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BLACK BALL
Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1970s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Other hulls named BLACK BALL
BLACK BALL is a 1977 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1999, most recently in December 2019, along with 1 deficiency — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 6 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2019.
Records from 1999 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 26 December 2019.
- Built
- 1977
- Last inspected
- 26 December 2019
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 6 investigations · 2013–2019
Identity
586718
153321
Flag
UNITED STATES
367651850 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-153321
Inspections, by type
The 15 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.
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 shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
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
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 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
WDH7810MMSI 367651850 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 1 January 2015, cancelled 8 March 2025
WYQ9757MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 16 April 1998, cancelled 16 August 2008 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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.
Inspection history · 15
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
20 May 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC SOCKEYE (WPB 87337) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4868660
8 January 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Golden Gate · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 2562791
17 November 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN FRANCISCO BAY · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 658712
15 August 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN FRANCISCO BAY · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 187463
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
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, 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.
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.