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BIG LOU

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

BIG LOU is a 1967 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections in 2021, along with 30 deficiencies — 29 with no resolution recorded —.

Records in 2021. Most recent: inspection, 13 September 2021.

Built
1967
Last inspected
13 September 2021
Documentation
Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
2
Deficiencies
30 recorded · 29 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 13 September 2021
Recorded inspections2
…physical examinations1
…administrative events1
Deficiencies 30 recorded · 29 without a recorded resolution
…past their stated due date1
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 1 calendar year (2021)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

US Official No.
523525
IMO number
—
Call sign
WC6202
MISLE id
102757
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-102757

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.0 ft × 15.1 ft × 4.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 24 / net 19
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderPAASCH MARINE SERVICE · ERIE, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1967
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portCAMBRIDGE, MD
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
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 it24 - Simplified, Gross Ton
19 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.
Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 2

13 September 2021 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7311266
24 May 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7205283

Deficiency record · 30

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must carry at least one appropriately-sized lifejacket for each person onboard, marked with name of vessel in block capital letters and equipped with light and whistle. Vessel needs 6 total life jackets onboard. 46 CFR 141.340(a) 46 CFR 141.340(f)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Stowage positions for lifejackets must be readily available and marked with identity, quantity, and sizes of lifejackets. Vessel's lifejacket stowage locations were not readily available or properly marked. 46 CFR 141.340(h)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel operating north of lat. 32 deg. N. must carry at least one appropriate-size immersion suit for each person onboard. Approved immersion suits must have both a light and whistle, and must be marked to identify the person or vessel to which it belongs. Vessel needs 6 immersion suits onboard. 46 CFR 141.350 46 CFR 199.70
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Stowage positions for immersion suits must be readily available & marked with the words “immersion suit” or “anti-exposure suit”. Stowage locations onboard vessel were not readily available or marked. 46 CFR 141.350 46 CFR 199.70
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
If more than one lifebuoy is carried on a vessel, at least one must not have a lifeline attached. Vessel had two lifebuoys with lifeline attached. 46 CFR 141.360(b)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under series 161.010 or 161.110. Vessel's lifebuoys did not have approved lights. 46 CFR 141.360(c)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Water lights must be attached to a lanyard of between 3ft and 6ft length by a corrosion-resistant clip. Vessel's lifebuoys did not have appropriately sized lanyard or corrosion-resistant clips. 46 CFR 141.360(c)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each storage container containing a work vest must be marked "WORK VEST." Vessel's work vests were stored with lifejackets and were not easily distinguishable. 46 CFR 140.430
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
The following visible and audible alarm must be provided at each operating station: High Bilge Levels. Vessel was not equipped with audible or visual high bilge level alarm. 46 CFR 143.230
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each life raft stowage location should be marked with symbols IAW IMO Res. A.760(18) and be marked with the capacity of the life raft being stored. Vessel had no marking at stowage location of life raft. 46 CFR 141.310 46 CFR 199.178
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Every towing vessel equipped with an inflatable survival craft must have instructions for launching and inflating survival craft posted in conspicuous places near each survival craft. Vessel did not have placard/instructions posted near liferaft launching station. 46 CFR 141.320
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each U.S. towing vessel of 26 feet or more in length must hold a ship-radio-station license. Vessel did not possess a FCC Station License. 46 CFR 140.715 33 CFR 164.72
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Health protection, medical care?)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
The owner or managing operator must implement a health and safety plan. Vessel did not possess a health and safety plan. 46 CFR 140.500 46 CFR 140.505
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Safety orientations and other crew training must be documented in the TVR/official logbook. No safety orientation or crew training was documented in logbook at time of inspection. 46 CFR 140.410(d)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
A navigation assessment entry as listed in 46 CFR 140.635 must be recorded in the TVR/official logbook. No navigation assessment was documented in logbook at time of inspection. 46 CFR 140.635
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
A towing vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts and nautical publications for the intended voyage. Vessel did not possess any charts or nautical publications. 46 CFR 140.705(b)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Radar
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must be equipped with the following: Marine radar. The radar must meet the requirements specified by 47 CFR part 80. Vessel's marine radar was inoperable at time of inspection. 46 CFR 140.710 33 CFR 164.72 47 CFR 80
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must be equipped with navigation lights IAW 33 CFR part 184. Vessel was found to have multiple inoperable navigation lights, including towing lights. 46 CFR 140.720 33 CFR 184
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must be fitted with a general alarm that is activated at each operating station, capable of notifying persons in any accommodation/work/engine space, and has installed where background noise can make the general alarm hard to hear a supplemental flashing red light. Vessel did not have general alarm installed onboard. 46 CFR 143.235(b)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of communication between safety centre and other control stations
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must be fitted with a communication system between the pilothouse and engine room. Vessel did not have a communication system installed onboard. 46 CFR 143.240
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
A towing vessel must be equipped with either: an approved 160-B semi-portable fire extinguisher to protect the engine room; or a fixed fire-extinguishing system installed to protect the engine room. Vessel did not have either fire-extinguishing system onboard. 46 CFR 142.315
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must have either a self-priming, power-driven, fixed fire pump with hoses and nozzles; or a portable pump with hoses and nozzles. Vessel did not have operable fixed or portable fire pump. 46 CFR 142.325
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must have a fixed fire-detection system installed to detect engine-room fires. Vessel did not have fixed fire-detection system installed onboard. 46 CFR 142.330
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
To stop the flow of fuel, a remote fuel shutoff valve must be fitted on any fuel line that supplies fuel to a propulsion engine or generator prime mover. Vessel was not equipped with remote fuel shutoff valve. 46 CFR 143.260
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for emergency dewatering. Vessel did not have operable bilge system onboard. 46 CFR 143.275
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Machinery spaces must be separated from accommodation spaces by bulkheads. Vessel's bulkhead separating accommodation space from engine room penetrated by multiple holes. 46 CFR 144.410
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
Machinery must be maintained to provide for safe operations of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard. Multiple hoses on main engine observed in chafed condition and belts on forward end of main engine did not have protective guard installed. Action 705 - to be rectified prior to engaging in towing operations. 46 CFR 143.205
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 September 2021 No resolution recorded
n exposed hazard such as gears and rotating machinery, must be protected by a cover, guard or rail. This is not meant to restrict access to towing equipment such as winches, drums, towing gear or steering compartment equipment necessary for the operation of the vessel. Vessel missing machinery guard on the front of engine. Action 705 - to be rectified prior to engaging in towing operations. 46 CFR 144.820
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 13 September 2021 No resolution recorded
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI.
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 15 September 2021 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 24 May 2021 Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 August 2021
Resolved 15 September 2021
Resolution: MIs attended vessel to carry out initial COI inspection. 28 deficiencies issued that supercede this deficiency, see activity # 7311266.

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.