GC1MN83 Unknown Cache Ship Ahoy
Type: Mystery | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: DES @ | Hide Date: 02/15/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 01.309 W105° 14.107 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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A cache to commemorate historic ships of the past

***  UPDATE  ***

In October 2015 I had to tweak one calculation because Kim Jong-Un relocated one of the ships without notifying me.  Thanks to The Manxome Foe for pointing this out.  Final is still in the same location.

 

The coords given are for a convenient place to park with the cache being less than a .25 nautical mile cruise along the scenic creek bikepath.

The historic ships listed below are berthed in various ports around the world.  Before heading out, determine the latitude of the ships' locations.  Record only the integer degree values below and solve the simple equations to determine the coords for the cache.  (for example, 40 53.764 would be 40)

USS Constitution  _____ = X1

USS Hornet        _____ = X2

USS Intrepid      _____ = X3

USS Missouri      _____ = X4

USS Nautilus      _____ = X5

USS Pueblo        _____ = X6

USS Turner Joy    _____ = X7

USS Texas         _____ = X8

SS Great Britain  _____ = X9

SS Queen Mary     _____ = X10

SS United States  _____ = X11

HMS Victory       _____ = X12

       (checksum = 469)

 

Final coordinates of the cache are:

LAT:    AB  CD.EFG

LONG: -105  HJ.KLM

where

A = X1 - 38

B = X2 - 37

C = X3 - 40

D = X4 - 20

E = X5 - 40

F = X6 - 35

G = X7 - 44

   (checksum = 13)

and

H = X8 - 28

J = X9 - 47

 K = X10 - 31

 L = X11 - 35

 M = X12 - 45

    (checksum = 16)

 

Mag nano, log only, no pen. Extractor would be helpful.  Low to the ground, difficult with heavy snow.

 

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8 Logs: Found it 3  Write note 3  Enable Listing 1  Owner Maintenance 1  

Write note 03/17/2019 By DES
I spent an interesting 2 hours touring the USS Turner Joy last month, a nice ferry ride from Seattle. I understand you can also tour the USS Pueblo, but I would not recommend it.

Write note 02/15/2019 By DES
10th anniversary of cache placement.

Found it 12/07/2018 By siff
On this Pearl Harbor Day, I thought this might be an appropriate cache to finally get off my 'solved' list. The cache really isn't that difficult to solve, and I would encourage other geocaches to take the time to work through it. Convenient parking. Cache was in great shape and log was dry. Just SL. Thanks for a good cache.

Owner Maintenance 07/15/2018 By DES
Out biking around town this AM checking on my caches; this final is good.

Write note 02/15/2018 By DES
9th anniversary of cache placement.

Found it 01/18/2018 By geopam
One of 12 caches logged today. Solved the puzzle in early 2014, but just now got around to going out and logging the cache. Cache is in good shape. Thanks for the fun puzzle.

Found it 08/01/2017 By FayColSalTom
TFTC SL

Enable Listing 07/30/2017 By DES
Construction seems to be all done. Container back in the same place with a fresh logsheet. A little weed-wacking might be needed.