MV DOLPHIN

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MV DOLPHIN is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 2020 and 2025.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 11 September 2025.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 11 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2020–2025
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

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 11 September 2025

Recorded inspections6

…physical examinations3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 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

1267642

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WDI7817

1380669

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1380669

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)56.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 90 / net 72

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSERODINO INC · GUILD · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 September 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it90 - Simplified, Gross Ton
72 - 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

BEARCAT Towing Vessel · MISLE 362869 · 18 August 2025 · activity 8268097 T13936 Freight Barge · MISLE 461968 · 12 August 2024 · activity 8000271

Inspection history · 6

11 September 2025 In-Service Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8233142

18 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8268097

12 August 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8000271

30 June 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6991587

16 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6993399

16 June 2016 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5909516

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 11 September 2025 Resolved

A towing vessel may not be operated without having onboard a valid Certificate of Inspection (COI) issued by the Coast Guard as required by 46 CFR 136.202. Despite the COI expiring on July 7, 2025, MV DOLPHIN (O/N 1267642) continued to engage in commercial towing operations.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 15 September 2025
Resolution: MV DOLPHIN (O/N 1267642) was issued a valid Certificate of Inspection (COI) by USCG Marine Safety Detachment Nashville.

Casualty record · 3

16 June 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6993399

12 August 2024Significant Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8000271

18 August 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8268097

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.