BUCHANAN #12

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Other hulls named BUCHANAN #12

BUCHANAN #12 is a 1972 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 41 inspections since 1996, most recently in December 2025, along with 12 deficiencies, 3 operational controls and 14 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2018.

Records from 1996 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 1 December 2025.

Built: 1972
Last inspected: 1 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 41
Deficiencies: 12 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 14 investigations · 2006–2018
Inspected with: 20 other vessels

Identity

544868

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WDC2499

118687

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

366993970

Maury page id

psix-118687

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events11

…with no type recorded21

Years with a record 20 calendar years (1996–2025)

The 41 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)86.5 ft × 30.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 238 / net 162

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHALTER MARINE SERVICES · LOCKPORT, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1972

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portBOSTON, MA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 17 November 2025 · expires 30 November 2026

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 it238 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
162 - 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 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

WDC2499MMSI 366993970 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 13 November 2024, expires 25 November 2034

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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 20

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 · 41

1 December 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8271282

13 June 2025 Excursion Permit

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8158658

17 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7983177

17 January 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7850429

2 June 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7466273

11 April 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7428577

26 October 2020 Initial Certification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7084197

1 April 2020 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6952818

9 August 2018 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6506322

8 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6505094

8 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6526737

4 December 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6317767

19 June 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6180540

14 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6041120

18 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5836054

17 March 2016 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5835480

15 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5749279

28 March 2013 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4554217

27 November 2012 Load Line

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4491329

18 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4445696

30 July 2012 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4492581

5 April 2012 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4279271

21 February 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4247992

3 February 2012 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4237512

30 June 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4109337

10 June 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3766237

24 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3702923

26 October 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3630500

6 October 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3617284

25 July 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3551537

12 July 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3554231

29 August 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3320274

13 September 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3056554

11 September 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3056753

12 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2665911

22 December 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2269234

2 June 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC PENOBSCOT BAY (WTGB 107) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2092188

7 October 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1073752

21 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1480984

10 October 2000 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1057312

11 November 1996 Uninspected Towing Vessel · Damage Survey

Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1385850

Deficiency record · 12

14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage discharge connection

Issued 7 December 2020 Resolved

WHEN OPERATING ON A BODY OF WATER WHERE THE DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE IS PROHIBITTED BY THE EPA UNDER 40CFR140.3/140.4, THE MARINE SANITATION DEVICE SHALL BE SECURED BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: CLOSING THE SEACOCK AND REMOVING THE HANDLE; PADLOCKING THE SEACOCK; USING A NON-RELEASABLE WIRE TIE TO HOLD THE SEACOCK CLOSED; OR LOCKING THE DOOR THE THE SPACE ENCLOSING THE TOILETS WITH A PADKLOCK OR DOOR HANDLE LOCK AND KEY. THE MSD OVERBOARD VALVE WAS NOT SURED IN THE ABOVE MANNER DURING THE INSPECTION. 33CFR159.7(b) 33CFR159.7(c)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 14 December 2020
Resolution: Received letter from TPO attesting to the rectification of the def.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 7 December 2020 Resolved

AT LEAST TWO LIFEBUOYS ON A TOWING VESSEL GREATER THAN 26 FEET MUST BE FITTED WITH A FLOATING ELECTRIC WATER LIGHT APPROVED UNDER APPROVAL SERIES 161.010 OR 161.110, UNLESS THE TOWING VESSEL IS LIMITED TO DAYTIME OPERATION, IN WHICH CASE NO FLOATING ELECTRIC WATER LIGHT IS REQUIRED. ALL OF THE FLOATING WATERLIGHTS ONBOARD THE VESSEL WERE MISSING THE TENSIONING O-RING FOR THE PINS. 46CFR141.360(c)(2)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 14 December 2020
Resolution: Received letter from TPO attesting to the rectification of the def.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency steering position com./ compass reading

Issued 1 April 2020 Resolved

Vessel reported a loss of steering, A diver went down and discovered that the stbd rudder was missing. Vessel is to conduct permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the attending TPO surveyor or the CG marine inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 27 April 2020
Resolution: Sabine surveor, company's TSMS/TPO, submitted a video and report attesting to the repairs.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 9 August 2018 Resolved

Vessel had a steering casualty that resulted in the vessel port and stbd rudders going hard to port. Vessel was unable to actuate the rudders.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 9 August 2018
Resolution: Vessel rep replaced the safety valve and demonstrated a satisfactory test of the rudders. Witnessed movement of the rudders at the pumps and verified movement on the rudder angle indicator at the remote operating station.

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