San Pablo Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS ACQUIRE LEAST DEPTH HISTORY NM35/44--BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 80FT, 300YDS FROM THE WK. THE STACK AND TWO ì MASTS PROJECT ABOVE WATER. LAT 30-12-00N, LONG 87-13-30W. CHARTED AS SUBM ì DANG. WK. CL1168/74--RU/HE; CHARTED WK AT LAT 30-12-00N, LONG 87-13.5W, LOCATED AT ì LAT 30-11-21N, LONG 87-13-05W IN 80FT OF WATER WITH AN UNCORRECTED LEAST ì DEPTH OF 50FT; CLEARED BY 46.5FT (UNCORRECTED); CHARTED AS CLEARED BY 46.5FT. H9466/74WD--OPR-479-RU/HE-74; DANG SUBM WK, LOCATED IN LAT 30-11-20N, LONG ì 87-13-05W. VERIFIED BY DIVER (NO LEAST DEPTH PROVIDED), HUNG AT 57FT, NOT ì CLEARED. POSITION OF ORIGINAL REPORT IN NM35/44 CLEARED BY AN EFFECTIVE ì DEPTH OF 73FT IN ONE DIRECTION. FORWARDED RECOMMENDATION TO MAPPING & ì CHARTING BRANCH TO REVISE WK FROM NONDANGEROUS TO SUBM DANGEROUS ì WRECK (57FT REP). H9443/81--OPR-J217-HSB-80/81; VERIFIED POSITION OF WK LOCATED BY ì H9466/74WD. FATHOMETER DEPTH OF 66FT OBTAINED (NOT A LEAST DEPTH) IN LAT ì 30-11-20N, LONG 87-13-03W; LOCALLY KNOWN AS "RUSSIAN FREIGHTER".(ENT 2/89 SRB) LNM28/89--8TH CGD; WRECK REVISED TO SUBMERGED DANGEROUS ì WRECK (57 FT REP) FROM UNIDENTIFIED NOS SOURCE (PROBABLY THE ì RECOMMENDATION MENTIONED ABOVE). (UPDATED MSD 1/91) FE361SS/91-- OPR-J452-HE; LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR IN LAT. ì 30-11-19.88N, LONG. 87-13-02.46W. LL LD OF 16.2 METERS (53.0 ì FEET). POSITION COMPUTED FROM SIDE SCAN SONAR RECORD SINCE A ì NUMBER OF SMALL BOATS WERE AHCHORED OVER THE WRECK AFTER THE BUOY ì WAS DEPLOYED. NO SHIP DP POSSIBLE. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REVISING ì CHARTED SUNKEN WRECK TO 16.2 METERS AT SURVEYED POSTION. (UP ì 3/22/93, SJV) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.706; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE, LOCATED 8/15/44 (SOURCE ì UNKNOWN) LAT 30-12-00N, LONG 87-13-30W.