Barge #10

Type:
shipwreck, derrick barge
Depth:
60 ft

From AWOIS:

NM14/65 -- WK BUOY ESTABLISHED 50 YDS 060 DEGREES FROM SUNKEN BARGE WHICH LIES IN SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY POSITION WITH A LEAST DEPTH OF 15 FT.

FE221/78-79 -- OPR-C622, ITEM 9; LOCATED W/0 WD THRU LORAN-C POS. PROVIDED BY GENE GEER, AMER. LITTORAL SOCIETY; DIVER VERIFIED AS BARGE W/DERRICK, 65 FT. L, 30 FT. W, RESTING IN INVERTED POS.; POSITION AND LEADLINE LEAST DEPTH OF 46 FT. DETERMINED; MRS. SCHWARTZ, SEC. FOR ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC CO. WV, IDENTIFIED VESSEL AS BARGE NO. 10.

FE334SS/89 -- OPR-C147-HE-89; DIVER INVESTIGATION OF SIDE-SCAN SONAR CONTACT FOUND ON SURVEY H10291/88; A LARGE METAL BARGE LYING INVERTED ON A SANDY BOTTOM RISING 6-8 FT. OFF THE BOTTOM ON ONE SIDE AND 3 FT. ON THE OTHER; VERY GOOD VISIBILITY; NO SIGN OF DERRICK, BUT DIVERS SPECULATED THAT SINCE THE WRECK IS HIGHER ON ONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER, THE DERRICK IS LIKELY UNDER THE WRECK AND WORKING INTO THE SAND; LEAST DEPTH OF 47 FT. TAKE ON HIGHER SIDE


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Type:
shipwreck, barge
Built:
1918
Specs:
1041 tons
Sunk:
Monday September 3, 1934
foundered - no casualties
Depth:
42 ft

The Diggs was engaged in a salvage operation at the time of her loss and actually settled on top of another shipwreck, of unknown origin. The green blinker buoy for which it is known was removed after the wooden wreck was demolished in the 1970s. Also known as the "Green Blinker Wreck".

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