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BLACK FIN

BLACK FIN is a 1956 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 1985, most recently in May 1991, along with 18 deficiencies.

Records from 1985 to 1991. Most recent: inspection, 17 May 1991.

Built
1956
Last inspected
17 May 1991
Documentation
No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

WG9340
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-43164

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded4
Years with a record 7 calendar years (1985–1991)
The 13 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 35 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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1977.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)37.6 ft × 12.5 ft × 4.4 ft
Registered tonnagegross 14 / net 12
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderROCKLAND BOAT SHOP · ROCKLAND, ME, UNITED STATES · built 1956
Hull materialWood
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW YORK, NY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery
DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 14 September 1987
Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it12 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
14 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

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 · 13

17 May 1991 Administrative
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1250453
17 April 1990 Administrative
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 925742
6 November 1989 Type not recorded
No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1221792
22 May 1989 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 968475
28 December 1988 Administrative
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1043394
12 December 1988 Type not recorded
No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1350138
13 May 1987 Deficiency Check · Hull Examination
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1023881
24 October 1986 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1319915
23 July 1986 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1304346
16 July 1986 COI Inspection
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1296845
28 March 1986 Credit Drydock
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1295723
17 July 1985 Type not recorded
No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 981717
24 June 1985 Type not recorded
No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 984221

Deficiency record · 18

Construction/Loadline
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
REPLACE BROKEN CAPTIVE CHAIN TO HATCH COVER ON LAZARETTE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Construction/Loadline
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
PROPERLY SECURE BULWARK RAILING ON STARBOARD SIDE AND REPLACE TWO BROKEN STANCHION BASE PLATES ON THE PORT SIDE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Navigation
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
GREASE ALL STEERING AND TRANSMISSION LINKAGE FITTINGS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Construction/Loadline
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
REPLACE AS NECESSARY CAULKING ON HULL AROUND SCREW PORT SIDE OF STEM, ALONGKEEL PLATE AND STARBOARD SIDE OF KEEL NEAR BOW.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Electrical
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
CONSTRUCT OR PROVIDE A PROPER COVER FOR ENGINE START BATTERIES.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Electrical
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
REPLACE ALL TWIST ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS WITH RUTT CONNECTORS OR SOLDER WITHDOUBLE TAPE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Engineering
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
REPLACE PROPELLOR NUB NUT KOTTER KEY.
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 December 1988
Resolved 12 December 1988
Construction/Loadline
Issued 12 December 1988 Resolved
REMOVE AND CLEAN SEA STRAINERS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 1 May 1989
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 24 October 1986 Resolved
PROVIDE HAND RAIL ON STERN GUNWALE WHERE MISSING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 October 1986
Resolved 24 October 1986
Navigation
Issued 24 October 1986 Resolved
REPACK AND OR TIGHTEN RUDDER STOCK PACKING GLAND, PRESENTLY LEAKING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 October 1986
Resolved 24 October 1986
Construction/Loadline
Issued 24 October 1986 Resolved
PROVIDE STOP VALVE ON THROUGH HULL FITTING, ENGINE SPACE PORT SIDE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 October 1986
Resolved 24 October 1986
Construction/Loadline
Issued 24 October 1986 Resolved
REPLACE PLASTIC THROUGH HULL FITTING WITH METALLIC AND PROVIDE STOP VALVE ON SAME, STARBOARD SIDE ENGINE SPACE WHERE MISSING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 October 1986
Resolved 24 October 1986
Navigation
Issued 16 July 1986 Resolved
PROVIDE 12 DISTRESS SIGNALS, WHERE EXPIRED, 6 RED AND 6 ORANGES.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1986
Resolved 16 July 1986
Engineering
Issued 16 July 1986 Resolved
REPLACE 2 FLEX FUEL LINES ON MDE WITH COAST GUARD APPROVED TYPE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1986
Resolved 16 July 1986
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 16 July 1986 Resolved
PROVIDE LOW NATURAL VENT TO ENGINE SPACE, AND FUEL TANK COMPARTMENT, WHERE MISSING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1986
Resolved 16 July 1986
Construction/Loadline
Issued 16 July 1986 Resolved
CONDUCT UNDERWAY INSPECTION OF ALL INTERNAL COMPARTMENTS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1986
Resolved 16 July 1986
Lifesaving
Issued 16 July 1986 Resolved
REPLACE LIFE LINE ON LIFEFLOATS WITH A APPROVED TYPE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1986
Resolved 16 July 1986
Electrical
Issued 16 July 1986 Resolved
REMOVE UNAUTHORIZED PORTABLE EMERGENCY GENERATOR FROM VESSEL.
Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1986
Resolved 16 July 1986

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.