Unknown Wreck 116505

General Comments

LNM3/78-- (1/17/78); CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL - AID TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED; CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL LIGHTED BUOY WR63 (LLNR 2741.43), BLACK, QK FL G, RAREF, RANGE 3 MILES, TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED IN 47 FEET, 33 YARDS, 070 DEG T. FROM SUBMERGED WRECK. LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK ESTIMATED TO BE 37 FEET IN LAT. 38-25-28.8N, LONG. 76-23-26W. THIS LNM IS THE ORIGINAL CHARTING SOURCE FOR BOTH THE WRECK BUOY AND THE WRECK IT MARKS. LNM22/78-- (5/30/78); BUOY "WR63" MADE PERMANENT. ALL OTHER DATA REMAIN THE SAME. CL1382/80-- MAR, 9/19/78; OPR-E609-RU/HE-78; ITEM NO. 7; SUBMERGED DANGEROUS WRECK IN LAT. 38-25.46N (27.6"), LONG. ì 76-23.40W (24.0") IN 47 FEET WITH A LD OF ABOUT 37 FEET. ALTHOUGH A BUOY WAS ESTABLISHED ENE OF THIS WRECK, MORE PRECISE INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE COAST GUARD. ON 8/8/78 A FATHOMETER TRACE WAS OBTAINED ON THE BARGE AND MARKERS WERE DEPLOYED. DIVERS COULD NOT FIND BARGE DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY. ITEM ì HUNG AT 34.5 FEET ON 8/10/78 AND CLEARED IN TWO DIRECTIONS BY ì 33.5 FEET AND 33.0 FEET ON 8/14/78. ITEM LOCATED IN LAT. ì 38-25.43N (25.8"), LONG. 76-23.49W (29.4"). NO DIVER LD OBTAINED. ì RECOMMENDED CHARTING A CLEARED 33-FOOT DEPTH AS SURVEYED. THIS ì POSITION IS APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET, 250 DEG. T. FROM BUOY. LNM35/78-- (8/29/78); CHESAPEAKE BAY - COVE POINT - WRECK/AID ì POSITION INFORMATION; SUBMERGED WRECK LOCATED IN LAT. ì 38-28-28.8N, LONG. 76-23-26W HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE IN LAT. ì 38-25.43N, LONG. 76-23.49W WITH A LD OF 33 FEET. CHESAPEAKE ì CHANNEL LIGHT BUOY "WR63" (LLNR 2741.43) MARKS OBSTRUCTION AND ì HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE IN LAT. 38-25.46N, LONG. 76-23.40W. LNM33/79-- (8/14/79); CHESAPEAKE BAY - CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL - AID ì RELOCATED; RELOCATE CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL LIGHT BUOY "WR63" (LLNR ì 2741.43) TO LAT. 38-25-27.2N, LONG. 76-23-25W. SUNKEN BARGE LIES ì 200 FEET, 230 DEG. T. FROM BUOY. BARGE MARKED AT EITHER END BY ì PLASTIC FLOATS. CL411/81-- THIS NOS CHART LETTER TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE ì SUNKEN BARGE FROM LNM3/78 TO LNM50/79. IT ALSO CONTAINS THE ì RESULTS OF THE BARGE UNDERWATER DEMOLITION REQUESTED BY CGD5. THE ì CONTRACTOR (SMITH BROS., INC.) REMOVED PART OF THE CARGO OF COAL ì PLUS LOOSE DECK TIMBERS BY DERRICK BARGE. OTHER WORK WAS DONE BY ì UNDERWATER BURNING. MATERIAL REMOVED WAS DEPOSITED IN SCOUR ì TRENCHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SUNKEN WRECK. WORK WAS COMPLETED ì ON 9/12/79. THE COE SURVEY BOAT "LINTHICUM" WAS USED TO DETERMINE ì IF CONTRACT DEPTH OF 42 FEET HAD BEEN REACHED. AFTER TWO HOURS OF ì FATHO. OPS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT ì HAD BEEN MET. (IE. 42-FOOT CLEAR DEPTH AT MLW). LETTER FROM CHIEF ì OPS. DIV. COE TO COMMANDER (MPS) CGD5 DATED 9/24/79 STATES THAT ì COE NO LONGER CONSIDERS SUNKEN BARGE TO BE A DANGER TO NAVIGATION ì AND WRECK BUOY MAY BE REMOVED. LNM50/79-- (12/11/79); CHESAPEAKE BAY - CHESAPEAKE CHANNEL - ì AID DISCONTINUED; DELELTE WRECK BUOY "WR63". SUBMERGED WRECK ì LOWERED TO 42 FEET AT MLW. IN LAT. 38-25-27.2N, LONG. 76-23-25W. NM21/81-- (5/23/81); DELETE SWEPT DEPTH 33 FEET WK IN LAT. ì 38-25-25.8N, LONG. 76-23-29.4W. ADD DANGEROUS WRECK (42 FT REP ì 1979) IN LONG. 38-25-26N, LONG. 76-23-31W. (SUPERCEDES NM50/80, ì 12/13/80). (UP 2/2/96, SJV) FE424SS/96-- S-E902-AHP (CT-BOAT); LOCATED BY SIDE SCAN SONAR. ì ECHO SOUNDER DEPTH OF 39.7 FEET (12.1 METERS), REAL TIDES; ì LOCATED IN LAT. 38-25-26.32N, LONG. 76-23-27.23W. HYDROGRAPHER ì THIS ECHO SOUNDER DEPTH MAY BE A RETURN FROM FISH AND RECOMMENDS ì RETAINING WRECK AS CHARTED. EVALUATOR DOES NOT CONCUR AND ì RECOMMENDS REVISING TO A 39 WK AS SURVEYED. (UP 1/22/97, SJV) H11088--S-E906-BH-01; The barge wreck was identified with 200% SSS and developed with SWMB providing a least depth of 39ft. Delete 39 Wk w/ danger curve and ADD 39 Wk w/ danger curve at the current surveyed position. (PTT 9/29/06).