Unknown Wreck 116499

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HISTORY CL1653/81--USPS; WK IN WATER AT SHORELINE; 25 FT LONG; 4 FT ABOVE WATER; IN ì LAT 38-20-35.8N, LONG 76-26-56.0W; POSITION SCALED FROM CHART AT 1:10,000; ì THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON THE 12TH EDITION OF CHART 12284 (ENTERED MSM 2/86) FE280/86,S-E211-HFP-68; VERIFIED FOUR WOODEN HULLS LOCATED AT ì CHARTED POSITION (LAT 38-20-35.8N, LONG 76-26-56.0W). NO POSITION ì OBTAINED. (UP SRB 8/89) MAR--3/87, S-E211-HFP-87; POSITIONS OBTAINED ON OFFSHORE CORNERS OUTLINING ì AREA OF FOUR EXPOSED WOOD HULLS GROUNDED NEAR SHORE; WKS TOWED TO THIS ì LOCATION BY PROPERTY OWNER (SEE BELOW) TO BE SALVAGED; SOME OF SURROUNDING ì AREA IS FOUL WITH WOOD AND DEBRIS. (UPDATED MSM 9/87) FE297/87--S-E211-HFP-87; INVESTIGATION OF CHARTED LOCATION REVEALED ì A GROUP OF FOUR VISIBLE WRECKS THAT ARE GROUNDED NEAR SHORE; ì NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OFFSHORE CORNERS ARE LOCATED IN LAT 38-20-37.10N, ì LONG 76-26-56.06W AND LAT 38-20-36.39N, LONG 76-26-56.12W, RESPECTIVELY; ì OFFSHORE OF OBSERVED POSITIONS WAS VISUALLY SEARCHED FOR ì ADDITIONAL OBSTRUCTIONS WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS; EVALUATOR ì RECOMMENDED CHARTED WRECKS AND NOTATION BE DELETED FROM CHART AND ì A DANGER CURVE WITH NOTATION "WKS" BE ADDED AT THE SURVEY ì POSITIONS.(UPDATED MSM 9/88) DESCRIPTION **** WKS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR JOSEPH HUTCHINS, P.O. BOX 64, CURTIS RD, ì DOWELL, MD PHONE (301) 326-3746.