DISCOVERY

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

DISCOVERY is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2014, most recently in August 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2023.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 August 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 14 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2023
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

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 14 August 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations10

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2014–2025)

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

1249517

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WDH4210

1266241

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1266241

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)60.0 ft × 25.0 ft × 8.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 107 / net 85

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMARINE BUILDERS INC · UTICA, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portCOVINGTON, KY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 1 December 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it107 - Simplified, Gross Ton
85 - 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

YOUNGSUK CHI Towing Vessel · MISLE 89732 · 12 July 2023 · activity 7762502 MOUNTAIN GIRL Towing Vessel · MISLE 179752 · 16 October 2014 · activity 5010859

Inspection history · 14

14 August 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8209896

29 July 2024 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7969360

22 August 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7774416

12 July 2023 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7741554

12 July 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7762502

11 August 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7530504

12 August 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7284632

25 August 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7042439

29 July 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6769250

8 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6691348

11 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6336427

11 August 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6237206

16 October 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5010859

14 August 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4952364

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 12 July 2023 Resolved

The port main engine had a tow line rapped in wheel. Make repairs to the satisfcation of the attening Coast Guard marine inspector.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 13 July 2023
Resolved 13 July 2023
Resolution: Recived objective evidence the line was removed and steering and underway test SAT.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 29 July 2019 Resolved

Three oil leak were identified on the front seal of the starboard main engine. All seals and gaskets must be properly maintained to prevent leaks of flammable or combustibles. Identify all leaks on front seal of starboard main engine and make repairs.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 13 September 2019
Resolved 27 August 2019
Resolution: Verified the leaks on the front seal of the starboard main engine were no longer leakin.

Casualty record · 1

12 July 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7762502

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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.