Unknown Wreck 116878

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DESCRIPTION **** E-MAIL FROM MARK MUNRO TO STEVE VERRY DATED 6/11/03. ATTACHED TO THE E-MAIL WERE A LETTER TO THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION (DATED 5/4/03) AND TWO JPG IMAGES OF A STEEL HULLED VESSEL. WRECK FIRST LOCATED ON 10/27/02 WHILE PERFORMOMG SIDE SCAN SONAR OPERATIONS IN THE AREA AND SUBSEQUENTLY DOVE ON (SCUBA). LOCATED IN LAT. 41-17.913N, LONG. 71-58.871W. DESCRIBED AS A 40 X 12-FOOT WELDED STEEL WORK VESSEL RESTING UPRIGHT ON THE BOTTOM WITH A 45 DEGREE LIST TO PORT, PORT RAIL AT SAND LEVEL IN 85 FEET OF WATER. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE AND ENGINES, PROPELLORS, AND SHAFTS MISSING (REMOVED PRIOR TO SINKING?). 1-FOOT X 1-FOOT HOLE CUT AMIDSHIPS AND LIFTING BRIDLE CONSISTING OF HEAVY CHAIN VISIBLE. NO DISTINGUISHING MARKS IDENTIFY THE WRECK. VESSEL "APPEARS TO BE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY TO FORTY YEARS OLD AND MOST LIKELY WAS SCUTTLED". SONAR IMAGES OBTAINED WITH KLEIN521 RECORDER AND KLEIN 500 KHZ TOW FISH. POSITIONING ASSUMED TO BE GPS (NON DIFFERENTIAL). ECHO SOUNDER DEPTH OVER WRECK WAS 74 FEET IN SURROUNDING DEPTHS OF 82 FEET. MR. MUNRO WOULD LIKE TO NAME THIS WRECK IN MEMORY OF DIVE PARTNER DONALD G. BARRETT WHO DROWNED IN THE SPRING OF 2002 IN A NON-DIVING ACCIDENT. MR. MUNRO'S ADDRESS IS: 2329 GLASGO ROAD, GRISWOLD, CT 06351 E-MAIL: MARK.MUNRO@PPO2.COM. ADDRESS OF HISTORICAL COMMISSION: STATE OF CONNECTICUT, CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL COMMISSION, 59 SOUTH PROSPECT STREET, HARTFORD, CT 06106 (HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY, SUBMERGED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES).