Parker/Wallace Barge

Local Name:

Depth:

Depth is approximately 50 to 60 feet.

Anchoring:

We anchor at a nearby coral head and use GPS to give us bearing out to the wreck. I hope to have the web page done with coral head locations soon. At that time I'll add a link to show you where we anchor.

Location:

Latitude			Longitude
Degrees	Minutes	Seconds	Degrees	Minutes	Seconds
8	43	50.460	167	43	8.580
8	43.84100	---------	167	43.14300	---------
8.73068	---------	---------	167.71905	---------	---------

Notes:

This wreck was found by Hal Parker and Scott Walace. This wreck appears to be a barge of some sort that is inverted. This wreck is located right next to Parker/Wallace LCM and Parker/Wallace Maru. It is quite easy to knock out all 3 in one dive.

Photos:

Jim Bishop explores this nearly overturned barge. Another case where we need to go back and take a closer look to figure out what this might have been. Is it Japanese or American? Was it a wartime casualty?

Nearby Attractions:

A few words of caution are due here!

While I believe that this data is fairly accurate, one must apply some common sense when using this data. If the point of origin is a coral head, you may have anchored at a slightly different spot than I did and your bearing to the next attraction could be slightly different than mine. I suggest checking with your own GPS before rolling in!

Also, know roughly how fast you swim so that you know approximately how long it should take to reach the next attraction. You can (and likely will) miss things from time-to-time and you should know when to abort and turn around before you are too far from your boat.

I strongly urge you to try the shorter swims first and build your navigation skills. I have set the cutoff distance for this table to 750 feet, but that is a considerable challenge even for the best navigators. An error of more than a few degrees in poor visibility and you can easily miss your destination at the extreme ranges!

From: Parker/Wallace Barge
Attraction	Distance (feet)	Bearing (deg mag)
GBR Coral Head	455	84
Parker/Wallace Maru	213	345
Britain Upright	440	148
Phu Maru	677	117
Parker/Wallace LCM	59	150
Burt Side	580	144

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Created by Dave Fortin

Fri Sep 3 01:52:01 UTC 2010