WAY MAKER

Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

WAY MAKER is a 1986 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2017, most recently in January 2022.

Records from 2017 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 5 January 2022.

Built: 1986
Last inspected: 5 January 2022
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

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 5 January 2022

Recorded inspections3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2017–2022)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it 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.

Identity

908385

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WDM6743

281528

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-281528

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.0 ft × 18.0 ft × 6.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 37 / net 30

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderGALLIANO, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1986

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portVENICE, LA

Trade endorsementsFishery

DocumentationValid · issued 22 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 it30 - Simplified, Net Ton
37 - Simplified, Gross 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 0 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

5 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC TIGER SHARK (WPB 87359) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7377936

28 May 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6966295

15 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC RAZORBILL (WPB 87332) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6106869

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.

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.