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SUPERIOR PURPOSE

Unclassified · Miscellaneous Vessel class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named SUPERIOR PURPOSE

SUPERIOR PURPOSE is a 1970 unclassified. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2005, most recently in November 2007, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2007.

Records from 2005 to 2007. Most recent: inspection, 6 November 2007.

Built: 1970
Last inspected: 6 November 2007
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2007
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

Identity

525980

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WDE2132

104591

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368090450

Maury page id

psix-104591

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2005–2007)

The 3 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 19 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Miscellaneous Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1979.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.4 ft × 20.0 ft × 4.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 67 / net 45

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOUMA WELDERS, INC. · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1970

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itUnclassified

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it45 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

WDK8057MMSI 368090450 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 30 April 2019, expires 30 April 2029

WDE2132MMSI 367320880 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 1 November 2007, cancelled 6 January 2018

WDA5212MMSI 366817670 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 July 2001, cancelled 31 July 2006

WCX8283MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 November 1997, cancelled 5 January 2008 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

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.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 3

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.

MS CHIBB Towing Vessel · MISLE 97418 · 6 November 2007 · activity 3099622 MASTER MASON Towing Vessel · MISLE 121351 · 6 November 2007 · activity 3099622 WEB 318 Tank Barge · MISLE 869467 · 6 November 2007 · activity 3099622

Inspection history · 3

6 November 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3099622

29 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2407780

26 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2407757

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 1

6 November 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3099622

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.