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ISLAND FOX
US · tug · 17 m · Stevens Towing Company
A 17 m tug, seen on 7 days in our last year of watching, more often than 9 in 10 boats we log.
When she comes back
Seen on 7 days in our last year of watching, more often than 9 in 10 boats we log. Last seen Oct 15. Expected back around Oct 21 (Oct 6 – Feb 28), 5 days from now.
Based on how often we've seen hermedium confidence
ISLAND FOX was seen on 2 days since Oct 1, 2026, most recently Oct 15, 2026. Expected back between Oct 6, 2026 and Feb 28, 2027, best guess Oct 21, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.
- Oct 2, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026
Where she's been
- Charleston, SC · in port Oct 1 to Oct 15 · 99 samples
From shore receivers' AIS samples: volunteer networks, our own antenna and NOAA's archive. A port call means she was heard stopped there; ocean passages are not heard, and the times are bounds, not events.
Her particulars
Build
- Built
- 1980
- Former names
- Creole Tut
Size
- Length overall
- 17 m (56 ft)
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
Capacity
- Gross tonnage
- not yet known
- Deadweight
- not yet known
Registry and management
- Call sign
- WDK5842
- Flag
- United States
- Registered owner
- Stevens Towing Company
- Manager
- not yet known
In the window
Active · seen on 44 days across 6 years · first seen Oct 2021 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 7 · busiest months Oct, Jul, Feb · usual stay about 8 days · speed past the window 6.1 kn · broadcasts as destination NORFOLK.VA
Records
Observed top speed 8.6 kn · off Charleston, SC · 31 May 2022 · national archive 2021-25
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42 seen · 25 inbound · 17 outbound · dwell 132.0h · draught 2.5m in / 2.5m out
Passages (20)
| When | Direction | Draught | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026, 7:51 PM | outbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | night |
| Oct 15, 2026, 5:36 PM | loiter | 2.5 m (8 ft) | missed |
| Oct 15, 2026, 5:14 PM | outbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | missed |
| Oct 15, 2026, 1:41 PM | loiter | 2.5 m (8 ft) | skipped_recent |
| Oct 15, 2026, 1:26 PM | loiter | 2.5 m (8 ft) | captured |
| Oct 2, 2026, 5:14 PM | loiter | 2.5 m (8 ft) | no_camera |
| Oct 2, 2026, 3:27 PM | loiter | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Feb 19, 2026, 8:22 AM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Feb 18, 2026, 7:29 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Feb 18, 2026, 6:28 PM | unknown | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Nov 30, 2025, 11:05 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Nov 28, 2025, 10:20 AM | outbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Nov 21, 2025, 6:27 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Jul 19, 2025, 12:04 AM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Jul 15, 2025, 11:25 PM | unknown | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Mar 28, 2025, 7:48 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Mar 19, 2025, 9:08 AM | outbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Mar 13, 2025, 9:09 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Feb 17, 2025, 1:38 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
| Feb 9, 2025, 9:21 PM | inbound | 2.5 m (8 ft) | — |
Sightings come from the national AIS record through Jun 30, 2026, then our own window receiver from Sep 29, 2026. Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 was not recorded.