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TLC EXPLORER
TLC EXPLORER is a 1974 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 1992, most recently in July 2022, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2008.
Records from 1992 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 29 July 2022.
- Built
- 1974
- Last inspected
- 29 July 2022
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2008
Identity
556958
WDD2040
128354
Flag
UNITED STATES
366933240, 367110170, 367176530, 367554730 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-128354
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded19
Years with a record
14 calendar years (1992–2022)
The 24 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 4 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
Tonnage as PSIX records it50 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
34 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
34 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Radio station licence
WDG6225MMSI 367554730 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 November 2012, cancelled 28 January 2023
WDD6706MMSI 367176530 · cancelled · voluntarily equipped · granted 29 March 2007, cancelled 29 March 2007
WDD2040MMSI 367110170 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 April 2006, cancelled 2 July 2016
WDB6934MMSI 366933240 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 March 2004, cancelled 24 May 2014 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WCP7014MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 19 January 1995, cancelled 26 March 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.
Inspected as a tow unit · 9
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.
NORMANDY Towing Vessel · MISLE 881562 · 21 September 2008 · activity 3329564MB-3 Tank Barge · MISLE 44311 · 10 July 1998 · activity 127916HAWAIIAN STAR Tank Ship · MISLE 286697 · 10 July 1998 · activity 127916MB-3 Tank Barge · MISLE 44311 · 10 July 1998 · activity 164161HAWAIIAN STAR Tank Ship · MISLE 286697 · 10 July 1998 · activity 164161WCAO-3002 Tank Barge · MISLE 44722 · 25 December 1996 · activity 87204WCAO-3004 Tank Barge · MISLE 46070 · 25 December 1996 · activity 87204FRANK THACKSTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 202450 · 25 December 1996 · activity 87204DC 435 Tank Barge · MISLE 50829 · 13 October 1995 · activity 99290KIRBY 11505 Tank Barge · MISLE 346745 · 29 September 1994 · activity 9879KIRBY 10323 Tank Barge · MISLE 46673 · 14 August 1994 · activity 106975Inspection history · 24
29 July 2022
Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7534578
17 December 2012
Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4503389
11 March 2011
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3968717
21 September 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3329564
27 August 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3310785
31 July 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3285155
9 June 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3285044
6 September 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2770972
18 August 2006
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2752037
9 August 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2761917
27 May 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2369850
24 December 2003
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1996175
5 July 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 98654
5 July 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 119695
10 July 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 127916
10 July 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 164161
7 April 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 108557
25 December 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 87204
13 October 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 99290
1 October 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 54455
29 September 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 9879
14 August 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 106975
18 November 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 661970
10 November 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 46235
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
21 September 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3329564
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
RON W (2008). 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.