Unknown Wreck 117624

Field Value
Wreck Category wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM)
40 33.423 N,74 13.107 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 40.557058
  • Longitude: -74.218442
Type unknown
Original Source AWOIS

General Comments

HISTORY D9/79--CES 12331, OPR-B408-WH-79, ITEM D; WRECKAGE AREA DELINEATED ON ì 6/21/79 BY 11 POS. GIVEN POS. IS ON A CRAIN IN THE APPROX. LOCATION OF ì CES ITEM 35. MOST OF THE WRECKS ARE METAL VESSELS WITH 4 OR 5 STRANDED WOODEN ì BARGES IN THE NE CORNER OF WRECKAGE AREA. NE CORNER OF AREA IS IN POS. LAT. ì 40-33-36.05N, LONG.74-12-47.258W. SW CORNER OF AREA IS IN POS. LAT ì 40-33-21.175N, LONG.74-13-18.987W. THE AREA IS OCCUPIED BY A PRIVATELY OWNED ì SALVAGE AND SCRAP METAL BUSINESS. (ENTERED, 3/18/87, MCR) FE239/79--OPR-B408-WH-79; CES; ITEM 35; ARC DEVELOPMENT WITH 25M ì SPACING OVER CHARTED OF WRECK WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS; HOWEVER, TOP ì OF A CRANE WAS NOTED 30M SE OF BUOY 18; FATHO SEARCH AROUND TOP ì OF CRANE; APPEARS TO BE THE BARGE BEING SEARCHED FOR; WRECK LIES ì IN 90-110 ORIENTATION; LIES IN 35 FT. OF WATER AND IS EXPOSED AT ì 6 FT.; POSITION TAKEN ON WRECK AT ITS CHANNELMOST EXTENT; LAT ì 40-33-25.039N, LONG 74-13-07.866W; EVALUATOR RECOMMENDED DELETING ì CHARTED DANGEROUS AND ADDING VISIBLE WRECK ACCORDING TO THIS ì SURVEY. (UPDATED MSM 1/90) F00463/00-- A DANGEROUS WRECK WITH A DEPTH OF 25 FT WAS LOCATED AT 40/33/25.38N - 074/13/05.46W. IT WAS RECOMMENED TO DELETE THE CHARTED SUBM WRECK AT 40/33/25.5N - 074/13/06.3W ANDADD FOUL LIMITS LINE AND THE NOTE "FOUL WITH WREACKAGE AND RUINS". (UPDATED 4/05 CEH)

WRECK MAP LOADING ... 40 33.423 N,74 13.107 W
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