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Explorer New Bedford, MA

Vessel Details

5/23/1984

Steven W. Bairos went overboard from the New Bedford dragger Explorer on May 23. A search by the crew and the Coast Guard failed to find his body, which was discovered in June by the scalloper Eileen D, 50 miles east of Nantucket.

Name Age
Steven Bairos 25
  • Trade Indicator: Fishery scalloper
  • Hull Material: Steel
  • Year Built: 1980
  • Ship Builder: Careret Manufacturing Co.,
  • Owner:
  • Previous Owners:
  • Service: Commercial fishing
  • Doc. Issuance Date:
  • Doc. Expiration Date:
  • USCG Doc. No.: 618325
  • IMO Number: 8034760
  • Call Sign: WDD9371
  • Hull Number:
  • Length (ft): 88.7 ft.
  • Hull Depth (ft): 12.1 ft.
  • Hull Breadth (ft): 25.2 ft.
  • Gross Tonnage: 199
  • Net Tonnage: 135

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