RedactedNarrative: The vessel was being captained by listed owner when the fire started. 
  
  Fireboat personnel boarded the vessel and found smoke to be rising from below cabin level then quickly the entire vessel went into complete conflagration. Fireboat personnel then backed out and started onboard firefighting operations. 
  
  Fire was due to possible electrical malfunction in the bilge or engine compartment.
  
  The listed vessel burned to the gunwhale and is beached along the Virginia shoreline in the vicinity of Gravelly Point. 
  
  The listed vessel will be considered a salvage operation at this point and time and the vessel owner has been made aware that it his responsibly to make accommodations for a private maritime salvage company to remove the vessel form District of Columbia Waters within a reasonable amount of time. 
  
  USCG Station Baltimore was relayed all the relevant information pertaining to this incident. (CPO)