WESTERN FLYER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1930s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

WESTERN FLYER is a 1937 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2024, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2013.

Records from 2013 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 6 April 2026.

Built: 1937
Last inspected: 6 April 2026
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
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2013

Identity

236142

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WDN9028

59774

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-59774

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 Research Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2024–2026)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)71.0 ft × 19.3 ft × 8.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 93 / net 63

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWESTERN BOAT BUILDING COMPANY · TACOMA, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1937

Hull materialWood

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMONTEREY, CA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 22 July 2025 · expires 31 August 2026

Service, as the file records itResearch Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it93 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
63 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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 1 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

6 April 2026 Vessel Attendance

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8344134

9 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC HAWKSBILL (WPB 87312) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8233853

29 April 2024 Uninspected Other · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7906223

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

24 January 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4544472

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. 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.