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HOWARD CHAPIN REEF
AR-330

Average Depth: 62'
Buoy Location in GPS ddm: 34° 33.634' / 076° 51.267'
LORAN Coordinates: 27139.7 / 39569.5
General Location: 228° M, 11.8 nm from Beaufort Inlet at the Fort Macon jetty;
118° M, 12.8 nm from the Bogue Inlet sea buoy
Material
Deployment Date(s)
GPS
(Decimal Minutes)
Railroad boxcars: 10
1986
34° 33.633' / 076° 51.350' to
34° 33.633' / 076° 51.367' and
34° 33.550' / 076° 51.333'
34° 33.583' / 076° 51.367'
34° 33.550' / 076° 51.317'
Pre-fabricated fiberglass domes
1990
34° 33.783' / 076° 51.267'
34° 33.767' / 076° 51.250'
34° 33.733' / 076° 51.333'
Concrete pipe: 160 pieces
1990
34° 33.583' / 076° 51.200'
320' Landing Craft Repair Ship INDRA
05-Aug-92
Bow 34° 33.700' / 076° 51.100' to Stern 34° 33.738' / 076° 51.091'
C-130 aircraft: 2
15-Nov-94
34° 33.633' / 076° 51.367' and
34° 33.633' / 076° 51.383'
F-4 aircraft: 1
1995
34° 33.633' / 076° 51.350'
Concrete pipe: 41 pieces
1999
34° 33.617' / 076° 51.200'
"H" units: 43
1999
34° 33.690' / 076° 51.385'
Reef Balls®: 45
1999
34° 33.712' / 076° 51.354'
"H" units: 45
11-Sep-00
34° 33.450' / 076° 51.450' to
34° 33.450' / 076° 51.483'
Reef Balls®: 45
11-Sep-00
34° 33.430' / 076° 51.400' to
34° 33.444' / 076° 51.396'
Concrete pipe: 600 tons Carteret County Sportfishing Association
Feb-03
34° 33.589' / 076° 51.438'
34° 33.587' / 076° 51.445'
34° 33.580' / 076° 51.442'
55' steel sailboat NEPOMUK
11-Jun-09
34° 33.724' / 076° 51.106'
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