VIGILANT

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named VIGILANT

VIGILANT is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in February 2026, along with 7 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2022.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 February 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 2 February 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2017–2022
Inspected with: 1 other vessel
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1255232

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WDH6044

1303404

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368291190

Maury page id

psix-1303404

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2026)

The 16 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.

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)72.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 162 / net 129

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSIGNET SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR · PASCAGOULA, MS, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPALM BEACH, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 7 January 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it162 - Simplified, Gross Ton
129 - 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

WDN5573MMSI 368291190 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 January 2023, expires 5 January 2033

WDH6044MMSI 367634090 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 July 2014, cancelled 28 September 2024

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 · 1

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.

MARMAC 28 Freight Barge · MISLE 1247146 · 11 November 2020 · activity 7100597

Inspection history · 16

2 February 2026 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8304922

3 February 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8073747

31 October 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8027525

26 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7885230

4 August 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7760195

1 February 2023 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7630289

6 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7407954

1 February 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7389135

1 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7389482

11 November 2020 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7093559

11 November 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7100597

13 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7032305

22 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6942491

12 August 2018 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6534933

17 May 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6162644

31 August 2016 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5982334

Deficiency record · 7

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Line-throwing appliance

Issued 2 February 2023 Resolved

Each towing vessel operating in oceans and coastwise service must have a line throwing appliance approved under approval series 160.040. Four rocket projectiles, each complete with bridle and leader of fire-resistant materials. Two of the projectiles shall be of the buoyant type. Vessel was carrying 2 total rocket projectiles and needs 2 additional.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 3 April 2024
Resolution: On board.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 2 February 2023 Resolved

Carriage requirement. A towing vessel must carry a combination of day and night visual distress signals indicated in Table 141.370 of § 141.370 for specified areas where the vessel operates. Table 141.370 of § 141.370 specifies that six day and six night distress signals are required for vessels coastwise more than 3NM from shore. Vessel was carrying 10 total distress signals and needs 2 additional.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 3 April 2024
Resolution: On board.

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

Issued 1 February 2022 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be suitable for route and service. Vessel reported loss of stbd engine after possible object caught in wheel. Vessel is not authorized to depart Signet Maritime until cleared by the local [name withheld] evidence required to ensure root cause of issue has been determined/rectified.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 1 February 2022
Resolution: Piece of steel was caught in stdb z-drive. Object removed. Operational test sat.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 11 November 2020 Resolved

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 August 2023
Resolved 4 August 2023
Resolution: ABS report provided.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 7 September 2018 Resolved

lights were not around the body and were tied with no disconnect clips.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 July 2019
Resolved 11 July 2019

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 7 September 2018 Resolved

all life buoys had a light tied to them. One light needs to be removed.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 July 2019
Resolved 11 July 2019
Resolution: removed

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Line-throwing appliance

Issued 7 September 2018 Resolved

vessel did not have the spares required by 160.040

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 July 2019
Resolved 11 July 2019
Resolution: 3 more purchased and on vsl

Casualty record · 4

17 May 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6162644

11 November 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7100597

1 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7389482

6 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7407954

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

SIGNET VIGILANT (2017–2022). 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.