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NORTHERN DEFENDER

Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1970s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Other hulls named NORTHERN DEFENDER

NORTHERN DEFENDER is a 1979 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 1992, most recently in August 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2024.

Records from 1992 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 15 August 2024.

Built
1979
Last inspected
15 August 2024
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
24
Deficiencies
2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
4 investigations · 2013–2024
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
610393
IMO number
7934250 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WDB4700
MISLE id
174494
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
366901360
Maury page id
psix-174494

Inspections, by type

…administrative events1
…with no type recorded23
Years with a record 16 calendar years (1992–2024)
The 24 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.

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)134.3 ft × 32.0 ft × 13.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 180 / net 122
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)134.3 ft × 32.0 ft × 13.8 ft
ITC tonnagegross 462 / net 139
BuilderDAKOTA CREEK INDUSTRIES · ANACORTES, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1979
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portDUTCH HARBOR, AK
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 17 March 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it180 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
462 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
122 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
139 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

WDB4700MMSI 366901360 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 April 2023, expires 11 July 2033
WQZ4007MMSI 367446000 · cancelled · voluntarily equipped · granted 17 April 1996, cancelled 9 July 2003
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 · 24

15 August 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7986394
15 June 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7229224
12 July 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC JOHN MIDGETT (WHEC 726) · Activity 6226893
3 June 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4878908
29 May 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4873834
2 July 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3521711
1 April 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC DOUGLAS MUNRO (WHEC 724) · Activity 3447518
11 March 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3432289
23 February 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3422678
2 February 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3404179
12 November 2008 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 3361635
8 September 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC JARVIS (WHEC 725) · Activity 3327116
31 October 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3118171
16 February 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC MELLON (WHEC 717) · Activity 2875942
3 March 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC ACUSHNET (WMEC 167) · Activity 2617483
24 January 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC JARVIS (WHEC 725) · Activity 2331602
18 March 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC STORIS (WMEC 38) (legacy) · Activity 2028104
10 January 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1480213
12 October 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 146731
15 February 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 207791
15 February 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Dutch Harbor · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 764079
23 August 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Arctic District (dp) · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 663846
8 January 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 663847
12 October 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 130593

Deficiency record · 2

Documentation › Safety/Response Plans/Programs › Vessel Response Plan
Issued 18 May 2007 Resolved
33U.S.C.1321(j)(5)(G)-The vessel owner/operator has not provided certification ensuring that response resources are capable of responding to the maximum extent practicable, to a worst case discharge. 33U.S.C.1321(j)(5)(D)(i)-The NTVRP has inconsistencies in the volume of the worst case discharge.
Due 18 June 2007
Resolved 13 January 2009
Resolution: NTVRP #05056 approved 1/13/09 with revision received 12/19/08. Interim Operating Authorization for the MORNING GLORY expires 1/13/2011.
Documentation › Safety/Response Plans/Programs › Vessel Response Plan
Issued 18 May 2007 Resolved
33U.S.C.1321(j)(5)(D)(ii)-The NTVRP does not identify a qualified individual, provide 24-hour contract information for the qualified individual, or indicate that the qualified individual will have immediate contact with the NRC and the oil spill removal organization 33U.S.C.1321(j)(5)(D)(iii)-The NTVRP does not provide an OSRO contract for the remote Am Samoa and Prince William Sound COTP zones
Due 18 June 2007
Resolved 13 January 2009
Resolution: NTVRP #05056 approved 1/13/09 with revision received 12/19/08. Interim Operating Authorization for the MORNING GLORY expires 1/13/2011.

Casualty record · 4

7 May 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4585774
3 June 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4878908
15 June 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7229224
15 August 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7986394
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

MORNING STAR (2013–2014). 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.