Unknown Wreck 117528

Field Value
Wreck Category dangerous wreck
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
40 53.493 N,73 45.464 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 40.891558
  • Longitude: -73.757739
Wreck Depth 5.79 m
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

SURVEY REQUIREMENT COMMENTS CONDUCT A 100M SEARCH AROUND LORAN COORDINATES. DO NOT EXPEND ì MORE THAN 2 HOURS SEARCHING FOR THIS ITEM. IF FOUND, ACQUIRE A ì LEAST DEPTH, POSITION AND, IF POSSIBLE, A DESCRIPTION. HISTORY H10558/94-- OPR-B285-AHP; SUBMERGED WRECK LOCATED WITH ì ASSISTANCE OF CAPTAIN SAL GUGLIARA, SEA TOW OWNER/OPERATOR, CITY ì ISLAND, NY, 718-885-0101. WRECK WAS A WOODEN VESSEL AND WAS ì SCUTTLED TO CREATE A FISHING REEF. MARKED WITH A FLOAT AND ì SURROUNDED BY LOBSTER TRAPS. 10 METERS LONG, 3 METERS WIDE, ì ORIENTED N-S. 6.0 METERS BELOW MLLW. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHOAL 7-FOOT SOUNDING BE RETAINED AS CHARTED ANDì CHARTING A 19 WK AS SURVEYED IN LAT. 40-53-30.063N, LONG. ì 73-45-24.856W. (UP 9/8/97, SJV) NOTE: 19 WK NOT PRESENTLY CHARTED ON CHART 12366, 27TH EDITION, 2000. (UP 12/8/04, SJV) DESCRIPTION 195 LORAN C RATES PROVIDED BY MR. RICHARD TARACKA, GREENWICH, ì CT. POLICE DEPARTMENT, TEL NO 203-622-8020; 9960-X 26949.2, ì 9960-Y 43945.0; IDENTIFIED AS A WOODEN WRECK; LAT 40-53-29.61N, ì LONG 73-45-27.86W (COMPUTED FROM LORAN RATES). (ENTERED MSM 4/90)

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