Unknown Wreck 115448

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
30 15.258 N,87 33.685 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 30.254297
  • Longitude: -87.561411
Wreck Depth 5.18 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY LNM52/75--30 X 40 FT. DREDGE REPORTED SUNK IN APPROX. POS. LAT. ì 30-15N, LONG 87-34W, 3/4 MILE SW OF PERDIDO PASS ENT. LIGHT BUOY ì "P" (LL 1693.50) DREDGE NOT MARKED AND REPORTED TO BE IN 32FT. H10041/82-85--OPR-J217-HSB-81 & HFP-84; PSR ITEM NO. 165); ì FATHOMETER SEARCH NEGATIVE (100 METER SPACING). H10114/82-84--OPR-J217-HSB-81; PSR ITEM NO. 165; FATHOMETER ì SEARCH WITH 100 METER LINE SPACING NEGATIVE. WRECK LOCATED FROM ì PRIVATE BOAT BY HFP-1 DIVERS FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY ì PLEASURE ISLAND DIVE CENTER IN GULF SHORES, ALABAMA. DIVER LL LD ì OBTAINED OF 17 FEET AT THIS TIME. NO GP OBTAINED. ON JD 119, 1985 ì WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT. 30-15-14.75N, LONG. 87-33-41.15W ON A ì DIVER LL LD OF 17 FEET. SINCE THE HYDROTRAC SHORE STATIONS FOR ì THE PROJECT HAD BEEN REMOVED THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THIS GP IS THE ì MEAN OF THREE SETS OF SEXTANT ANGLES PLUS THREE MORE SETS USING ì THE CHECK ANGLES. SUPERSTRUCTURE FRAMING IS ALL THAT REMAINS ì ABOVE BOTTOM WITH BARGE BEING BROKEN UP AND BURIED IN SAND. ì FRAMING CONSISTS OF 30 X 40 FOOT METAL PIPES OF VARYING SIZES. ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING A DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WRECK AS ì SURVEYED. (UP 12/26/90, SJV)

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