← Fleet names
A vessel name
WHY KNOT
14 hulls with a page on Maury carry or carried this name
· 514 documented vessels in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026
Hulls with a page carrying this name
WHY KNOTPassenger (Uninspected) · built 1998 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Inspected) · built 2015 · ON 1260409 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTCommercial Fishing Vessel · built 1975 · ON 566131 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTResearch Vessel · built 2019 · ON 1299875 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTCommercial Fishing Vessel · built 2021 · ON 1317083 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Uninspected) · built 2019 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTCommercial Fishing Vessel · build year not recorded · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Uninspected) · built 1999 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTCommercial Fishing Vessel · built 1997 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Uninspected) · built 2000 · ON 1171014 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Uninspected) · built 1979 · ON 1183101 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Uninspected) · built 2020 · ON 1311111 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTCommercial Fishing Vessel · built 1985 · ON 922608 · current recorded nameWHY KNOTPassenger (Inspected) · built 1979 · ON 620739 · current recorded name
Every hull listed has a page under Maury’s publication rule; a former name is one the Coast Guard
recorded at the time of an investigation. Hulls the archive holds and does not publish are counted below and never listed.
Also recorded as
WHY KNOT?, WHY-KNOT, WHY KNOT!
Documented vessels by service
| Service, as the file records it | Vessels |
|---|---|
| Recreational | 500 |
| Commercial Fishing Vessel | 6 |
| Passenger (Inspected) | 4 |
| Passenger (Uninspected) | 2 |
| Research Vessel | 2 |
Counts over the National Vessel Documentation Center file as served by NOAA Fisheries, every service
included. Recreational vessels are counted and never listed: 500 of the 514 above are recreational,
and no page on Maury identifies one.
By hailing state
| State | Vessels |
|---|---|
| FL | 96 |
| CA | 54 |
| MO | 38 |
| MD | 26 |
| NY | 24 |
| MA | 21 |
| SC | 20 |
| NJ | 18 |
| IL | 16 |
| VA | 16 |
| OH | 15 |
| MI | 14 |