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DALE WARD REEF
AR-455

Average Depth: 46'
Buoy Location in GPS ddm: 33° 47.033' / 078° 17.883'
LORAN Coordinates: Chain (GRI) 7980 / 45373.0 / 59306.0
General Location: 272° M, 10.6 nm from the Cape Fear River sea buoy
Material
Deployment Date(s)
GPS
(Decimal Minutes)
Railroad boxcars: 10
24/27-Oct-86
33° 47.010' / 078° 17.850'
33° 46.990' / 078° 17.810'
33° 46.990' / 078° 17.870'
Concrete pipe: 600 tons
1992, 1993
33° 47.083' / 078° 17.933'
33° 47.050' / 078° 17.900'
Concrete manhole sections:
150 pieces
1993
33° 47.043' / 078° 17.788'
Reef Balls®: 100 in three
groups of ~33
2000
33° 47.000' / 078° 17.867'
33° 47.033' / 078° 17.900'
33° 47.050' / 078° 17.933'
Concrete pipe: 65 pieces,
36" by 8'
27-Mar-01
33° 47.033' / 078° 17.783'
Concrete pipe: 74 pieces
28-Mar-01
33° 47.000' / 078° 17.767'
Reef Balls®: 100 in four
groups of 25
Apr-01
33° 47.000' / 078° 17.942'
33° 46.967' / 078° 17.938'
33° 46.957' / 078° 17.982'
33° 46.992' / 078° 17.991'
Concrete pipe: 230 pieces
16-Apr-01
33° 47.017' / 078° 17.800'
33° 47.000' / 078° 17.800'
"Dale Ward Ultra Ball Reef"
Ultra Reef Balls®: 51
10-Feb-04
33° 47.100' / 078° 18.000'
Assorted concrete items: 58 pieces
17-Feb-04
33° 47.093' / 078° 17.973' to
33° 47.078' / 078° 17.956'
Assorted concrete items: 27 pieces
24-Feb-04
33° 47.106' / 078° 17.955'
Assorted concrete items: 272 pieces
24-Feb-04
33° 47.080' / 078° 17.957' and
33° 47.079' / 078° 17.857'
102' US Navy tug PAWTUCKET
26-Jul-04
33° 47.130' / 078° 17.920'
Concrete pipe:155 tons
26-Aug-08
330 47.021' / 0780 18.016'
Concrete pipe:154 tons
27-Aug-08
330 47.024' / 0780 18.026'
Concrete pipe and manhole sections: 156 tons
29-Sep-08
330 47.024' / 0780 18.008'
Concrete pipe: 175 tons
8-Oct-08
330 47.021' / 0780 17.998'
Concrete pipe: 160 tons
9-Oct-08
330 47.037' / 0780 18.006''
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