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AIS vessel WALTER E. BLESSEY JR - show graphs
Callsign: WDM9687
MMSI number: 368255020
IMO number: 707745
Navigational status: Reserved (12)
Vessel class: Tug (52)
Destination: B.P. WHITING (ETA Jan10 18:00)
Location: 41°39.57' N 87°27.17' W - locator EN61GP58PH - show map
1.4 miles North bearing 4° from East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana, United States [?]
2.6 miles Southeast bearing 123° from Whiting, Lake County, Indiana, United States
16.6 miles Southeast bearing 142° from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
45.2 miles East bearing 99° from Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, United States
Last position: 2025-01-12 16:57:31 EST (6d 5h24m ago)
2025-01-12 15:57:31 CST local time at East Chicago, United States [?]
Course: 114° – heading 46°
Speed: 1 MPH
Dimensions: length 31 m width 10 m draught 2.8 m
Last path: WDM9687>ais via WD9EPF
Positions stored: 1295
Stations near current position of WALTER E. BLESSEY JR - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
REBECCA LYNN520.0 yards 49°2025-01-18 18:57:10 BILLIE RUTH0.8 miles 45°2025-01-17 15:17:57
COLOMA WARNER1.0 miles 44°2025-01-12 18:03:38 LEE W1.5 miles 233°2025-01-17 17:06:58
LAURA BLESSEY TODD3.0 miles 350°2025-01-17 05:33:55 KC9SIZ-93.1 miles 272°2025-01-18 19:26:41
FRED A BUSSE5.7 miles 300°2025-01-14 13:39:52 AIDEN WILLIAM5.8 miles 304°2025-01-17 15:02:41
MAGGIE RAE5.8 miles 306°2025-01-18 06:19:02 TERRY D5.8 miles 303°2025-01-17 18:26:59
NIKI S5.9 miles 304°2025-01-03 16:22:00 JOHN MARSHALL6.0 miles 302°2025-01-09 23:03:49
AVA RENEE6.0 miles 311°2025-01-15 14:23:08 GWYNETH ANNE6.0 miles 311°2025-01-18 22:20:53
MIKAYLA SKYE6.0 miles 311°2025-01-16 15:04:32 CARMALEE ROSE6.1 miles 272°2025-01-18 22:21:17
KANSAS6.1 miles 311°2025-01-16 16:49:32 LUCIA6.2 miles 271°2025-01-17 16:36:58
ARIZONA6.3 miles 312°2025-01-11 14:37:27 INDIANA6.3 miles 315°2025-01-18 22:20:17
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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