POLAR BEAR is a 1943 commercial fishing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 1989, most recently in July 2012, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded.
Records from 1989 to 2012. Most recent: inspection, 18 July 2012.
The 4 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 14 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.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it318 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 382 - 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
WDA5759MMSI 366823510 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 August 2001, cancelled 22 October 2011
WE6476MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 4 August 1997, cancelled 11 July 2004
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.
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.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 18 July 2012
Resolution: Liferaft condemned.
Engineering
Issued 21 March 1989Resolved
VSL DID NOT HAVE ANY PIPING TO DISCHARGE OILY MIXTURES TO A RECEPTION FACILITY. VSL IS OCEANGOING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 April 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
Documentation
Issued 21 March 1989Resolved
VSL DID NOT HAVE AN OIL RECORD BOOK ONBOARD. VSL IS DOCUMENTED AT 538 GT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 April 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
Fire Fighting
Issued 21 March 1989Resolved
VSL WAS MISSING 2 BII FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND 1 BIII OR FIXED SYSTEM IN THE ENGINE ROOM. VSL IS DOCUMENTED AT 538 GT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 April 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
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.
