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SARAH GOLDING
SARAH GOLDING is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2014, most recently in December 2023, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2021 and 2023.
Records from 2014 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 21 December 2023.
- Built
- 2014
- Last inspected
- 21 December 2023
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2021–2023
Identity
1251304
WDH4635
1274953
Flag
UNITED STATES
367619730
Maury page id
psix-1274953
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded4
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2014–2023)
The 11 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)74.0 ft × 34.0 ft × 9.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 151 / net 121
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderMARINE BUILDERS INC · UTICA, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2014
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portVICKSBURG, MS
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 15 May 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it151 - Simplified, Gross Ton
121 - Simplified, Net Ton
121 - 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
WDH4635MMSI 367619730 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 March 2024, expires 8 May 2034
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 · 4
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.
AKTI Freight Ship · MISLE 1276979 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7411989VALARIS DS-16 Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit · MISLE 1291926 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7411989MICHELLE GOLDING Towing Vessel · MISLE 1325679 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7411989HARVEY SBISA Towing Vessel · MISLE 1339634 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7411989Inspection history · 11
21 December 2023
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7841352
24 October 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813920
24 October 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7852636
18 May 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7453743
20 April 2022
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7434942
12 March 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7411989
1 August 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7274017
5 January 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7123571
21 November 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6585300
3 August 2017
DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam · Administration
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6229251
4 August 2014
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4943874
Deficiency record · 2
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 24 October 2023
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal operating conditions. Vessel witnessed electrical damage to the port main engine and steering gear. Submit a repair proposal for review and approval.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 1 August 2021
Resolved
If the Master or Officer in charge of a Navigational watch believes it is unsafe for the vessel to procede, that an operation endangers the vessel or crew, or that an unsafe condition exist, he or she must ensure that adequate corrective action is taken and must not proceed until it is safe to do so.
46 CFR 140.210(b)
Vessel allided with KIRBY Barge 29062 at America Styrenics facilty. The vessel is required to provide the USCG with a copy of the Marine surveyor report attesting to seaworthiness of the vessel.
Casualty record · 3
5 January 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 7123571
12 March 2022Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7411989
24 October 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7852636
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.
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.