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CAPT AMBROSE
CAPT AMBROSE is a 2011 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2011, most recently in August 2025, along with 15 deficiencies — 2 with no resolution recorded —.
Records from 2011 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 12 August 2025.
- Built
- 2011
- Last inspected
- 12 August 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 15 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1232131
WDH3764
1111045
Flag
UNITED STATES
367610660
Maury page id
psix-1111045
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
…past their stated due date1
Years with a record
10 calendar years (2011–2025)
The 13 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)67.5 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 99 / net 79
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderRODRIGUEZ BOAT BUILDERS INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2011
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNEWPORT NEWS, VA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 4 May 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it79 - Simplified, Net Ton
99 - Simplified, Gross Ton
99 - Simplified, 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
WDP6790MMSI 367610660 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 June 2024, expires 27 June 2034
WDH3764MMSI 367610660 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 March 2014, cancelled 18 May 2024
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.
Inspection history · 13
12 August 2025
Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8207691
18 September 2024
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8003531
14 December 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7838925
30 August 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7778349
27 October 2022
Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7584700
9 August 2022
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7529477
10 March 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7409614
5 May 2021
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7188971
18 November 2019
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6857358
16 August 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6514047
2 June 2016
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5922714
11 September 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4450005
8 April 2011
MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3982083
Deficiency record · 15
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 12 August 2025
No resolution recorded
A towing vessel subject to this subchapter and choosing the Coast Guard inspection option, or required to have the Coast Guard inspection option, must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after the COI anniversary date. VSL missed window to conduct annual inspection, COI expired.
46 CFR 137.200
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 18 September 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must carry on board and maintain the following: the charts or maps must be current editions or currently corrected editions, if the vessel engages in towing exclusively on navigable waters of the U.S., including Western Rivers.
Vessel did not have up-to-date charts or maps.
//33 CFR 164.72(b)(1)(ii)(A)//
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 30 August 2023
No resolution recorded
Each liferaft must be arranged to permit it to drop into the water from the deck on which it is stowed. MI observed liferaft with no effective means to deploy from the deck.
46 CFR 199.130(c)(3)
Correct by next drydock
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 30 August 2023
Resolved
Each towing vessel must perform pressure vessel relief valve tests twice every 5 years, with no more than 3 years elapsing since last test. MI observed that pressure relief valve tests had not taken place.
46 CFR 143.245(b)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 30 August 2023
Resolved
Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. Emergency lighting sources must provide for sufficient illumination under emergency conditions to facilitate egress from each space. MI observed that there was no emergency lighting in crew working and living areas.
46 CFR 143.410(b)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 30 August 2023
Resolved
The bridge-to-bridge radiotelephone station will be inspected on vessels subject to regular inspections pursuant to the requirements of Parts II and III of Title III of the Communications Act, the Safety Convention or the Great Lakes Agreement at the time of the regular inspection. The validity of the endorsement will run concurrently with the period of the regular inspection. Each vessel must carry a certificate with a valid endorsement while subject to the Bridge-to-Bridge Act.
47 CFR 80.1005
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 9 August 2022
Resolved
All portable fire extinguishers and semi-portable fire-extinguishing systems, on board the vessel, must be inspected or tested at least once every 12 months IAW ch 7 and 8 of NFPA 10. Vessel had no valid documentation of extinguishers being serviced by certificated company.
46CFR142.240
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Medical certificate
Issued 9 August 2022
Resolved
The Coast Guard will issue a medical certificate to a mariner meeting the medical and physical standards for merchant mariners provided the applicant is physically and medically qualified for the medical certificate. Masters medical certificate was expired.
46CFR10.301
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 5 May 2021
Resolved
46CFR143.230(a):The following alarms must be provided: Main engine/generator low lubricating oil pressure, high jacket water temperature; Low hydraulic steering fluid level.
Vessel does not have the means to test any of the three
required alarms.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 5 May 2021
Resolved
46CFR140.500(a): No later than July 22, 2019, the owner or managing operator must implement a health and safety plan. The health and safety plan must document compliance with this part and include record keeping procedures. Vessel did not have a health/ safety plan on board or present and there was no records kept.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 5 May 2021
Resolved
47CFR80.403(c): The current station authorization for a station other than a public coast station, or a clearly legible copy, must be posted at the principal control point of each station. Vessel did not have its station license present.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 5 May 2021
Resolved
46CFR16.203(a)(2): Employers are responsible for all the actions of their officials, representatives, and agents in carrying out the requirements of this part. Vessel could not provide proof of crew enrollment, tests, and negative/positive results.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Navigation records
Issued 5 May 2021
Resolved
46CFR140.635(a): The office in charge of a navigational watch must conduct a navigational assessment for the intended route and operations prior to getting underway. Vessel did not have any proof of conducting a navigational assessment or tests prior to getting underway.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 5 May 2021
Resolved
46CFR142.330(a)(2): The system is installed, tested, and maintained in accordance with the manufacturers design manual. Vessel did not know how to properly test heat detectors in engine space.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 16 August 2018
Resolved
The vessel is currently broadcasting (1) Improper Length.
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.