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WHALE SHARK
Offshore Supply Vessel · Offshore class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named WHALE SHARK
WHALE SHARK is a 2004 offshore supply vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2005, most recently in March 2009, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2005.
Records from 2005 to 2009. Most recent: inspection, 11 March 2009.
- Built
- 2004
- Last inspected
- 11 March 2009
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2005
Identity
1164414
8988430 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
WDC7106
727493
Flag
UNITED STATES
367013850, 367066250 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-727493
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
4 calendar years (2005–2009)
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 17 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 Offshore class in Maury's sources begin in 1978.
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it342 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
1142 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
1142 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Radio station licence
WDC7106MMSI 367066250 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 9 September 2005, cancelled 14 November 2015
WDC3766MMSI 367013850 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 January 2005, cancelled 28 March 2015
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 · 7
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.
RIPTIDE Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 406474 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659GARCIA I Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 439795 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659LADY CAROLINA Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 459366 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659JAXON BELL Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 585642 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659LADY TINA Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 604275 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659GASTON'S LEGACY Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 610161 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659ST JOSEPH VII Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 613773 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2286659Inspection history · 7
11 March 2009
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3431587
28 January 2008
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3137695
26 July 2007
Damage Survey · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3008067
26 July 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3008113
22 August 2005
MTSA Verification · Ballast Water Examination · Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2470841
23 February 2005
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2297976
22 January 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2286659
Deficiency record · 5
Operations/Management › Casualty Reporting/Post-Casualty Actions › Notice of Marine Casualty
Issued 26 July 2007
Resolved
46 CFR 4.05-1 vessel owner failed to give immediate notice of marine casualty as outlined in 4.05-1, vessel hull fractured in numerous areas, watertight intergrity to numerous compartments breached.
Operations/Management › Casualty Reporting/Post-Casualty Actions › Filing Written Report of Marine Casualty
Issued 26 July 2007
Resolved
46 CFR 4.05-10(a) Failure of vessel owner to report marine casualty in writting withi five days.
Fire Fighting › Fixed CO2 Fire Extinguishing System › Piping
Issued 22 August 2005
Resolved
Provide approved plans for fixed CO2 system.
Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Stability Instructions
Issued 22 August 2005
Resolved
Provide amendments to operations manual as noted on review, per CID memo 19 check list.
Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Stability Instructions
Issued 22 August 2005
Resolved
Provide means for master to determine when 10' of leg is extended below vessel's hull per sever damage stability criteria.
Casualty record · 1
22 January 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2286659
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
JOSHUA (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.