KUPARUK WIND

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A)

KUPARUK WIND is a 1970 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2003, most recently in August 2025, along with 8 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2019.

Records from 2003 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 August 2025.

Built: 1970
Last inspected: 28 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2010–2019
Inspected with: 34 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 28 August 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations8

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2003–2025)

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

526290

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WDP7168

104818

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-104818

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)64.0 ft × 27.0 ft × 5.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 105 / net 50

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCOLBERG, INC. · STOCKTON, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1970

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portANCHORAGE, AK

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 6 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it105 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
50 - 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 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 34

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.

Inspection history · 15

28 August 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8210081

12 July 2024 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7947695

29 May 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7933633

18 July 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7744847

20 July 2022 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7510587

11 August 2021 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7284004

29 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7271480

21 August 2019 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6790801

21 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6812937

15 September 2015 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5226307

8 May 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4780298

15 September 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3852997

13 September 2010 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3859178

6 November 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 2815291

11 July 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1868267

Deficiency record · 8

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 19 July 2024 Resolved

One ship station license will be granted for operation of all maritime services transmitting equipment on board a vessel. Vsl currently has FCC station licence that is for recreational use only.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 1 August 2024
Resolved 22 November 2024
Resolution: Company sent new FCC document

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc

Issued 8 September 2021 Resolved

Generator RPM gauges are not operational.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 8 October 2021
Resolved 20 July 2022
Resolution: RPM Guages functioned during annual exam.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine

Issued 8 September 2021 Resolved

Starboard generator has an epoxy temp repair in the exhaust piping and is missing lagging.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 8 October 2021
Resolved 20 July 2022
Resolution: Lagging has been replaced and no temp repair was found.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors

Issued 23 August 2021 Resolved

Engine Room vents are missing the closing covers.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 23 September 2021
Resolved 8 September 2021
Resolution: Vessel found missing covers and re-installed.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 23 August 2021 Resolved

Bilge pump is inoperable.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 23 September 2021
Resolved 8 September 2021
Resolution: Corrected mis-alligned bilge valves.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency fire pump and its pipes

Issued 23 August 2021 Resolved

Fire pump was inoperable.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 8 September 2021
Resolved 8 September 2021
Resolution: Fire pump valves were mis-alligned. Crew demonstrated proper operation.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 23 August 2021 Resolved

Starboard MDE was unable to be started.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 23 September 2021
Resolved 8 September 2021
Resolution: Starboard MDE was shown to be operational.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 29 July 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 27 October 2021
Resolved 15 September 2021
Resolution: Rcvd COI.

Casualty record · 2

15 September 2010Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 3852997

21 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6812937

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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 1

KUPARUK RIVER (2010). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.