Unknown Wreck 116497

Field Value
Wreck Category wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
38 20.509 N,76 27.431 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 38.341822
  • Longitude: -76.457186
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY T8543/42-43--VISIBLE WRECK LOCATED IN LAT 38-20-30.12N, LONG 76-27-27.05W ì (POSITION SCALED FROM SURVEY AT 1:10,000) UNKNOWN SOURCE--WK REVISED TO SUBM. (ENTERED MSM 2/86) MAR--4/86, S-E211-HFP-86; VISUAL SEARCH CONFIRMED NON DANGEROUS WK IN ì CHARTED POSITION WITH PORTION OF WOODEN HULL ABOVE MHW AT ALL TIMES; WK WAS ì TOWED TO SHORE AND PRESENTS NO HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. (UPDATED MSM 9/86) FE280/86,S-E211-HFP-86; SAME AS MAR 4/86. (UP SRB 8/89) MAR--3/87, S-E211-HFP-87; 2 HULLS AGROUND IN SHALLOW WATER AND BARING AT ì MHW AND DEBRIS FROM A SALVAGED WOOD HULL WERE LOCATED IN VICINITY OF AWOIS ì ITEMS; WOOD HULL COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM WATER; LOCAL CONTACTS CONFIRMED THIS ì INFO. (UPDATED MSM 9/87) FE297/87--S-E211-HFP-87; AT THE TIME OF THIS INVESTIGATION THIS ì WRECK WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DISMANTLED BY MR. JONATHAN ì SMITH AND MR. OWENS JOHNSON; THEY HAD BEEN HIRED BY MR. CARL ì WATSON, P.O.BOX 27, DOWELL, MD. 20629, TEL. NO. 301-326-2983; ì MR. WATSON STATED THAT THE HULL OF THIS ITEM WAS TOWED INTACT A ì NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION FROM A NEARBY LOCATION; ì HULL IS AGROUND IN SHALLOW WATER AND BARE AT MHW; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED ì DELETING WRECK FROM CHART. (UPDATED MSM 9/88)

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