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FIREBOAT 13 NORFOLK

ServiceSearch and rescue vesselUnited States of America

Position 3 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
FIREBOAT 13 NORFOLK
MMSI
338496704
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
51
Type
Search and rescue vessel
Category
Service
Length overall
Not reported
Beam
Not reported
Draught
Not reported

Length is the sum of the two AIS reference-point dimensions fore and aft; beam is the sum of the port and starboard pair. Both come from the vessel's own static report.

Voyage & motion

Destination
Not reported
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Constrained by draught
Speed over ground
1.2 kn
Course over ground
240°
True heading
Not reported

Destination, ETA and navigational status are typed in on the bridge, not measured. Speed, course and heading come from the vessel's instruments.

Last known position

Latitude
36° 57.931' N
Longitude
76° 17.644' W
Decimal
36.96552, -76.29407
Received
3 min ago
Reported by ship
Not reported
Source feed
AISStream.io

This is the latest position our store holds, not a live fix. The vessel has been free to move for the whole of the age shown above.

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Only one position is held for this vessel, so no track can be drawn.

Nearby

Other vessels near this one

Everything else our snapshot holds within 25 nm of FIREBOAT 13 NORFOLK's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from FIREBOAT 13 NORFOLK
MMSI 232012924Unknown0.0 nm228° SW
SKEDADDLEUnknown0.1 nm254° WSW
UNCLE MIKETug0.2 nm210° SSW
KERRY MORANTug1.8 nm247° WSW
PATRICIA MORANTug1.8 nm246° WSW
WENDY MORANTug1.8 nm246° WSW
SUSAN MORANTug1.8 nm246° WSW
SURRIE MORANTug1.8 nm246° WSW
KAREN MORANTug1.8 nm246° WSW
NECESSITYUnknown1.8 nm349° N
US WARSHIPMilitary operations1.9 nm244° WSW
WARSHIPUnknown1.9 nm245° WSW
ELISECargo ship2.1 nm252° WSW
COASTAL PRIDEUnknown2.1 nm229° SW
NAVAL AUXILIARY 188Military operations2.2 nm234° SW

Ranked by great-circle distance from FIREBOAT 13 NORFOLK's last known fix, both taken from the same snapshot moment. Neither vessel has necessarily stayed put since — see the age shown above for how stale each position may be. Also available as JSON: /api/nearby.

What this data means

Reading this record

Everything above comes from two different AIS transmissions. Position, speed, course and heading arrive in message 1, 2 or 3, broadcast every few seconds while under way — that is why the position age above can be very small. Name, MMSI, IMO number, call sign, type and dimensions arrive in a separate static report — message 5 for a Class A transponder, message 24 for Class B — sent only around once every six minutes. A vessel can therefore show a fresh position with an old or missing static report, or the reverse.

Nothing here is estimated, interpolated, or carried over from a previous ship at the same MMSI. Where the vessel did not transmit a field, or transmitted a value the standard defines as "not available", we print “Not reported” rather than guess.

Data for this page comes from AISStream.io under Free for any use. Field meanings are explained in the reference guides. Nothing on this page is derived, estimated or filled in — where a field is empty, we print “Not reported”.