Unknown Wreck 117045

General Comments

HISTORY FE241/82--OPR-B660-RU/HE-82; UNVERIFIED DATA; WHILE INVESTIGATION ì ITEM 1779, A CONTACT WAS NOTED ON THE SIDE SCAN SONARGRAMS IN ì LAT 41-04-43N, LONG 73-16-13W; UNIDENTIFIED OBSTRUCTION WAS CLEARED TO ì AN EFFECTIVE DEPTH OF 48 FT. (ENTERED MSM 10/88) FE321SS/88--OPR-B660-HE-88; 200% SSS COVERAGE, USING 100M RANGE ì SCALE FOR 100M RADIUS; ONE SIGNIFICANT CONTACT FOUND WITHIN THE ì SEARCH RADIUS; TWO HYDROGRAPHIC SOUNDING LINES WERE RUN OVER THE ì POSITION TO FURTHER DETERMINE SIGNIFICANT AND A DIVER ì INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED; DIVERS FOUND THE DETERIORATED ì REMAINS OF A 90 FT. WOODEN WRECK RESTING IN A CURRENT SCOUR IN A ì MUDDY BOTTOM; EXACT NATURE OF WRECKAGE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED; ì DIVERS FOUND SEVERAL LARGE TIMBERS SURROUNDING A STREWN PILE OF ì LARGE STOME BLOCKS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN EITHER BALLAST BLOCKS OR ì CARGE; THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE WRECKAGE WAS ON THE PILE OF ì BLOCKS; LEAST DEPTH OF 53 FT.; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W 15202.5, ì 9960-X 26734.9, 9960-Y 44001.2, 9960-Z 60054.2; IN LAT ì 41-04-41.744N, LONG 73-16-09.712W; THIS DEPTH DID NOT ì RISE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE SURROUNDING BOTTOM OUTSIDE THE CURRENT SCOUR; ì EVALUATOR AND HYDROGRAPHER RECOMMENDED DELETING THE CHARTED SYMBOL FROM THE ì CHART; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED NOT CHARTING THE CONTACT CONSIDERING ì THE BOTTOM COMPOSITION, THE HEIGHT OF THE CONTACT AND THE ì SURROUNDING CURRENT SCOUR. (UPDATED MSM 4/90)