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SAMSON
SAMSON is a 1974 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 1998, most recently in June 2021, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2003.
Records from 1998 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 30 June 2021.
- Built
- 1974
- Last inspected
- 30 June 2021
- 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 · 2003
Identity
555709
WDD5184
127325
Flag
UNITED STATES
367574890
Maury page id
psix-127325
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
5 calendar years (1998–2021)
The 6 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 5 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)52.9 ft × 18.0 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 55 / net 37
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderDIAMOND MANUFACTURING CO · SAVANNAH, GA, UNITED STATES · built 1974
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portPANAMA CITY, FL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 6 May 2026 · expires 31 May 2027
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it55 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
37 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
37 - 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
WDG8186MMSI 367574890 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 May 2023, expires 16 May 2033
WDD5184MMSI 367154810 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 December 2006, cancelled 11 February 2017 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WCR2989MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 May 1995, cancelled 2 July 2005 · 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 · 6
30 June 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7240798
20 March 2009
Deficiency Check · Administration · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3437084
6 February 2009
Administration · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3413333
16 December 2008
Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3381219
17 October 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2080741
2 February 1998
Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 788774
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
17 October 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 2080741
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
CAPT. PAT COSTANZO (2003). 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.