Unknown Wreck 115249

General Comments

CL416/50--SPECIAL REPORT ON WRECK NO. 597 "PIG IRON WRECK" (ITEM #63); FOUND WRECK IN LAT 39/21/09.00N, LONG 074/17/10.00W (NAD 27). A FATHOMETER DEPTH OF 45½ FEET WAS OBTAINED IN GENERAL DEPTHS OF 50 FEET. THE WRECK APPEARS TO BE SMALL IN EXTENT. THE WRECK WAS HUNG AT 47 FEET AND CLEARED BY 44½ FEET. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CLEARED DEPTH OF 44 FEET MLW BE CHARTED FOR THIS WRECK. F00094/50--FORMERLY FE NO. 3, 1951; FOUND THE WRECK (ITEM #63) IN LAT 39/21/07.00N, LONG 074/17/10.00W (NAD 27). A FATHOMETER SOUNDING OF 45 FEET WAS OBTAINED ON THE WRECK IN GENERAL DEPTHS OF 50 FEET. THE WRECK APPEARS TO BE SMALL IN EXTENT. THE WRECK WAS HUNG AT 47 FEET AND CLEARED BY 44 FEET MLW. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CLEARED DEPTH OF 44 FEET BE CHARTED FOR THIS WRECK. (UPDATED BY PSH 12/01) H11198/03 -- OPR-C303-KR-03; FULL SEARCH OF THE 2000-METER RADIUS WITH 200% SIDE SCAN AND RESULTING MULTIBEAM SONAR COVERAGE. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REMOVAL OF THE CHARTED WK CLEARED TO 44 FEET, DANGER CURVE AND BLUE TINT IN 39º 21¿12.42N 074º 17¿ 07.51¿W, NAD83, AND RECOMMEND CHARTING A LD 47 WK IN 39º 21¿ 08.72N 074º 17¿ 08.27W, NAD83. (UPDATE 4/29/05, JRS) 24 NO 353; BARGE, CARGO PIG IRON, LOCALLY KNOWN AS PIG IRON WRECK, CGS WD CLEARED TO 42 FT IN 1938 27 NO.597; BARGE KNOWN AS THE PIG IRON WRECK. LOCATED BY WD SURVEY IN 1938, CLEARED TO A LD OF 42 FT. 178 ANTHONY VRAIM, DIVER OBSERVED LORAN RATES 9960-X-26945.5, 9960-Y-43024.5 (ASF CORRECTED 1981), POS.39-21-11.89N, 74-17-11.63W. 195 WRECK REPORT FROM THOMAS J CAMP, 171W JOHNSON AVE, SOMERS PT, N.J. 08244; LORAN C 9960X26942.5,9960Y43022.6 (UPDATED MSM 10/86)