BLACK BALL

Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1970s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

BLACK BALL is a 1977 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2017, most recently in December 2019, along with 1 deficiency — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 6 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2019.

Records from 2013 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 26 December 2019.

Built: 1977
Last inspected: 26 December 2019
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2013–2019
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 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 26 December 2019

Recorded inspections11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded10

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2017–2019)

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

586718

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153321

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-153321

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)33.3 ft × 11.2 ft × 5.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 19 / net 13

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTURBOJET · BUCKLEY, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1977

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHALF MOON BAY, CA

Trade endorsementsFishery

DocumentationValid · issued 17 November 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it19 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
13 - 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 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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Inspection history · 11

26 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC HAWKSBILL (WPB 87312) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6887375

13 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6811176

18 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Noyo River · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6788024

12 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6559804

18 September 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6607572

18 September 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6917352

21 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6249766

14 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Cape Disappointment · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6183435

13 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6175809

10 May 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6143978

18 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC BARRACUDA (WPB 87301) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6128670

Deficiency record · 1

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Issued 12 October 2018 No resolution recorded

LENGTH DIFF: greater/smaller than expected vessel length

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified

Casualty record · 6

20 January 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4526299

10 May 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6143978

13 June 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6175809

21 June 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6249766

18 September 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6917352

13 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6811176

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

MAJOR STEPPEN STONE (2013–2019). 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.