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FIRST CHANCE
Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1970s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named FIRST CHANCE
FIRST CHANCE is a 1979 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 1992, most recently in January 2010, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2010.
Records from 1992 to 2010. Most recent: casualty investigation, 6 August 2010.
- Built
- 1979
- Last inspected
- 14 January 2010
- Documentation
- No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2002–2010
Identity
608027
WCF2999
172309
Flag
UNITED STATES
366929820 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-172309
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded25
Years with a record
11 calendar years (1992–2010)
The 25 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)69.2 ft × 22.8 ft × 9.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 103 / net 83
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderFRANKLIN GALE · LAFITTE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1979
Hull materialWood
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portLOWLAND, NC
Trade endorsementsFishery
DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 19 April 2010 · expires 31 May 2011
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 it103 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
83 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
83 - 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
WCF2999MMSI 366929820 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 11 March 2014, cancelled 15 June 2024
WAQ9778MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 31 October 1995, cancelled 8 April 2006
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.
Inspected as a tow unit · 1
The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
NEW HOPE Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 129640 · 18 May 2002 · activity 1618652Inspection history · 25
14 January 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Ponce De Leon Inlet · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3666936
15 February 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Maritime Safety & Security Team New York (91106) · Activity 2872681
10 October 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Violation Case Coordination Center · Activity 2797747
3 October 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC SHEARWATER (WPB 87349) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2795218
27 April 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2635537
21 April 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2631190
22 February 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC MAKO (WPB 87303) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2590524
10 November 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2532741
17 October 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC COCHITO (WPB 87329) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2517206
24 May 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2367051
22 January 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station (Small) Ocracoke · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2279649
26 April 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · GROUP/MSO LONG ISLAND SOUND · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2101700
25 February 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2013399
25 February 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2022357
5 July 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC DEPENDABLE (WMEC 626) · Activity 1839758
21 November 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC FINBACK (WPB 87314) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1811453
18 May 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1618652
5 March 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1524073
4 January 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1519999
1 April 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 757375
27 March 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 197703
27 April 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 668526
30 March 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · District 5 (B) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 668527
1 March 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 89623
9 April 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 147726
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 · 3
18 May 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1618652
26 April 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2101700
6 August 2010Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 3819027
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
GENTLE BREEZE (2002–2004). 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.