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Closure devices must be provided for deckhouse or hull penetrations, which open to the exterior of the vessel and which may allow water to enter the vessel. Machinery space hatch cover hinge attachments have wasted and failed, and has no means of securing closed. 705: Rectify by next drydock. 46 CFR 144.320(b)

Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces. Vessel has no means of closing ventilation openings to the machinery space. 705: Rectify by next drydock. 46 CFR 144.605

Electrical connections must be suitably installed to prevent them from coming loose through vibration or accidental contact. Port bilge high water alarm and port bilge submersible electric bilge pump have spliced connections that are not correctly installed to prevent loosening or accidental contact. 46 CFR 143.400(e)

If a towing vessel carries only one lifebuoy... the floating electric water light must be attached by the lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip to allow the water light to be quickly disconnected from the lifebuoy. The clip must have a strength of at least 22.7 kilograms (50 pounds). The clip attaching the water light lanyard to the lifebuoy was not corrosion resistant and was beginning to corrode and seize. 46 CFR 141.360(c)(3)

Each towing vessel must have a fire-detection system installed to detect engine room fires. The owner or managing operator must ensure system is installed, tested, and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's design manual. The manufacturer's design manual for the installed fire-detection system was not maintained on the vessel or available for inspection, and system maintenance and testing IAW the manual could not be verified. 46 CFR 142.330(a)(2)

The following list of items must be recorded in the TVR:(1) Personnel records;(2) Safety orientation;(3) Record of drills and instruction;(4) Examinations and tests;(5) Operative navigational safety equipment;(6) Navigation assessment;(7) Navigation safety training;(8) Oil residue discharges and disposals;(9) Record of inspection of towing gear; and(10) Fire-detection and fixed fire-extinguishing. Vessel was not documenting required items in TVR. Vessel will be reevaluated within 30 days to ensure recordings are taking place.

The person in command of a documented vessel must produce the original Certificate of Documentation (COD) currently in effect for that vessel upon the demand of any person acting in an official capacity. Operator was not able to produce the original Certificate of Documentation to marine inspector. Provide vessel with original copy of vessel's COD within 30 days,

Unless other means are provided to ensure that a potential waste receptacle fire would be limited to the receptacle, waste receptacles must be constructed of noncombustible materials with no openings in the sides or bottom. Waste receptacle on board was made of combustible material. O/O is to remove or replace receptacle.

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. The Vessel's 160-B semi-portable fire extinguisher was unsecured on deck. Permanently attached fire extinguisher to deck.

The master of a towing vessel must ensure that each crewmember participates in fire-fighting drills and receives instruction at least once each month. The last logged drill was May 2022. Conduct Fire drill with 7 days.

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operation. The starboard main engine has a coolant leak from the expansion joint on the keel cooler.

The drydock examination must be conducted while the vessel is hauled out of the water or placed in a drydock or slipway. The Coast Guard inspector or surveyor conducting this examination must: Examine the exterior of the hull, including bottom, sides, stern, and examine all appendages for damage, fractures, wastage, pitting, or improper repairs. Integral keel coolers found with extensive coolant leaks and cracked welds. Clean all weld seams and make available for inspection in order to determine extent of needed repairs. Prepare repair proposal to attending Marine Inspector for making integral keel coolers watertight. 46 CFR 137.330 (a)(1)

The drydock examination must be conducted while the vessel is hauled out of the water or placed in a drydock or slipway. The Coast Guard inspector or surveyor conducting this examination must: Examine each tail shaft for bends, cracks, and damage, including the sleeves or other bearing contact surfaces on the tail shaft for wear. Evidence of wear and play at the tail shaft where the tail shaft meets the cutlass bearing. Pull tail shaft to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector to determine extent of tail shaft wear. 46 CFR 137.330 (a)(2)

The drydock examination must be conducted while the vessel is hauled out of the water or placed in a drydock or slipway. The Coast Guard inspector or surveyor conducting this examination must: Open and examine all sea chests, through-hull fittings, and strainers for damage, deterioration, or fouling. Sea valves were not available for inspection. Prepare and have available sea valves to show proper operation to attending Marine Inspector prior to credit dry-dock. 46 CFR 137.330(a)(6)