TERN is a 1972 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 1997, most recently in September 2019, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2018.
Records from 1997 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 15 September 2019.
The 11 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 7 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Fishing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)32.6 ft × 13.8 ft × 5.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 15 / net 5
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · VENICE CA · built 1972
Hull materialWood
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portSANTA CRUZ, CA
Trade endorsementsFishery
DocumentationValid · issued 15 August 2025 · expires 30 September 2026
Service, as the file records itCommercial Fishing Vessel
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it15 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 5 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.
Radio station licence
WDF5507MMSI 367464030 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 18 August 2020, expires 18 August 2030
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.
Inspection history · 11
15 September 2019Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC SOCKEYE (WPB 87337) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6812335
19 April 2018Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6397495
30 January 2012Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC BARRACUDA (WPB 87301) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4239479
12 March 2008Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC TERN (WPB 87343) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3169011
14 September 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3057524
6 September 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3054302
28 April 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC TERN (WPB 87343) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2922506
13 March 2005Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC SOCKEYE (WPB 87337) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2312022
6 January 2005Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC TERN (WPB 87343) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2395722
15 December 2003Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC HAWKSBILL (WPB 87312) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1967556
29 December 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN FRANCISCO BAY · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 111747
No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.
19 April 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6397495
Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Ownership record
The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title,
with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.
