Unknown Wreck 115335

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HISTORY H6463/39WD--ITEM 33; WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE WK OF POCONO (AWOIS ITEM ì 1568), SEVERAL OBSTRS WERE FOUND; TWO 37 FT SDGS WERE FOUND AT LAT 40-22-36N, ì LONG 73-56-24W AND LAT 40-22-30N, LONG 73-56-30W (ALSO REF AWOIS ITEM 1572); ì ALL OBSTRS CLEARED BY 34 FT; OBSTRS WERE HARD IN A SOFT BOTTOM AND ARE ì BELIEVED TO BE SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (ENTERED MSM 5/87) H10284/88--OPR-C147-WH-88; AN OBSTRUCTION WAS FOUND WITH AN ì ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 33 FT IN LAT 40-22-29.2N, LONG 73-56-29W; ì OBSTRUCTION IS 269M SW OF CHARTED POSITION OF THIS ITEM AND 81M ì SW OF POSITION OF ITEM 1571; EVALUATOR BELIEVES THAT THIS CONTACT ì IS THIS ITEM OR ITEM 4600; THERE ARE OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE ì VICINITY OF THE AWOIS ITEM THAT WERE LOCATED BY THE PRESENT ì SURVEY, BUT THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND HAS AN ESTIMATED ì HEIGHT THAT IS CLOSE TO THE CHARTED INFORMATION; EVALUATOR ì RECOMMENDED THAT THE CHARTED ITEM BE REMOVED FROM THE CHART AND AN ì OBSTRUCTION BE CHARTED FROM THE PRESENT SURVEY. (UPDATED MSD ì 6/91) FE330SS/89--OPR-C147-HE-89; CONTACT #22 FROM SURVEY H-10284/88; ì DIVERS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE REMAINS OF A LARGE WOODEN WRECK ì WHICH IS BADLY BROKEN UP, DETERIORATED AND STREWN ABOUT THE ì BOTTOM; SEVERAL LARGE TIMBERS RISE AT ANGLES ABOVE THE GENERAL ì TREND OF THE WRECK; TIMBERS ARE MOST LIKELY THE RIBS FROM THE ì WRECK; LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH WAS TAKEN BY DIVERS ON THE AFTERMOST ì VERTICAL TIMBER; LAT 40-22-57.93N, LONG 73-56-24.38W (NAD83); ì LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15498.8, 9960-X 26949.1, 9960-Y 43662.0, ì 9960-Z 59840.8; DUE TO THE DETERIORATED CONDITION OF WRECK, ì POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION IS NOT POSSIBLE; HOWEVER, DIVERS REPORTED ì THAT THE WRECKAGE WAS MORE LIKELY A BARGE THAN A WAR VESSEL ì (AWOIS ITEM 1571); IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IN H-6463/39WD THIS ì ITEM WAS ASSUMED TO BE SCATTERED WRECKAGE FROM THE BARGE, POCONO ì (ITEM 1568); EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED THAT THE OBSTRUCTION ì FOUND ON H-10284/88 NOT BE CHARTED AND THAT A 39 WK BE CHARTED AS ì SHOWN ON PRESENT SURVEY; CONTACT #25, WHICH WAS ALSO ASSIGNED FOR ì FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND ALSO SUGGESTED AS POSSIBLY BEING ITEM ì 4600, WAS DETERMINED TO BE A ROCKY SHOAL AND NOT WRECKAGE. ì (UPDATED MSD 6/91) DESCRIPTION **** REF AWOIS ITEM 1571, WK OF A CG VESSEL SUNK IN 1918.