DELTA AMBER

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named DELTA AMBER

DELTA AMBER is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1989, most recently in December 2021, along with 2 deficiencies, 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded and 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2014.

Records from 1989 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 15 December 2021.

Built: 1975
Last inspected: 15 December 2021
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 1 with no removal date recorded
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2007–2014
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

Identity

570106

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WDC3902

139060

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367015990

Maury page id

psix-139060

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 11 calendar years (1989–2021)

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 5 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)52.5 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 97 / net 66

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSIDNEY HENRY · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMOBILE, AL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 8 October 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 it97 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
66 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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

WDH9747MMSI 367015990 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 February 2025, expires 8 May 2035

WDC3902MMSI 367015990 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 4 February 2005, cancelled 11 April 2015

WDA8700MMSI 366857130 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 June 2002, cancelled 18 August 2012 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

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 · 3

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.

MISS SAMMYLEE Towing Vessel · MISLE 153857 · 13 October 2014 · activity 5006089 DREDGE MIKE HOOKS Industrial Vessel · MISLE 244954 · 13 October 2014 · activity 5006089 NICHOLAS Industrial Vessel · MISLE 1361641 · 13 October 2014 · activity 5006089

Inspection history · 16

15 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7368378

3 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7276606

10 September 2020 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7055893

29 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7019511

13 October 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5006089

21 September 2010 Deficiency Check · MARPOL · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3856455

22 October 2009 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3619193

17 March 2009 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3435204

5 February 2009 Administration

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3412953

22 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2970078

8 May 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2926657

10 November 2006 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2819855

21 July 2005 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2434291

4 November 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 19115

8 July 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 125994

28 November 1989 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 489983

Deficiency record · 2

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 10 September 2020 Resolved

Towing vessel's that push/tow alongeside, or stern tow barges that are subject to 33 CFR 104.215 (a)are required to have a Vessel Securit Plan. The current plan does not list the VSO as the Deckhand, and lists a pilot/mate which is also not a part of the company, nor trained as such. Amend and submit the VSP to show who the trained VSO is iaw the approved security plan.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 13 April 2022
Resolution: Cleared to remove from outstanding def list maintained by CVC and because the vessel is laid up

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 10 September 2020 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 50% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (rectify prior to movement) and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate. 46 CFR 136.202(a)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 13 April 2022
Resolution: Cleared to remove from outstanding def list maintained by CVC and because the vessel is laid up

Casualty record · 2

8 May 2007Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2926657

13 October 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 2 injured · activity 5006089

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.