Golden Bear

Identity & particulars

Name

Golden Bear

IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?

8834407

MMSIWhat is an MMSI?

367978000

Call signWhat is a call sign?

WDL2000

Flag

United States

Vessel type

Passenger ship

AIS ship type

Passenger

Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight

13,574

Length overall

152 m

Beam

22 m

Year built

1989

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.

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.

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.

Safety & inspections

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Port State Information Exchange (PSIX) — public domain. Covers inspections recorded in U.S. waters. Free on Voydar; the incumbents charge for this.

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.

About Golden Bear

TS Golden Bear is the training ship of the California State University Maritime Academy (CSUMA), a campus of the California State University. The first training ship of the then–California Nautical School was known as the Training Ship California State, then as the TS Golden State. Since then, there have been three ships to bear the name TS Golden Bear. The current Golden Bear was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) from the US Navy in 1994. She was converted for use by the then–California Maritime Academy and transferred there in 1996. Her sister ship, the TS State of Maine (formerly USNS Tanner) currently resides as the training ship of Maine Maritime Academy.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Golden Bear now?

Golden Bear (Passenger ship, United States flag) was last seen on AIS on Oct 5, 2026, 10:21 UTC, moored, near Crockett (North Pacific Ocean). Voydar has no more recent AIS position for this ship. Its current location cannot be established from this report.

What kind of ship is Golden Bear?

Golden Bear is a passenger ship sailing under the flag of United States, built in 1989 by Bethlehem Steel. The vessel is 152 m long with a beam of 22 m and has a gross tonnage of 13,574.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Golden Bear?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Golden Bear 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. Golden Bear has 50 recorded Port State Control inspections. Detention and deficiency detail is not recorded for these inspections.