSR REQUIRED INVESTIGATION OF 2 BARGES REPORTED ì SUNK HERE THRU LNM34/74, LNM35/74 LNM38/74; WK FOUND ON MAINSCHEME, DIVERS ì IDENTIFY AS A 500 FT L VESSEL, LYING INTACT KEEL UP IN 90 FT OF WATER, ì ORIENTATION IS BOW NORTH, STERN SOUTH AND LETTERS EG VISIBLE ON STERN, LD IS ì 53 FT (MLW) AT POS.40-32-25.62N, 73-02-30.64W. DESCRIPTION 195 LORAN-C RATES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, ì GREENWICH, CT. POLICE DEPT., TEL. NO. 203-622-8020; 9960-X ì 26542.9, 9960-Y 43692.8 (ENTERED MSM 6/89) **** NAVY--SHIPS HISTORY BRANCH; SAN DIEGO IS FORMER ARMORED CRUISER ì CALIFORNIA, NO.6; 503 FT L, 69.5 FT W, TWIN SCREW RAMMING TYPE BOW, ì RAISED ARMOR BELT AT WATERLINE, NAME ON STERN; SUNK BY CONTACT MINE LAYED ì BY GERMAN SUB. U-156, RECORD DOES NOT INDICATE POINT OF HULL RUPTURE BUT ì THOUGHT TO BE NEAR BOW ON PORT SIDE SINCE VESSEL LISTED TO PORT; WK ì PROBABLY STILL CONTAINS LIVE ORDNANCE AND TORPEDOES, ALSO HUMAN REMAINS, ì THERE IS NO RECORD OF SALVAGE BY NAVY AND WK HAS NOT BEEN ABANDONED. ì ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION IN DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS, ì VOLUME 2, PG 13. **** UNDERSEA SYSTEMS, INC, BOB SHOUROT; WK IS LOCATED AT LORAN C POSITION ì 9930-Y-50643, 9930-Z-69873.RATES ARE 1982 OBSERVED AND WITHOUT CORRECTION ì PLOT ON CHART 12353, 13TH ED. AT POS.40-32-35N, 73-02-43W. ì WK IS UPSIDE DOWN AND ORIENTED BOW 20 DEG STERN 200 DEG 10 FM LD. ì POPULAR DIVE W/EASY ACCESS INTO HULL. DIVERS HAVE OBSERVED A SCOW SUNK ì ON STARBOARD SIDE OF WK, THOUGHT TO BE THE WK REPORTED THRU LNM34,35, 38 ì AND 54 OF 1974. MR SHOUROT SAYS OWNER OF SCOW WAS ATTEMPTING TO ILLEGALLY ì REMOVE A PROPELLOR WHEN IT SANK AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED A SECOND ì SINKING TO CONCEAL HIS ORIGINAL ACTIVITY. SHOUROT IS SURE THAT ONLY ì ONE SCOW EXISTS IN THIS AREA.