Unknown Wreck 115298

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
40 23.806 N,73 51.475 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 40.396775
  • Longitude: -73.857911
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

AWOIS NO 9701 HISTORY FE221WD/78-79-- OPR-C622; NOTATION "ED" ADDED TO WRECK SYMBOL. ì WRECK NOT LOCATED. QUALITY CONTROL REPORT (9/4/80) PROVIDES THE ì FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFO. AND INSIGHT CONCERNING THIS ITEM. THIS ì WRECK IS CHARTED IN A SPOIL DUMP SITE WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE ì 1940. COE SURVEY OF 1973 (BP88380) REVEALED THAT AN ACCUMULATION ì OF ABOUT 30 FEET OF MATERIAL HAS OCCURRED AT THE DUMP SITE. THE ì REVIEWER'S RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE ì ACCRETION OF MATERIAL AT THE SITE. QC REPORT LEAVES CHARTING ì DECISION TO THE COMPILER WHETHER TO SHOW THE WRECK AS SUBMERGED ì NON-DANGEROUS, ED OR TO DELETE THE WRECK ENTIRELY AS BEING ì SUPERSEDED DUE TO THE ACCRETION OF SPOIL OVER THE WRECK. DESCRIPTION 24 NO. 8390; TRAWLER NO. 78; MARINE CASUALTY; SUNK 4/15/38 IN ì APPROX. POSITION LAT. 40-23-48N, LONG. 73-51-30W. SOURCE OF ì INFORMATION "MERCHANT VESSELS OF U.S. LOST". 114 TONS. ACCURACY ì TO 1 MILE. REF. TO CAPT. LEWEY'S MEMO OF 5/8/58 WHICH "ADDED, ì DELETED, AND REVISED WRECKS". (ENT 3/22/96, SJV)

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