AH-WR-0888

F/V G.P. Chauvin

Menhaden Fishing Vessel · United States · Lost 2023 · The Gulf of Mexico

A retired menhaden fishing boat sunk off Biloxi in 2023 alongside her sister vessel Mermentau to create new Mississippi reef habitat.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

F/V G.P. Chauvin was a menhaden fishing vessel built in 1989 and operated by Ocean Harvesters out of Moss Point, Mississippi, for more than three decades before retiring in 2020. On July 27, 2023, she was intentionally sunk off the coast of Biloxi alongside her sister vessel F/V Mermentau, in a joint project of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and Mississippi Gulf Fishing Banks to create new artificial reef habitat.

Vessel

Built: 1989
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: Not established
Owners: Ocean Harvesters

Loss

Date: July 27, 2023
Cause: Intentional sinking
Location: Offshore Biloxi, Mississippi
Water: Gulf of Mexico
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Not established
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: 30.43° N 88.93° W
Accuracy: General area only
Nearest: Biloxi, Mississippi
Region: The Gulf of Mexico

General area only: coordinate of Biloxi, Mississippi from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, marking the named place of loss recorded for this vessel, not a surveyed wreck position.