KARA J

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

KARA J is a 1978 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2018, most recently in July 2019, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2019.

Records from 2018 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 8 July 2019.

Built: 1978
Last inspected: 8 July 2019
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2019

Identity

597779

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WDD6800

163142

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-163142

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections3

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2018–2019)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.7 ft × 14.5 ft × 10.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 41 / net 26

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJAMES WHITSETT · HARBOR, OR, UNITED STATES · built 1978

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHARBOR, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery

DocumentationValid · issued 14 May 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

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 it41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
26 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 1 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 · 3

8 July 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6742574

27 June 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Chetco River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6733222

27 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Coos Bay · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6459084

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

8 July 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6742574

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.

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.