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STAR OF CHICAGO

UnknownUnknownUnited States of America

Position 1 min agoSource: AISStream.ioFree for any use

Identity

Name
STAR OF CHICAGO
MMSI
367396720
IMO number
Not reported
Call sign
WCZ2384
Station type
Ship station

Classification & hull

AIS type code
6
Type
Unknown
Category
Unknown
Length overall
20 m
Beam
7 m
Draught
1.0 m

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
USCHI><USCHI
ETA
Not reported
Navigational status
Under way using engine
Speed over ground
0.0 kn
Course over ground
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
41° 53.434' N
Longitude
87° 36.760' W
Decimal
41.89057, -87.61266
Received
1 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 STAR OF CHICAGO's last known position, straight-line distance and true bearing — not a route either vessel is following.

VesselTypeDistanceBearing from STAR OF CHICAGO
GIDDY UPPassenger ship0.0 nm264° W
BLUE DOGUnknown0.0 nm271° W
CLASSIC LADYPassenger ship0.1 nm174° S
FT DEARBORNPassenger ship, no additional information0.1 nm269° W
INNISFREEPassenger ship, no additional information0.1 nm265° W
LEADING LADYPassenger ship, no additional information0.1 nm142° SE
SHAKE A LEGPassenger ship0.1 nm151° SSE
SKYVIEWPassenger ship0.1 nm137° SE
MARQUETTEPassenger ship, no additional information0.1 nm267° W
GADABOATUnknown0.2 nm56° NE
PERFECT BUOYANCY IVUnknown0.2 nm59° ENE
SKEDADDLEUnknown0.2 nm81° E
MARLYNOther type, no additional information0.2 nm81° E
CG45730Search and rescue vessel0.2 nm156° SSE
CAP STREETEROther type, no additional information0.2 nm82° E

Ranked by great-circle distance from STAR OF CHICAGO'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”.