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CAPTAIN MERDIE
CAPTAIN MERDIE is a 1977 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1993, most recently in June 2022, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2006.
Records from 1993 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 28 June 2022.
- Built
- 1977
- Last inspected
- 28 June 2022
- 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 · 2006
Identity
562164
WDI7411
132514
Flag
UNITED STATES
367728470 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-132514
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record
10 calendar years (1993–2022)
The 12 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
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)60.5 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 83 / net 56
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1977
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portCHARLESTON, WV
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 6 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it56 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
83 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
83 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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
WDI7411MMSI 367728470 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 19 April 2016, cancelled 20 June 2026
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 · 6
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.
MPB 23900 Industrial Vessel · MISLE 46942 · 23 October 2006 · activity 2834179PENNY P Towing Vessel · MISLE 107267 · 23 October 2006 · activity 2834179SHERMAN A WAXLER Towing Vessel · MISLE 76680 · 20 August 2001 · activity 41606TRISTAN B Towing Vessel · MISLE 81495 · 20 August 2001 · activity 41606EMMALEE NICOLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 211746 · 20 August 2001 · activity 41606IB 964 Tank Barge · MISLE 51217 · 24 April 1993 · activity 182279Inspection history · 12
28 June 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7489426
24 November 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5772338
9 August 2012
Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4412483
28 January 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3138330
23 October 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2834179
22 August 2005
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2478499
8 April 2005
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2329361
12 September 2002
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1678942
20 August 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 41606
10 August 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 214921
1 March 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 211943
24 April 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 182279
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
23 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2834179
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.