INDEPENDENT

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named INDEPENDENT

INDEPENDENT is a 2017 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2017, most recently in December 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 9 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2024.

Records from 2017 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 21 December 2024.

Built: 2017
Last inspected: 21 December 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 9 investigations · 2017–2024
Inspected with: 15 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.

1276463

IMO number

9826419 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WDJ4411

MISLE id

1433719

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367777460

Maury page id

psix-1433719

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations3

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded9

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2017–2024)

The 17 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.

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)88.4 ft × 37.9 ft × 15.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 197 / net 133

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)88.4 ft × 37.9 ft × 15.3 ft

ITC tonnagegross 361 / net 108

BuilderWASHBURN & DOUGHTY ASSOCIATES INC · EAST BOOTHBAY, ME, UNITED STATES · built 2017

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portTAMPA, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 6 May 2026 · expires 30 June 2027

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 it361 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
197 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
108 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
133 - 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

WDJ4411MMSI 367777460 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 March 2017, expires 16 March 2027

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 · 15

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.

Inspection history · 17

21 December 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8050878

4 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7803729

21 June 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7689823

24 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7546989

25 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7499423

15 April 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Key West · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7434444

25 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6945678

17 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6942707

10 March 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6923931

1 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6769220

14 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6610155

2 September 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6533005

15 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6513023

6 July 2018 Initial Certification · TPO Audit · Annual Survey

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6495427

25 January 2018 Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6343762

2 October 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6279504

17 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6213132

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 4 October 2023 Resolved

Propulsion machinery must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel experienced a cooling line coupling failure on the port main engine. No loss of propulsion, but port main engine was secured for maintenance. Prove proper operation of repaired propulsion unit components to the satisfaction of the attending ABS surveyor, prior to departure from current berthing location (Port of Tampa, berth 200). 46 CFR 143.205

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 4 October 2023
Resolution: Received Preliminary Survey Report from ABS, attesting to the proper repair and operation of the port main engine and cooling system.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Issued 15 August 2018 Resolved

Vsl is broadcasting: Invalid Call Sign.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 September 2018
Resolved 22 August 2018
Resolution: Call Sign was corrected

Casualty record · 9

17 July 2017Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 6213132

2 September 2018Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6533005

14 January 2019Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6610155

17 April 2020Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6942707

25 April 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6945678

15 April 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7434444

25 May 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7499423

24 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7546989

21 December 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8050878

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.