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PROBABLE CAUSE

Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1970s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Other hulls named PROBABLE CAUSE

PROBABLE CAUSE is a 1973 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 36 inspections since 1993, most recently in May 2021, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2011.

Records from 1993 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 11 May 2021.

Built
1973
Last inspected
11 May 2021
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
36
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
1 investigation · 2011
Inspected with
2 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
553936
IMO number
—
Call sign
WYC9873
MISLE id
125883
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
—
Maury page id
psix-125883

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded36
Years with a record 18 calendar years (1993–2021)
The 36 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 5 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.6 ft × 16.2 ft × 7.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 38 / net 32
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderELBERT C GASKILL · HARKERS ISLAND, NC, UNITED STATES · built 1973
Hull materialWood
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portPROVINCETOWN, MA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery
DocumentationValid · issued 2 June 2026 · expires 30 June 2027
Service, as the file records itCommercial Fishing Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it32 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
38 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspected as a tow unit · 2

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

STEPHANIE DANN Towing Vessel · MISLE 165565 · 22 July 2004 · activity 2141399WEEKS 536 Freight Barge · MISLE 197717 · 22 July 2004 · activity 2141399

Inspection history · 36

11 May 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC TYBEE (WPB 1330) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7194925
26 June 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6988260
28 March 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6113360
19 January 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6073615
4 February 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC HAMMERHEAD (WPB 87302) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5812105
24 July 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC TYBEE (WPB 1330) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5196259
21 December 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4213104
27 February 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3954210
13 December 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dpi) F/V 4100 Processing · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3909521
11 December 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC 903) · Activity 3908907
10 March 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC CHINOOK (WPB 87308) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3697212
7 March 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3160594
7 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2953944
2 May 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC JUNIPER (WLB 201) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 2926812
9 September 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chatham · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2192068
22 July 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2141399
21 July 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2140385
20 June 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chatham · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2105004
28 May 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chatham · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2080794
26 May 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2078700
24 February 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC ESCANABA (WMEC 907) · Activity 2029509
17 December 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1965444
25 August 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chatham · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1886996
31 August 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1669256
3 December 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Southwest Harbor · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1524021
15 August 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1519111
3 February 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1519083
3 February 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Provincetown · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1519085
13 July 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 722212
23 June 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 722211
29 May 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 181545
29 March 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 169771
3 August 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 686510
8 June 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 686511
4 May 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 686512
13 March 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 24233

Deficiency record · 0

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.

Casualty record · 1

19 April 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3990218
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.