Unknown Wreck 115585

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS OBTAIN LD WITH POSITION. HISTORY CL624/74--OPR-479-74 (NOAA SHIP HECK); STEEL HULL (100 FT. LONG), POSSIBLY BARGE, FOUND IN 45 FT., LD 34 FT. (UNSUPPORTED), CLEARED TO 30.5 FT. (PREDICTED TIDES). LOCATED IN LAT. 30-09.25N, LONG. 88-28-48W. NO DOCUMENTATION OF DIVE, LEAD LINE CHARTED AS A WRECK, CLEARED 5 FATHOMS (CHART 11360, 29 ED., JUNE 15, 1985). NM26/74--PUBLISHES ABOVE INFO. FE309WD74--OPR-479-RU/HE-74; FORMERLY H-9420WD; MODIFIED EVALUATION REPORT. SUNKEN BARGE LOCATED IN LAT 30-09-13.9N, LONG 88-28-29.7W. HUNG AT 31 FEET CLEARED IN ONE DIRECTION ONLY BY 30 FEET. INVESTIGATED AND IDENTIFIED AS A SUNKEN BARGE, 100 FEET LONG IN 43-44 FEET. (SEE ADVANCE INFO. ABOVE). EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS REVISING PRESENTLY CHARTED WRECK (CHART 11373 30TH ED.) TO A DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK (CLEARED TO 30 FT. 1974) AT SURVEYED POSITION. NO FURTHER WORK RECOMMENDED EXCEPT FOR OBTAINING LD. H10261/87--OPR-J217-HFP-84; NEITHER VERIFIED NOR DISPROVED. HANG SHOWN ON FE309/74WD CARRIED FORWARD TO THIS SURVEY (UPDATE 4/12/89 LQ) FE324/89SS--OPR-J433-RU-88/89--DIVER INVESTIGATION REVEALED STEEL HULL WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE REMOVED FROM 100 FT LONG VESSEL, 20 FT WIDE, AND 8 FT ABOVE BOTTOM. CONSIDERED REMAINS OF F/V AS DESCRIBED BY LOCAL DIVERS. ì DIVER DETERMINED LD 37.6 FT BY PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE INì SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 44 FT. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS CHARTING ì DANGEROUS SUBMERGED WK WITH DEPTH OF 37 FT AS SURVEYED. ì (UP 5/7/91 GKM). SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS FULL--VERIFY OR DISPROVE THROUGH 400% SIDE SCAN SONAR SEARCH, OR ì BOTTOM DRAG INVESTIGATION 100 METER MIN. RADIUS. LD REQUIRED IF FOUND. DISPROVAL BY SALVAGE DOCUMENTATION, ACCEPTABLE ASSIGNED: 0PR-J217-HFP-86.