Unknown Wreck 115456

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		30 14.624 N,87 41.882 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 30.243731
  • Longitude: -87.698039
Wreck Depth 0.91 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY LNM11/85-- DERRICK BARGE SUNK IN APPROX. POS. LAT. 30-14-42N, ì LONG. 87-41-30W HAS BEEN LOCATED IN POS. LAT. 30-14-36.7N, LONG. ì 87-41-53.0W. APPROX. 4 FEET OVER WRECK. (PUBLISHED FROM ì PRELIMINARY INFORMATION IN LTR. FROM HFP-1 TO CGD8, DATED MARCH ì 4, 1985. H10114/83-85-- OPR-J217-HSB-81; WHILE SEARCHING FOR PSR ITEM 276 ì (AWOIS ITEM 3629), AN UNCHARTED WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT. ì 30-14-36.63N, LONG. 87-41-53.04W WITH A LL LD OF 3 FEET. ì EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING WRECK AS SURVEYED AND RETAINING ì CHARTED WRECK "PA" IN LAT. 30-14.7N, LONG. 87-41.2W. WRECKAGE IS ì SPREAD OVER A 50 X 20 METER AREA WITH BOTTOM DEPTHS VARYING 9 TO ì 14 FEET. SURF ACTION OVER SAND BAR ON WHICH WRECK WAS LOCATED ì ROCKED DIVERS. VIS. 3-4 FEET HORIZ. AND VERT. POPULAR DIVE SITE. ì (UP 12/26/90, SJV) DESCRIPTION **** MEMO, LTJG P.M. KENUL, OIC, HFP-1 TO LCDR K.W. PERRIN, CHIEF, HFPS; RE. CLARIFICATION OF AWOIS NO. 03629 (PSR ITEM 276), H10114; AWOIS ITEM NOT FOUND. DANGEROUS SUBM. WRECK LOCATED BY R/AZ IN LAT. 30-14-36.70N, LONG. 87-41-53.00W ON JD 058, 1985. LD BY DIVER LEAD LINE 4.5 FT. (UNCORP. FOR PRED. TIDES). **** DIVER'S GUIDE TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA GULF (SEACOAST BOOKS, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA); LOCAL DIVE KNOWN AS WHISKEY OR MAIL WRECK; NORWEGIAN LUMBER BOAT WRECKED IN 1906 LIES 200 YDS. OFFSHORE DUE TO RECEDING SHORELINE IN 15-20 FT.; SCATTERED OVER 100 YD. AREA E-W PATTERN; PORTIONS OF HULL, SOME METAL AND TIMBERS REMAIN. SHIFTING SAND VARIES EXPOSURE WITH TIME.

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