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WESTERN STAR

Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1970s

WESTERN STAR is a 1977 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2016, most recently in December 2024, along with 7 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2019.

Records from 2005 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 30 December 2024.

Built
1977
Last inspected
30 December 2024
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
9
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
7 investigations · 2005–2019
Also recorded as
1 other name

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 30 December 2024
Recorded inspections9
…with no type recorded9
Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 5 calendar years (2016–2024)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

US Official No.
585926
IMO number
7719648
Call sign
WDM2070
MISLE id
152650
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-152650

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)99.8 ft × 28.1 ft × 13.4 ft
Registered tonnagegross 191 / net 129
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)99.8 ft × 28.1 ft × 13.4 ft
ITC tonnagegross 254 / net 76
BuilderMARINE CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN CO · SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1977
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portKODIAK, AK
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 15 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it191 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
254 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
129 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
76 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.
Vessel history report

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 9

30 December 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL 750) · Activity 8053125
25 February 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC STRATTON (WMSL 752) · Activity 7869722
25 September 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC ALEX HALEY (WMEC 39) · Activity 6825763
14 July 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6832548
26 June 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6726451
16 May 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC MELLON (WHEC 717) · Activity 6419321
29 April 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC MELLON (WHEC 717) · Activity 6136885
5 July 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC JOHN MIDGETT (WHEC 726) · Activity 5941192
22 June 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5957979

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 · 7

17 August 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2479564
14 October 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3617859
24 October 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4176351
19 September 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 4447014
18 November 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4756356
22 June 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5957979
14 July 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6832548
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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 1

WESTERN MARINER (2005–2019). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.