USCG Documented Vessels — every US-flagged vessel registry

Dataset · U.S. Coast Guard · primary source ↗

Every US Coast Guard–documented vessel (~394,495) — recreational, commercial fishing, freight barge, passenger, towing and more — with name, official number, IMO, call sign, service, flag, gross/net tonnage, dimensions, hailing port, builder & build year, propulsion, hull material, and certificate-of-documentation status plus trade endorsements. Vessel/asset attributes only — owner names and addresses are deliberately dropped (the source's redaction is partial, so the entire owner block is excluded) — ZERO PII. Searchable by vessel name or official number, with a canonical /vessel/{vessel_id} page each. From USCG 'Merchant Vessels of the United States' bulk (Akamai-gated; institution/asset level).

Source agency
U.S. Coast Guard
License
CC0 / US public domain
Coverage
~394,495 documented vessels
API endpoint

Keywords

documented vesselUSCGCoast Guardvessel registryofficial numberIMOcall signhailing portgross tonnageship registryMerchant Vessels of the UScertificate of documentation

Provenance

Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Inspections-Compliance-CG-5PC-/Office-of-Investigations-Casualty-Analysis/Merchant-Vessels-of-the-United-States/. Underlying content is a US federal government work (public domain under 17 USC §105); our derived data is licensed CC0 1.0.

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