MIDNIGHT SPECIAL is a 1979 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 1994, most recently in February 2010, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2005.
Records from 1994 to 2010. Most recent: inspection, 11 February 2010.
The 8 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 16 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.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)42.7 ft × 11.9 ft × 3.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 11 / net 9
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderJOHN W. FREEMAN, SR. BLDR · HAMPTON, VA, UNITED STATES · built 1979
Hull materialWood
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portDEEP CREEK, VA
Trade endorsementsFishery
DocumentationValid · issued 27 March 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it9 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 11 - 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.
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. Reports.
Inspection history · 8
11 February 2010Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC BELUGA (WPB 87325) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3679418
16 April 2005Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2336279
29 December 2004Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC COCHITO (WPB 87329) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2267225
12 February 2004Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC IBIS (WPB 87338) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2009015
12 December 2003Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC COCHITO (WPB 87329) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1965141
1 February 1999Type not recorded
No type recorded · CGC POINT BONITA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1506880
5 August 1994Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 644963
9 July 1994Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 176003
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.
16 April 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2336279
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
DEE DEE SUE (2005). 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.
