Where is USS Challenge now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for USS Challenge in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is USS Challenge?

USS Challenge is a ship, built in 1944.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for USS Challenge?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for USS Challenge from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for USS Challenge. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

USS Challenge

ship · built 1944

IMO8424135No AIS position on record

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In short

USS Challenge (ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: ship
Flag: —
Year built: 1944
Gross tonnage: —
Size (length × beam): —
Registered owner: —

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Photo of USS Challenge — Photo: US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 84187 · Licence: Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: USS Challenge
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 8424135
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: —
Length overall: —
Beam: —
Year built: 1944

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

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Operator: United States Navy
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Date	Event	Source
Feb 25, 2007	Reported arrival at BrownsvilleAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Reported by authorities Authority-reported

Port	Record	Date (UTC)	Berth	Source
Brownsville USBRO	Arrival	Feb 25, 2007(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: February 25, 2007.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

About USS Challenge

USS Challenge (ATA-201) was a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug acquired by the United States Navy for service during and after World War II. Challenge was planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-128 and was reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-201, 15 May 1944. She was laid down on 3 August 1944 at Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, Texas, launched on 23 September 1944, delivered to the Navy on 22 November 1944, commissioned as USS ATA-201 on 15 September 1944.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is USS Challenge now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for USS Challenge in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is USS Challenge?: USS Challenge is a ship, built in 1944.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for USS Challenge?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for USS Challenge from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for USS Challenge. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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