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UNCLE MIKE
UNCLE MIKE is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2025, along with 14 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded —, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2023.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 October 2025.
- Built
- 2016
- Last inspected
- 14 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 14 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2023
Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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.
Inspection record
Last inspected
14 October 2025
…with no type recorded2
Deficiencies
14 recorded · 1
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2016–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a
deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record
exists, not years in service. What Maury does
not do.
Identity
1265312
WDI5817
1372595
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1372595
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)58.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 7.4 ft
Registered tonnagegross 80 / net 64
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderDIVERSIFIED MARINE SERVICES LLC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2016
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNORFOLK, VA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 2 December 2025 · expires 30 November 2026
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 it80 - Simplified, Gross Ton
64 - Simplified, Net Ton
64 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.
Vessel history report
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299
Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.
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Inspection history · 18
14 October 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8251759
14 August 2024
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7981332
30 July 2024
Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7970710
24 August 2023
Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7776650
3 August 2023
In-Service Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7760208
22 July 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7749332
22 July 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7825699
21 February 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7639675
30 September 2022
Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7567130
25 August 2022
Drydock Extension
Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7547374
11 February 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7394609
1 February 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7388764
26 January 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7386146
17 February 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7141611
1 November 2019
MTSA Verification · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6847052
4 March 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6365394
3 June 2016
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5896152
24 February 2016
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5821720
Deficiency record · 14
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
In addition to the immersion suits required under paragraph (a)(1) of this section, each watch station, work station, and industrial work site must have enough immersion suits to equal the number of persons normally on watch in, or assigned to, the station or site at one time. However, an immersion suit is not required at a station or site for a person whose cabin or berthing area (and the immersion suits stowed in that location) is readily accessible to the station or site.
MI observed no immersion suit in the manned operating station.
46 CFR 10.209(d)(3)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
For towing vessels with berthing aboard, a sufficient number of additional lifejackets must be carried so that a lifejacket is immediately available for persons at each normally manned watch station.
MI observed no lifejacket in manned watch station.
46 CFR 141.340(b)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 16 October 2025
No resolution recorded
Each liferaft must be arranged to permit it to drop into the water from the deck on which it is stowed.
MI observed the survival craft stowage prohibiting liferaft to drop into the water.
46 CFR 199.130(c)(3)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
Stowage positions for lifejackets stowed in a berthing space or stateroom and all lifejacket containers must be marked in block capital letters and numbers with the minimum quantity, identity, and, if sizes other than adult or universal sizes are used on the vessel, the size of the lifejackets.
MI observed no proper marking of the quantity or identity for the stowage of lifejackets.
46 CFR 141.340(h)
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and Decks and bulkheads designed to be watertight or weathertight must be maintained in that condition.
MI identified electrical cables penetrating a watertight bulkhead between engine room and forepeak, compromising the watertight boundary.
46 CFR 140.610(f)
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
All machinery and equipment that is not in proper working order (including missing or malfunctioning guards or safety devices) must be removed; made safe through marking, tagging, or covering; or otherwise made unusable.
MI observed an opening in the distribution panel that is unlabeled.
46 CFR 140.505(b)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Medical certificate
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
Proof, in a manner prescribed by the Coast Guard, which may include forms or other means, that the applicant passed the applicable vision, hearing, medical, or physical exam as required by subpart C of this part, or an unexpired medical certificate issued by the Coast Guard;
MI observed an merchant mariner credential without a valid medical certificate.
46 CFR 10.209(d)(3)
14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Placards
Issued 14 October 2025
Resolved
Each Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) must have a placard suitable for posting on which is printed the operating instructions, safety precautions, and warnings pertinent to the device. The size of the letters printed on the placard must be one-eighth of an inch or larger. MSD was missing placard.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
All seals and gaskets must be properly maintained to prevent leaks of flammable or combustible liquid, as those terms are defined in 46 CFR subpart 30.10, into the machinery space.
MI identified leak on stbd MDE fuel line.
//46 CFR 143.220(a)//
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
Pressure vessels must be externally examined annually. Relief valves must be tested in accordance with § 143.245. Table 143.245 states that pressure relief valves must be tested twice every 5 years, with no more than 3 years elapsing since last test.
MI observed no record of pressure relief valve testing for the relief valves on the 02 air compressors in the engine room.
//46 CFR 143.300//
//46 CFR 46 Table 143.245//
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
All seals and gaskets must be properly maintained to prevent leaks of flammable or combustible liquid, as those terms are defined in 46 CFR subpart 30.10, into the machinery space.
MI identified leak on stbd MDE fuel line.
//46 CFR 143.220(a)//
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and Decks and bulkheads designed to be watertight or weathertight must be maintained in that condition.
MI identified electrical cables penetrating a watertight bulkhead between engine room and forepeak, compromising the watertight boundary.
//46 CFR 140.610(f)//
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 19 September 2024
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 and emergency conditions.
MI identified lack of bilge suction point in forepeak tank.
//46 CFR 143.205(a)//
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
The master must ensure that all lifesaving equipment is properly maintained and ready for use at all times.
Each lifebuoy with a floating electric water light must have a lanyard of at least 910 millimeters (3 feet) in length, but not more than 1,830 millimeters (6 feet), securing the water light around the body of the lifebuoy.
MI identified the line for the lights on the stbd bridge and port fantail life rings in poor condition.
//46 CFR 141.230//
Casualty record · 1
22 July 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7825699
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. 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.