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MONICA LYNN
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MONICA LYNN

US · tug · 22 m · KMD Marine, Inc.

A 22 m tug, seen on 6 days in our last year of watching, more often than 9 in 10 boats we log.

When she comes back

Seen on 6 days in our last year of watching, more often than 9 in 10 boats we log. Last seen Oct 15. Expected back around Oct 24 (Oct 17 – Dec 29), 8 days from now.

Based on how often we've seen hermedium confidence

MONICA LYNN was seen on 5 days since Oct 1, 2026, most recently Oct 15, 2026. Expected back between Oct 17, 2026 and Dec 29, 2026, best guess Oct 24, 2026. We were not recording from Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 28, 2026.

  • Oct 5, 2026
  • Oct 12, 2026
  • Oct 13, 2026
  • Oct 14, 2026
  • Oct 15, 2026

Where she's been

  • Charleston, SC · in port Oct 5 to Oct 12 · 74 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
1977

Size

Length overall
22 m (72 ft)
Beam
7 m (23 ft)

Capacity

Gross tonnage
not yet known
Deadweight
not yet known

Registry and management

Call sign
WDF7771
Flag
United States
Registered owner
KMD Marine, Inc.
Manager
not yet known

In the window

Active · seen on 70 days across 5 years · first seen Jan 2022 · last seen Oct 2026 · visits a year about 10 · busiest months Oct, Jun, May · usual stay about 28 hours · speed past the window 7.0 kn · broadcasts as destination CHS,SC

Records

Observed top speed 11.8 kn · off Charleston, SC · 31 Jul 2024 · national archive 2021-25

Backstory, spoken

Nothing recorded yet.

Backstory, written

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93 seen · 47 inbound · 53 outbound · dwell 22.8h · draught 3.0m in / 3.0m out

Passages (20)
WhenDirectionDraughtStatus
Oct 15, 2026, 10:46 AMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)captured
Oct 14, 2026, 5:34 PMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)missed
Oct 13, 2026, 2:13 PMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)captured
Oct 13, 2026, 6:44 AMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)night
Oct 12, 2026, 1:26 PMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)captured
Oct 5, 2026, 12:56 PMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)skipped_recent
Oct 5, 2026, 12:47 PMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
Aug 15, 2025, 1:24 PMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
Aug 9, 2025, 6:27 AMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
Jun 6, 2025, 10:35 AMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
Jun 5, 2025, 8:04 PMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 20, 2025, 11:40 AMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 19, 2025, 3:57 AMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 9, 2025, 1:59 PMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 8, 2025, 4:20 AMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 6, 2025, 8:47 AMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 2, 2025, 7:49 PMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
May 1, 2025, 12:13 PMoutbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
Apr 30, 2025, 3:38 AMinbound3.0 m (10 ft)—
Apr 12, 2025, 11:48 AMoutbound3.0 m (10 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.