Unknown Wreck 116003

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
33 48.844 N,77 57.982 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 33.814064
  • Longitude: -77.966375
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

CL294/47--CPR; SHEET A, ITEM 1, CHARTED AS DANGEROUS SUNKEN WRECK, PD. CL93/55--REFERENCE CL866/56--CGS-SPECIAL WRECK REPORT; LOCAL FISHERMAN REPORT THIS WRECK IN LAT 33-48-50N, LONG 77-58-00W(NAD27), AS HAVING SANDED OVER, WITH THE WRECK ON RANGE WITH THE OLD COAST GUARD BUILDING ON THE BEACH BETWEEN BALD HEAD AND CAPE FEAR, AND THE OLD BALD HEAD LIGHTHOUSE. THE POSITION WOULD PLACE THE WRECK A LITTLE EAST OF ITS CHARTED POSITION. THE AREA WAS VISITED AT LOW WATER BUT NO SEARCH WAS MADE BECAUSE OF HEAVY BREAKERS, HOWEVER NO PART OF THE WRECK WAS VISIBLE. IN VIEW OF THIS AND LOCAL INFORMATION OBTAINED, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS WRECK BE RECHARTED AS A SUNKEN "PD" WRECK AT ITS PRESENT CHARTED POSITION. THERE IS A SAND RIDGE ABOUT 200M EAST OF THE CHARTED POSITION. H9323/73-74--UNREVIEWED-REFERENCE. (UPDATED 3/96 RWD) DESCRIPTION 24 NO.669; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE, REPORTED THROUGH CGS SURVEY, DATED 4/47

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