Unknown Wreck 114634

General Comments

HISTORY LNM4/83-- ADD SUBMERGED WRECK IN APPROX. LAT. 18-18-46.5N, LONG. 64-56-09.2W. CL238/83-- FROM C.O. NOAA SHIP MT. MITCHELL TO MR. AUSTIN MONSANTO, MARINE MANAGER, V.I. PORT AUTHORITY, RE. SUNKEN BARGE INVESTIGATION, DATED FEB. 22, 1983. WRECK LOCATED IN POSITION LAT. 18-18-51.4N, LONG. 64-56-12.0W. DIVERS REPORT LD OF 39.7 FEET AT MLW IN CHARTED DEPTHS OF 58-59 FEET. BARGE LIES UPSIDE DOWN, BOW FACING WEST WITH BOTH FACES OF A MOVABLE BOW GATE EXTENDING WESTERLY. BARGE IS 160 X 40 X 14 FEET WITH A 3-5-FOOT HEAVY VERTICAL RAILING ON WHICH SECTIONS OF THE BARGE ARE RESTING. NARROW GASH VISIBLE ON STARBOARD SIDE, AFT, 7-8 FEET IN LENGTH. SEVERAL LENGTHS OF SYNTHETIC HAWSER ARE SUSPENDED ABOVE THE BARGE WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE SURFACE. POSITION OBTAINED BY SEXTANT ANGLES FROM LAUNCH ALONGSIDE A BUOY RESTING DIRECTLY OVER THE WRECK. ATTACHED TO MT. MITCHELL'S LETTER IS CORRESPONDENCE FROM COE. COE DOES NOT CONSIDER WRECK A DANGER TO TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF ST. THOMAS HARBOR CONSIDERING THE WRECK'S POSITION AND LD. COE HAS NO REMOVAL PLANS. HOWEVER, REMOVAL OF WRECK WAS BEING DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME. LNM9/83-- BARGE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SUNK IN ABOUT 60 FEET IN APPROX. POSITION 18-18-46.5N, LONG. 64-56-09.2 WITH 39 FEET OVER IT. SEVERAL LENGTHS OF SYNTHETIC HAWSER REPORTED 15 FEET BENEATH THE SURFACE. MARKED BY A BLACK CAN, NO. 1. LNM12/85-- WRECK PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SUBMERGED IN CHARLOTTE AMALIE HARBOR IS IN POSITION LAT. 18-18-46.5N, LONG. 64-56-09.0W. 35 FEET OVER HULL. (ENT 10/3/93, SJV) H10505/93-- OPR-I173-MI; SIDE SCAN SONAR LOCATED ITEM. DIVERS DESCRIBE A LARGE BARGE OVERTURNED AND LYING FLAT ON THE BOTTOM IN APPROX. 17 METERS OF WATER. BARGE MEASURED 46.9 X 13.1 X 3 METRS. LD (PNEUMO) OF 14.6 METERS IN LAT. 18-18-41.463N, LONG. 64-56-11.170W. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REVISING CHARTED WRECK TO AS SURVEYED AND CHARTING AS A 48 WK. (UP 4/11/96, SJV) S00011/03; S-I637-WH-03-- This item was noted during main scheme hydrography and correlated precisely with AWOIS Item 8544, a charted Wreck. SWMB revealed a least depth of 48ft (14.59m corrected with preliminary unverified tides.) in pos Lat: 18°18'41.44" N, Long: 064°56'10.95" W. On DN 164 Divers verified the position of this Wreck noting a large supply barge laying upside down in a general east/west direction. Updated 8/07 MCR