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GULF WHALE

Commercial Fishing Vessel · Fishing Vessel class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named GULF WHALE

GULF WHALE is a 1995 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 1996, most recently in January 2021, along with 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded and 1 casualty investigation in 2005.

Records from 1996 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 21 January 2021.

Built
1995
Last inspected
21 January 2021
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
18
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
1 with no removal date recorded
Casualties
1 investigation · 2005
Inspected with
5 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
1031342
IMO number
8963973 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WDL5263
MISLE id
423270
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367758780, 368139450
Maury page id
psix-423270

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded18
Years with a record 12 calendar years (1996–2021)
The 18 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 5 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)84.9 ft × 25.0 ft × 12.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 157 / net 47
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)84.9 ft × 25.0 ft × 12.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 157 / net 47
BuilderMASTER BOAT BUILDERS INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1995
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsFishery
DocumentationValid · issued 9 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it157 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
47 - 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

WDL5263MMSI 368139450 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 31 March 2020, expires 31 March 2030
WDJ2483MMSI 367758780 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 19 October 2016, expires 19 October 2026 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WCS8385MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 26 June 1995, cancelled 27 August 2005
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 · 5

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.

KORI BELL Offshore Supply Vessel · MISLE 165517 · 12 December 2005 · activity 2551519CHRISTOPHER Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 404959 · 12 December 2005 · activity 2551519SAN RAFAEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 439036 · 12 December 2005 · activity 2551519BUFFALO 414 Tank Barge · MISLE 733500 · 12 December 2005 · activity 2551519BUFFALO 412 Tank Barge · MISLE 733501 · 12 December 2005 · activity 2551519

Inspection history · 18

21 January 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC DANIEL TARR (WPC-1136) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7144382
20 August 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC POMPANO (WPB 87339) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6525864
15 July 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6480761
5 May 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC BELUGA (WPB 87325) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6411112
23 September 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC POMPANO (WPB 87339) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6010435
23 October 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5016544
4 January 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC PELICAN (WPB 87327) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4219449
12 December 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2551519
1 November 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2232733
21 November 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1709073
29 October 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1705464
20 February 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Heartland District (dre) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1487731
12 May 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1522756
22 June 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 770739
18 June 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 201123
17 July 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC VENTUROUS (WMEC 625) · Activity 1513076
13 November 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 720949
16 January 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 684992

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 · 1

12 December 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2551519
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

CHRISTINA IV (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.