N-North LCM #1
Local Name:
N-North LCM #1
Depth:
Depth is about 90 feet to the bridge area and a little over 100 feet up towards the bow.
Anchoring:
I would suppose that the best place to anchor is N-Buoy coral head. However, it's a preety fair swim out there. Hal and I did this on scooters and it wasn't too bad!
Location:
| Latitude |
Longitude |
| Degrees |
Minutes |
Seconds |
Degrees |
Minutes |
Seconds |
| 8 |
44 |
29.340 |
167 |
43 |
49.200 |
| 8 |
44.48900 |
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167 |
43.82000 |
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| 8.74148 |
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167.73033 |
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Notes:
The early wreck book by Broadwater (Kwajalein: Lagoon of Found Ships) mentions a couple LCMs up in this area. Doug Curry had also mentioned having seen an LCM up in this area before. So, on 6/16/2005 Hal Parker and I took our scooters and were able to locate this wreck and mark it. The wreck lies within 30 feet or so of the same cable that passes over the N-East wreck. The wreck faces roughly NE and sits upright on the bottom. There isn't too much exciting to see here.
Photos:
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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!
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Created by Dave Fortin
Fri Sep 10 07:41:11 UTC 2010