Unknown Wreck 114847

General Comments

HISTORY LNM44/73--A 30 FT L VESSEL WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND SANK IN 35 FT OF WATER AT POS.39-50N, 75-22W. SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH THE CG HAS ESTABLISHED THAT THE COLLISION OCCURRED WITH THE CHESTER FERRY DURING ITS REGULAR CROSSING AND THAT MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE WK WERE RECOVERED PRIOR TO SINKING. COE THINKS REMAINING PORTIONS OF WK HAVE MIGRATED AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE DOWN- STREAM AS A RESULT OF CURRENTS AND ICE. THE REPORTED POSITION IS DOUBTFUL NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF SHIFTING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS APPROX 1000 METERS UPSTREAM FROM THE FERRY ROUTE. PROBABLE COLLISION SITE IS POS.39-49-40N, 75-22-33W. H9964/81--D218-HSB-80; MRS KABAKSIAN STATED THAT THE 30 FT VESSEL'S HULL SPLIT IN HALF DURING COLLISION; REMAINS OF THE VESSEL WERE NEVER FOUND; AREA WAS DEVELOPED WITH HALF SPACING FOR 1000 M UPSTREAM FROM COLLISON SITE AND FROM THE CHANNEL INSHORE TO THE HARBOR LINE; NEGATIVE RESULTS; STRONG RIVER CURRENTS; THE EVALUATOR CONSIDERS THAT WK NEITHER VERIFIED NOR DISPROVED AND RECOMMENDS RETENTION AS CHARTED (UPDATED MSM 5/86) DESCRIPTION **** OWNER LISTED WITH NJ MARINE POLICE AS MR. W. KABAKSIAN, 17 LEWIS AVE, EAST LANSDOWNE PA; IT WAS LEARNED BY THE FIELD PARTY THAT MR KABKASIAN WAS KILLED IN THE COLLISION. H12149, S-D903-NRT3-09; NRT5 conducted 200% SSS over the area of the AWOIS item and no wreck or remnants of a wreck were identified in the imagery. AHB does not concur, the full AWOIS radius was not covered. Defer to juntion survey H12150 for charting recommendations. (Updated CEH 3/2011)