BIG JOHN is a 1980 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1994, most recently in February 2019, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2019.
Records from 1994 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 4 February 2019.
The 7 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.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)59.2 ft × 18.4 ft × 7.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 56 / net 44
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSAN SEBASTIAN MARINE INC · ST AUGUSTINE, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1980
Hull materialWood
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNEWPORT NEWS, VA
Trade endorsementsFishery
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
Service, as the file records itCommercial Fishing Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it56 - Simplified, Gross Ton 44 - Simplified, 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
WDH3907MMSI 367612160 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 27 March 2014, cancelled 1 June 2024
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.
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 · 7
4 February 2019Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6620194
7 November 2018Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC FLYINGFISH (WPB 87346) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6577988
4 January 2017Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC SHEARWATER (WPB 87349) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6066679
11 March 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Chincoteague · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2885819
9 March 1999Type not recorded
No type recorded · CGC POINT WELLS · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1496193
3 August 1996Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Northeast District (dp) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 657019
17 May 1994MARPOL Annex V Examination · Uninspected Other
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1175850
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.
4 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6620194
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.
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.
