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MICHAEL R
MICHAEL R is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1995, most recently in August 2023, along with 7 deficiencies — 2 with no resolution recorded —, 2 operational controls and 3 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2014.
Records from 1995 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 21 August 2023.
- Built
- 1975
- Last inspected
- 21 August 2023
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 7 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2006–2014
Identity
566050
WDI7180
135691
Flag
UNITED STATES
368159940
Maury page id
psix-135691
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded9
Years with a record
8 calendar years (1995–2023)
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.
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
Tonnage as PSIX records it95 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
64 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
64 - 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
WDL7402MMSI 368159940 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 August 2020, expires 27 August 2030
WDI7180MMSI 367726160 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 8 April 2016, cancelled 13 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.
C512 Freight Barge · MISLE 653513 · 30 August 2014 · activity 4973432W W DYER Towing Vessel · MISLE 112481 · 28 November 2006 · activity 2831676SCNO 8049 Freight Barge · MISLE 178765 · 28 November 2006 · activity 2831676VL 81251 Freight Barge · MISLE 190687 · 28 November 2006 · activity 2831676RCT 5 Tank Barge · MISLE 344712 · 28 November 2006 · activity 2831676CRANE FLAT Industrial Vessel · MISLE 441280 · 3 May 1995 · activity 159605Inspection history · 16
21 August 2023
Damage Survey · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7773597
20 July 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7748564
24 March 2023
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7656179
7 April 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7426323
9 December 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5778649
9 December 2015
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5779774
4 December 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5779828
13 October 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5005571
30 August 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4973432
1 November 2012
Administration · MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4477018
28 November 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2831676
18 October 2006
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2802899
2 December 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 167470
2 December 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1474834
2 December 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1485802
3 May 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 159605
Deficiency record · 7
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking
Issued 21 August 2023
Resolved
The vessel has been both in satisfactory service insofar as structural adequacy is concerned and does not cause the structure of the vessel to be questioned by either the OCMI, or TPO engaged to perform an audit or survey. Vessel flooded due to structural failures on the aft void. Structural, mechanical and electrical repairs must be conducted to the satisfaction of the attending Coast Guard inspector prior to commercial operation.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)
Issued 20 July 2023
No resolution recorded
A towing vessel must be maintained and operated so the watertight integrity and stability of the vessel are not compromised. The vessel suffered an unintentional flooding event. All spaces/voids/tanks located on the main deck were flooded. Vessel is to be placed in dry-dock and an examination of the hull condition and scantlings completed.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 20 July 2023
No resolution recorded
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 and emergency conditions. The vessels operational condition, to include engineering and electrical components, have been negatively altered/effected due to sinking (submersion). Vessel components must be exercised (i.e., tested) to demonstrate operability.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 24 March 2023
Resolved
Connections and terminations must be suitable for the installed conductors, and must retain the original electrical, mechanical, flame-retarding, and where necessary, fire-resisting properties of the conductor. Vessel had wires underneath pilothouse console and in engine room that were dead but not properly capped off or removed.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 24 March 2023
Resolved
Cable hangers for overhead and vertical cable runs must be installed with metal supports and retention devices at least every 48 inches. Engine room had cable runs secured with plastic zip ties without cable supports and metal braces.
Fire Fighting › Fire Pumps › Power Source
Issued 9 December 2015
Resolved
Portable Fire pump not operational.
Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Service
Issued 9 December 2015
Resolved
Prove proper servicing of B-V fire extinguisher.
Casualty record · 3
28 November 2006Routine · role: Sighted in Area · at PICKWICK L&D · activity 2831676
30 August 2014Routine · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · 2 dead · activity 4973432
13 October 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 5005571
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.