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MARGARET CHASE SMITH

UnknownUnknownUnited States of America

Position 24 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
MARGARET CHASE SMITH
MMSI
367191630
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
Not reported
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
Not reported
Type
Unknown
Category
Unknown
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
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
12.6 kn
Course over ground
271°
True heading
265°

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
44° 16.825' N
Longitude
68° 59.224' W
Decimal
44.28042, -68.98706
Received
24 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 MARGARET CHASE SMITH's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from MARGARET CHASE SMITH
CG29241Search and rescue vessel2.8 nm189° S
MMSI 338476304Unknown6.8 nm213° SSW
LAURA SUnknown7.7 nm160° SSE
CAPT NEAL BURGESSPassenger ship10.1 nm156° SSE
MMSI 368001280Unknown11.1 nm183° S
CAPT.E.FRANK THOMPSOPassenger ship11.2 nm180° S
LIVELY LADYUnknown11.5 nm202° SSW
CG THUNDER BAYTug11.6 nm205° SSW
MMSI 338464614Unknown11.6 nm207° SSW
BIG PALUnknown12.0 nm205° SSW
MMSI 368439380Unknown12.0 nm205° SSW
CG TACKLELaw enforcement vessel12.3 nm192° SSW
CAPT RICHARD SPEARPassenger ship12.9 nm166° SSE
MMSI 338421088Unknown12.9 nm179° S
JARSULAN 4Unknown17.9 nm136° SE

Ranked by great-circle distance from MARGARET CHASE SMITH'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”.