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BISMARCK SEA

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP operator of record, 2023

BISMARCK SEA is a 1976 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 36 inspections since 1994, most recently in January 2017, along with 9 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2016.

Records from 1994 to 2017. Most recent: inspection, 25 January 2017.

Built
1976
Last inspected
25 January 2017
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
36
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
9 investigations · 2002–2016
Inspected with
5 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
571812
IMO number
7512052 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WDE5016
MISLE id
140493
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367082120, 367109340, 367360890, 368433000, 369373000 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-140493

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11
…administrative events9
…with no type recorded16
Years with a record 17 calendar years (1994–2017)
The 36 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 9 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 it131 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
181 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
193 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
606 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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

WDE5016MMSI 367360890 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 June 2008, cancelled 26 April 2018
WDC9973MMSI 367109340 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 25 April 2006, cancelled 25 June 2016 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDC8132MMSI 367082120 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 17 December 2005, cancelled 20 February 2016 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDB7075MMSI 369373000 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 31 March 2004, cancelled 25 April 2006
WBN3742MMSI 368433000 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 August 1997, cancelled 30 July 2004
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 · 5

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.

DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 16 August 2016 · activity 5982467DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 28 April 2015 · activity 5114460DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 1 November 2014 · activity 5033085DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 4 July 2012 · activity 4368276DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 3 September 2011 · activity 4138688DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 7 August 2011 · activity 4144670DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 6 July 2011 · activity 4079323DBL 106 Tank Barge · MISLE 999073 · 21 June 2010 · activity 3915383HT100 Freight Barge · MISLE 50997 · 26 December 1994 · activity 43017MISS ANN Towing Vessel · MISLE 71682 · 26 December 1994 · activity 43017CROSBY COURAGE Towing Vessel · MISLE 147942 · 26 December 1994 · activity 43017SIUSLAW Freight Barge · MISLE 246128 · 26 December 1994 · activity 43017

Inspection history · 36

25 January 2017 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6077373
16 August 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5982467
31 March 2016 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5844838
28 April 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5114460
1 November 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Kodiak · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5033085
19 October 2014 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5007957
27 January 2014 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4787462
4 July 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4368276
9 May 2012 Administration
Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4780346
24 April 2012 MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4294548
17 February 2012 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4246626
3 September 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4138688
9 August 2011 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Kodiak · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4166123
7 August 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Kodiak · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4144670
6 July 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4079323
5 May 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4016283
9 October 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3868359
21 June 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 3915383
18 March 2010 Administration
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3702541
2 October 2008 MTSA/ISPS Verification
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3337070
21 May 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2937364
10 November 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2818385
26 September 2006 Uninspected Other · MTSA/ISPS Verification
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2738433
13 April 2006 Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2624050
30 November 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2543219
23 November 2005 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2539851
22 October 2004 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2227733
22 October 2004 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2318886
28 April 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Grand Isle · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2068009
29 December 2003 Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1971474
14 May 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1644700
8 May 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC KEY BISCAYNE (WPB 1339) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1616069
17 September 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 774721
29 April 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 532625
18 July 1995 Uninspected Towing Vessel · MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 872763
26 December 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 43017

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 · 9

14 May 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1644700
21 June 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3915383
9 October 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3868359
6 July 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4079323
7 August 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4144670
3 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4138688
4 July 2012Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4368276
1 November 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5033085
16 August 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5982467
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.

Recorded names · 1

GULF RULER (2002). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.