This is the information page about the shipwreck Uss corry, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 30.546 N,1 11.55 W (49.768616666667, -1.2468833333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. A 12
2. A1-38
3. A1-7
4. A2-66
5. Angelique
6. B1-90
7. Bonne sainte rita
8. Chameau
9. Chanzi
10. Charles morgan
11. Corsaire
12. Credo du marin
13. Dohe
14. Eden
15. Empire broadsword
16. Gabrielle annick
17. Goublin
18. Hermod
19. Hms minster
20. Hms sesame (probably)
21. John kennedy
22. Julie
23. L'aventurier
24. L'independant
25. L'otarie
26. La bajole
27. La fidele
28. Lct 232
29. Lct 244
30. Lct 524
31. Lct 777
32. Lct 967
33. Le guillemot
34. Lst (possibly)
35. Lst 523
36. Marie anne de bretagne
37. Marie henriette
38. Norfalk
39. Pax vobis
40. Perles des flots
41. Plaston
42. Poussoir
43. Promethee
44. Raumboat no.41
45. Saint-antoine
46. Saint-pierre des marins
47. Sainte marine
48. Sgb 7
49. Soleil levant
50. Suffolk coast (possibly)
51. Tayo
52. Tommy
53. Turquoise (probably)
54. Uss corry
55. Uss glennon
56. Uss meredith
57. Uss rich
58. Uss tide
59. William d burnham (possibly)

 

Name: USS CORRY

Length 106.1 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 1700 ton

Cause: 6.6.1944 built in 1941 by the charleston navy yard. babcock & wilcox boilers, turbine engines of 50,000shp for 36.5 knots, twin shaft. four 5 inch, fur 40mm, seven 20mm and five torpedo tubes. mined whilst engaged in the operations consequent upon the landing of the allied army in france on 'd day', 6.6.1944. two other us destroyers, the 'glennon' and the 'meredith', were also mined in the same area on the same day. (dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H02730/44 26.7.44 DW IN 493036N, 011130W APPROX, OR 292DEGS, 1.8M FROM ILE ST MARCOUF LT. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1614/44. H6873/50 26.1.51 ST IN 493036N, 011130W. (FR NM 35/020/50).

- NM 181/51. H6873/50 3.8.51 CONFIRMED AS STRANDED. (DUBOIS PHILLIP & MCCALLUM LTD).

- NM 1447/51 [MISSED SCALE]. H02730/44 13.2.56 WK, LEAST DEPTH 0.6MTRS. (PARIS NM 55 42 14).

- NM 485/56. 13.2.84 WK OF USS 'CORRY' IN 493036N 011128.2W. LOCATED BY HULL-MOUNTED SONAR & DIVERS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS,1983) 6.6.90 WK 0.6MTRS SHOWN IN 493036N, 011130W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. POSN 493036N, 011128W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS, WK IS BROKEN FROM STERN TO BRIDGE. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591061, JAN '90). NC 2613. HH100/351/04 28.3.91 ONLY SMALL PIECES OF WKGE REMAIN. APPARENTLY ITALIAN SALVORS BROKE HER UP COMPLETELY ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION. (J COULON, 18.3.91) 6.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4930.546N, 0111.550W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY SMALL PIECES OF WRECKAGE REMAIN

Position: 49 30.546 N,1 11.55 W

 

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