Chart 12211 Ocean City Inlet wreck

[JoelFoley]

There is a wreck indicated approximately 3 & 3/4 miles east of Ocean City Inlet. Does anyone know what it is ?

 

[j1o1e1]

RECRD	2476
VESSLTERMS	GULF RAMBLER
FEATURE_TYPE	Wreck - Submerged, dangerous to surface navigation
AREA_ID	D
CHART	12200
LATDEC	38.314753
LONDEC	-75.084989
GP_QUALITY	Med
GP_SOURCE	Not Provided
DEPTH	0
SOUNDING_TYPE
HISTORY	02476 HISTORY CL1449/81--COE; F/V, 64 FT L, REMAINS LOCATED IN 6 FT OR WATER AT POSITION 38-18-52.7N, 75-05-07.3W. (TELECON BOB EDWARDS, 301-962-3675, SAYS POSITION SUPPLIED BY CG AND ASSUMED TO BE GOOD. WILL SEND CREW TO CHEK WK POS. AND STATUS 6/21/82. WK HAD BEEN PARTIALLY VISIBLE; STEEL HULL) CL420/82--USPS; CLAM DREDGE SUNK IN BREAKERS IN 6 FT OF WATER AT POSITION 38-18-34.8N, 75-04-34.2W IN NOVEMBER 1980. (TELECON TO REPORT ORIGINATOR INDICATES WK IS GULF RAMBLER) MEMO TO MCS RECOMMENDS CHARTING ON WK ONLY AT COE POSITION. DESCRIPTION 01 F/V, 82 GT, 64.5 FT L, 18.6 FT W, 9.6 FT D, STEEL HULL, BUILT 1965. OWNER; WOODROW LAURENCE INC, RTE 1, OCEAN CITY, MD 21842 (NO PHONE) SURVEY REQUIREMENTS FULL--VERIFY OR DISPROVE. DISPROVE THRU SALVAGE DOCUMENTATION OR BY BOTTOM DRAGGING OR WIRE DRAGGING AN AREA WITH A MINIMUM 500 METER RADIUS BUT TO EXTEND NORTH OF LATITUDE 38-19-21N.

 

[Katch]

I don't think that would be the same wreck. The Gulf Rambler is stated to be in 6 FT of water. JoelFoley was asking about 3 miles east of the inlet. That has got to be much deeper than 6 FT.

 

[j1o1e1]

RECRD	1042
VESSLTERMS	CARPENAS
FEATURE_TYPE	Not Charted
AREA_ID	D
CHART	12200
LATDEC	38.283447
LONDEC	-75.028792
GP_QUALITY	Low
GP_SOURCE	Not Provided
DEPTH	0
SOUNDING_TYPE
HISTORY	01042 HISTORY NM DATED 6/27/29 DESCRIPTION 24 NO.3922; BARGE; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE; 42 FT. LEAST DEPTH (SOURCE UNK). SURVEY REQUIREMENTS NOT DETERMINED RECRD 1043 VESSLTERMS JONES PORT FEATURE_TYPE Not Charted AREA_ID D CHART 12200 LATDEC 38.292614 LONDEC -74.999622 GP_QUALITY Low GP_SOURCE Not Provided DEPTH 0 SOUNDING_TYPE HISTORY DESCRIPTION 01 1937 24 NO.8710; BARGE, 1322 GT; SUNK 2/18/37; POSITION ACCURACY 3-5 MILES SURVEY REQUIREMENTS NOT DETERMINE RECRD 1035 VESSLTERMS ESTHER ANN FEATURE_TYPE Not Charted AREA_ID D CHART 12200 LATDEC 38.265392 LONDEC -75.034347 GP_QUALITY Low GP_SOURCE Not Provided DEPTH 0 SOUNDING_TYPE HISTORY 01035 HISTORY NM DATED 2/14/21 DESCRIPTION 24 NO.3930; POSITION ACCURACY WITHIN 1 MILE; REPORTED REMOVED (RAISED); MAY BE SAME AS ESTER ANN SURVEY REQUIREMENTS NOT DETERMINED These are the only named wrecks whithin 3/34 of a nautical mile of the inlet. There are also 5 unknown obstructions in the area also.

 

[waterpirate]

My advice to you if you are looking to dive is: Nothing that close is worth the effort, unless you live here. The inshore stuff includeing the bass grounds can be magical to dive, 1 out of 100 attempts to do so. The other 99 are braile dives. We do a quick look to check vis and in the 99 cases it is bad, we move farther offshore and farther south to avoid the inshore run off. Hope this helps.
Eric