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R.E. PIERSON 5
R.E. PIERSON 5 is a 2011 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2012, most recently in February 2025, along with 14 deficiencies — 3 with no resolution recorded —.
Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 February 2025.
- Built
- 2011
- Last inspected
- 18 February 2025
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 14 recorded · 3 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1237873
WDN3007
1165883
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-1165883
Inspections, by type
…past their stated due date1
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2012–2025)
The 9 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)50.0 ft × 15.0 ft × 7.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 44 / net 35
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderPROGRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL INC. · PALMETTO, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2011
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portDOBBS GERRY, NY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationExpired · issued 24 January 2012
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 it44 - Simplified, Gross Ton
35 - Simplified, Net Ton
35 - Simplified, 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
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
Inspection history · 9
18 February 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8080607
6 February 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7813112
4 October 2022
Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7571545
6 September 2022
COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7552254
28 July 2022
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7518419
2 February 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7389479
2 October 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7069940
7 March 2018
Administration · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6363759
18 July 2012
Risk-based Targeted Exam
Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4404975
Deficiency record · 14
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 18 February 2025
No resolution recorded
A towing vessel subject to this subchapter and choosing the Coast Guard inspection option, must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after the COI anniversary date. Vessel's current COI is expired due to missed annual inspection. COI anniversary date is 09 NOV 2024. Vessel is required to get a COI Renewal inspection prior to Commercial Operations.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 6 February 2024
No resolution recorded
All crewmembers must be provided with health and safety information and training. Vessel was unable to provide training logs or a valid general health and safety plan.Crewmember training required by this section must be conducted prior to commercial operation.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Echo sounder
Issued 6 February 2024
No resolution recorded
Towing vessels must be equipped with a fathometer. Vessels depth sounding device was inoperable. Make effect repairs to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector prior to credit drydock 31OCT2025.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 6 February 2024
Resolved
A towing vessel of at least 26 feet, but less than 79 feet in length must carry a minimum of two lifebouys. Vessel only had one lifebouy onboard. Provide another Coast Guard approved lifebouy to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits
Issued 6 February 2024
Resolved
Each immersion suit or anti exposure suit must be marked such a way as to identify the person or vessel to which it belongs. Properly label immersion suit with vessels name to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 6 February 2024
Resolved
The frame or support of any semi portable fire extinguisher fitted with wheels must be welded or otherwise permanently attached to a steel bulkhead or deck to prevent it from rolling under heavy sea conditions. Provide support for the semi portable fire extinguisher to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 6 February 2024
Resolved
Cable hangers for overhead and vertical cable runs must be installed with metal supports and retention devices at least every 48 inches. Remove zip tie cable hangers in engine room and replace with metal supports to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel operating in cold water regions must
carry at least one appropriate-sized immersion suit...
for each person on board. Vessel was found to have only
02 immersion suits on board. Vessel is restricted to
maximum of 02 persons on board until additional suits
are on board.46 CFR 141.350
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
The portable fire pump must be self-priming and powerdriven,
with... a sufficient amount of lined commercial
fire hose... immediately available to attach to it so
that a stream of water will reach any part of the
vessel. Portable fire pump and hose connection couplings
were observed to be of improper size; rendering fire
hose inoperable.46 CFR 142.325(e)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for
emergency dewatering. Any portable pump must have
sufficient hose length and pumping capability. Vessel
unable to demonstrate emergency dewatering capabilities
with the installed fixed pump. Portable pump on board is
designated as fire pump.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Magnetic compass
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
Towing vessels must be equipped with the following
equipment: Illuminated magnetic compass... must be
readable from each operating station. Compass on nav
bridge found to be not of the illuminated type.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Other (STCW)
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
Chemical testing of personnel must be conducted as
required by this subpart and in accordance with the
procedures detailed in 49 CFR part 40. No records on
board of vessel's company participation in a drug
testing program or consortium.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with at least one
fire axe that is readily accessible for use from the
exterior of the vessel. Vessel found to not have a fire
axe on board
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 6 September 2022
Resolved
AIS must be maintained in effective operating condition,
which includes the accurate input and upkeep of all AIS
data fields and system updates. Crew could not
demonstrate how to change length of tow on AIS.
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.