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WATCHMAN
WATCHMAN is a 1972 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1993, most recently in September 2023, along with 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2012.
Records from 1993 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 25 September 2023.
- Built
- 1972
- Last inspected
- 25 September 2023
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2012
Identity
544910
WDN7205
118716
Flag
UNITED STATES
368306280, 368432960
Maury page id
psix-118716
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded8
Years with a record
12 calendar years (1993–2023)
The 16 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.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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)55.5 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.4 ft
Registered tonnagegross 96 / net 65
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHOUMA SHIPBUILDING INC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1972
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 28 July 2025 · expires 31 July 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 it96 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
65 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
65 - 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
WDQ5253MMSI 368432960 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 July 2025, expires 26 July 2035
WDN7205MMSI 368306280 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 April 2023, expires 5 April 2033 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDJ4743MMSI 367780690 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 4 April 2017, cancelled 12 November 2020 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDH3798MMSI 367611030 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 March 2014, cancelled 25 May 2024 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDG4565MMSI 367537890 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 July 2012, cancelled 3 September 2022
WDF5804MMSI 367467390 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 September 2010, cancelled 28 November 2020
WDF3489MMSI 367004530 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 23 February 2010, cancelled 25 April 2020
WYZ8684MMSI 367004530 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 23 September 1997, cancelled 10 January 2009
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 · 5
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.
EMMA KATE Towing Vessel · MISLE 110336 · 14 February 2005 · activity 2315681WT 3390 Freight Barge · MISLE 398389 · 11 February 2001 · activity 168145TONY LIPPMAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 110052 · 6 February 2000 · activity 97777RRS 7942 Freight Barge · MISLE 175582 · 6 February 2000 · activity 97777AGS 515 Freight Barge · MISLE 122470 · 24 March 1993 · activity 73626Inspection history · 16
25 September 2023
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7819478
26 April 2023
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7676388
2 February 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7389614
24 June 2015
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5162185
20 August 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4962198
23 August 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4419704
28 June 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4378597
26 November 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3369608
26 November 2008
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3369994
22 September 2006
MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2786264
7 May 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2644829
14 February 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2315681
28 January 2004
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1996468
11 February 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 168145
6 February 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 97777
24 March 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 73626
Deficiency record · 0
No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.
Casualty record · 1
23 August 2012Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4419704
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Recorded names · 1
TAKO RENEGADE (2012). 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.