Transworld 45 Wreck

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS ITEM CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO SHIP AND SIDE SCAN TOWFISH. A ì VISUAL/DIVER RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATION FROM THE SHIP'S LAUNCH ì IS RECOMMENDED. PERFORM 200 % SIDE SCAN COVERAGE AT THE ì DISCRETION OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER; AREA TO COVER 1000 M OUT FROM ì AN AXIS RUNNING FROM POS. LAT.26-00-48N, LONG.097-07-45W TO ì LONG.26-02-45N, LONG.097-07-45W (NAD 83). INSHORE LIMIT FOR S2/ES SEARCH ì MAY BE REDUCED DUE TO DEPTHS OF LESS THAN (9.2M) 30FT. CONTACT LOCAL DIVER MR. ì RICK EKSTROM FOR DETAILS ON THE WRECKAGE, SEE PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS ì FOR TELEPHONE # AND ADDRESS. HISTORY LNM53/83--8TH CGD,12/21/83; THE SUBMERSIBLE DRILLING RIG TRANSWORLD ì 45 REPORTED CAPSIZED IN APPROX. POS. LAT.26-01.8N, LONG.97-07.8W (NAD 27), ì WRECKAGE IS NOT LIGHTED. A 146 FT BY 10FT BY 11FT PONTOON WAS ì LOST AND REPORTED ADRIFT. CL1406/84--COPY OF LNM53/83 WITH ATTACHED PHOTOS OF WRECKAGE. LNM49/84--8TH CGD, 11/21/84; THE TRANSWORLD 45 HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE IN ì APPROX. POS. LAT.26-02-16.0412N, LONG.97-07-38.6314W (NAD 27) IN ì LIEU OF POS. GIVEN IN LNM53/83; RIG IS VISIBLE ì ABOVE WATER. TEMPORARY LIGHTED BUOY WR 1 ESTABLISHED IN APPROX. ì POS. LAT.26-02-21.29N, LONG.97-07-32.81W (NAD 27) IN 39FT OF WATER. ì (ENTERED, 12/2/87, MCR) LNM39/88--8TH CGD, 9/27/88--THE SUBMERSIBLE DRILLING RIG ì TRANSWORLD 45 HAS BEEN BROKEN UP AND MOVED FROM ITS CHARTED ì LOCATION AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE GILBERT. SCATTERED PORTIONS OF ì THE WRECK HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN AN AREA CENTERED IN APPROX. POS. ì LAT.26-01-25N, LONG.97-07-47W (NAD 27). SOME PIECES OF THE ì DEBRIS ARE REPORTED TO BE COVERED BY ABOUT 6 FT OF WATER. ì (ENTERED 10/15/91). LNM41/88--8TH CGD, 10/11/88; SCATTERED PORTIONS OF THE TRANSWORLD ì 45 HAVE NOW BEEN LOCATED IN AN AREA CENTERED IN APPROX. POS. ì LAT.26-01-18N, LONG.97-07-48W (NAD 27). SOME PIECES OF THE DEBRIS ì ARE REPORTED TO BE COVERED BY 6 FT OF WATER. TRANSWORLD 45 WRECK LIGHTED BUOY ì "WR" (LLNR 1255) HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO POS. LAT.26-01-28.5N, ì LONG.97-07-36.4W (NAD 27), APPROX. 500 YDS, 045 DEG T FROM CENTER OF ì DEBRIS FIELD; IN 39 FT. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN WELL CLEAR OF THIS ì AREA. (ENTERED 10/15/91) H-10429/92--OPR-K470-HE; SIDE SCAN SONAR AND DIVER INVESTIGATION LOCATED A LEAST DEPTH OF 8.3M ON THE REMAINS OF THE ì DRILLING STRUCTURE IN POS. LAT.26-02-17.5ON, LONG.97-07-41.06W (NAD 83). (UPDATED 6/94 MCR) DESCRIPTION **** TELCON WITH MR. RICK EKSTROM, LOCAL DIVER AND MEMBER OF THE ARTIFICAL REEF COMM. OF PORT ISABEL AND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND; DESCRIBES WRECKAGE AS A GROUPING OF TWISTED METAL BOXES AND PLATFORM LEGS WITH AN APPROX. MIN. DEPTH OF 27 FT; OBSERVED LORAN C RATES ON WRECKAGE: W-11188.4, X-23426.6. THIS POSITION OBSERVED AFTER HURRICANE GILBERT AND DISAGREES WITH PRESENTLY CHARTED POSITION.