u06 - AWOIS 7938

H10224/86-88 -- OPR-C121-WH-86-88; DEVELOPMENT 240; PREVIOUSLY UNCHARTED WRECK INVESTIGATED WITH 50M RANGE SIDE-SCAN SONAR AND DIVER; DIVERS FOUND A BADLY DETERIORATED WOODEN 140 X 40 FT BARGE, SITTING UPRIGHT ON A SAND BOTTOM; ALTHOUGH THE SOUTHEAST END OF WRECK IS MORE INTACT, THE LEAST DEPTH WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST END; 49 FT PNEUMATIC DEPTH GAUGE LEAST DEPTH TAKEN ON THE TOP OF A WOODEN SUPPORT RIB. (ENTERED MSD 4/91)


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Shipwreck SS Mohawk
Not to be confused with the R.C. Mohawk or the other S.S. Mohawk.
Type:
shipwreck, liner, USA, Clyde-Mallory Lines ( sailing under Ward Lines )
Name:
A tribe of Iroquoian Indians of the eastern New York area.
Three identical sisters were named Cherokee, Seminole, and Algonquin
Built:
1926, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA USA
Specs:
( 387 x 54 ft ) 5897 gross tons, 163 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Thursday January 25, 1935
collision with Norwegian freighter Talisman - 45 casualties
Depth:
80 ft max