Unknown Wreck 117100

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
40 53.928 N,73 39.433 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 40.898792
  • Longitude: -73.657222
Wreck Depth 13.41 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY CL1561/64--NM32/64;SAILBOAT, 21 FT L, IN 40 FT OF WATER, MAST IS 20 FT ì ABOVE DECK, LOCATED IN LAT 40-53-54N, LONG 73-40-11W (NAD27). FE317SS/88--OPR-B660-RU-88; 200% SIDE SCAN SONAR COVERAGE; ì LOCATED ONE SIGNIFICANT CONTACT IN LAT 40-53-55.65N, LONG ì 73-39-26.00W (NAD83); DIVER INVESTIGATION FOUND AN OLD WOODEN ì WRECK, APPROXIMATELY 25FT. LONG AND 8 FT. WIDE RESTING UPRIGHT ON ì A MUDDY BOTTOM; THERE WAS NO HOUSE, MAST OR OTHER PROMINENT ì PROJECTION ON THE WRECKAGE AND THE HIGH POINT WAS CONSISTENT FROM ì BOW TO STERN; WRECK WAS COVERED WITH MARINE GROWTH AND THE STERN ì SECTION WAS BROKEN UP; NO IDENTIFYING MARKS WERE VISIBLE AND THE ì VESSEL TYPE COULD NOT BE DISTINGUISHED; FOUND OUTSIDE THE ì REQUIRED 750M SEARCH RADIUS; PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH OF ì 44 FT.; 1045M EAST OF THE CHARTED AWOIS ITEM, HOWEVER EVALUATOR ì CONSIDERS THIS WRECK TO BE THE AWOIS ITEM; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED ì CHARTED A WRECK WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 44 FT. AT THE SURVEY ì POSITION AND DELETING THE CHARTING WRECK; LORAN C RATES: 9960-W ì 15367.7, 9960-X 26901.5, 9960-Y 43941.5, 9960-Z 59993.0 (UPDATED MSM 10/89) ì

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