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UNCLE SAM
UNCLE SAM is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2012, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 deficiency.
Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 29 April 2026.
- Built
- 2012
- Last inspected
- 29 April 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1242720
WDG6543
1212339
Flag
UNITED STATES
367558150
Maury page id
psix-1212339
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded3
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2012–2026)
The 14 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)68.9 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 173 / net 138
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderEYMARD MARINE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS INC · HARVEY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2012
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portWESTWEGO, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 27 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it173 - Simplified, Gross Ton
138 - Simplified, Net Ton
138 - 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
WDG6543MMSI 367558150 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 17 December 2022, expires 5 January 2033
WDG5728MMSI 367549650 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 13 October 2012, cancelled 17 December 2022 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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 · 14
29 April 2026
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8358154
13 April 2026
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8347171
17 November 2025
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8270382
30 September 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8244087
18 September 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8237100
5 August 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8202734
7 August 2023
MTSA Verification · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7726239
3 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7615746
3 March 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7405023
20 July 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6758603
7 May 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6678689
22 August 2018
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6519885
29 January 2016
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5803027
23 October 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4472797
Deficiency record · 1
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery
Issued 18 September 2025
Resolved
Vessel's follow up steering became inoperable while underway. Vessel is to stay at dock until follow up steering is fixed and the Coast Guard review the TPO report.
Fuse was found blown inside of a junction box doe to water intrution. Fuse was replaced and the junction box was sealed.
835 lifted.
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.