UNCLE SAM

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

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 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 29 April 2026

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations4

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2012–2026)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

1242720

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WDG6543

1212339

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1212339

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

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

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Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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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.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 18 September 2025
Resolved 18 September 2025
Resolution: Fuse was found blown inside of a junction box doe to water intrution. Fuse was replaced and the junction box was sealed.

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.