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DON CARLTON
Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named DON CARLTON · FLORIDA MARINE TRANSPORTERS, INC. operator of record, 2023
DON CARLTON is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2009, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2022.
Records from 2009 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 October 2025.
- Built
- 2009
- Last inspected
- 14 October 2025
- Documentation
- Case Pending · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2012–2022
Identity
1219052
WDE8670
1000791
Flag
UNITED STATES
367408160
Maury page id
psix-1000791
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded9
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2009–2025)
The 15 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)85.8 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 257 / net 175
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)85.8 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 338 / net 101
BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP INC · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2009
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationCase Pending · issued 27 July 2026 · expires 31 August 2027
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it338 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
257 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
101 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
175 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
257 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
101 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
175 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.
Radio station licence
WDE8670MMSI 367408160 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 April 2019, expires 6 May 2029
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspected as a tow unit · 6
The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
FMT 3208 Tank Barge · MISLE 924497 · 26 October 2022 · activity 7591002CC 1194B Freight Barge · MISLE 1124891 · 26 October 2022 · activity 7591002SYROS I Freight Ship · MISLE 1169178 · 26 October 2022 · activity 7591002HFL 3286 Tank Barge · MISLE 1278525 · 26 October 2022 · activity 7591002HSM 3314 Tank Barge · MISLE 1613352 · 26 October 2022 · activity 7591002FMT 3043 Tank Barge · MISLE 511836 · 18 August 2012 · activity 4425225Inspection history · 15
14 October 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8251870
16 April 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8112467
3 April 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104422
16 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622579
26 October 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7591002
10 April 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston (91104) · Activity 7173628
11 February 2021
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139475
18 January 2021
TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7127494
9 June 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pensacola · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6172160
18 August 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4425225
26 July 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4411740
5 January 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922553
7 December 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3645916
20 November 2009
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3638978
12 November 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3636000
Deficiency record · 2
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 16 April 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: Be maintained to ensure proper operation. 15APR25: Received call from command center. On 15APR25 at approximately 1730, the MV [name withheld] was transiting from Port Arthur, TX to Bayou Fleet at MM124 pushing two red flag barges carrying life cycle oil. At MM 123 vessel lost #1 MDE. As they were mooring at Bayou Fleet at MM 124 they lost #2 MDE. They are awaiting a Caterpillar Technician to diagnose the issue.
Vessel must provide tech report and TSMS survey attesting to the proper function of the MDEs as well as functional tests of MDEs
46 CFR 142.205(c)(1)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 16 January 2023
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions.
Steering system failed during operation. Make appropriate repairs and provide corrective actions and full operational test to the satisfaction of the TPO.
43 CFR 143.205 (a)
Casualty record · 2
18 August 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4425225
26 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7591002
Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Ownership record
The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title,
with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.