WEST VIRGINIA

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

WEST VIRGINIA is a 2017 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2017, most recently in April 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2024.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 15 April 2026.

Built: 2017
Last inspected: 15 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2019–2024
Inspected with: 3 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 15 April 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2017–2026)

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

1279888

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WDN4732

1459627

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1459627

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)116.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 473 / net 321

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)116.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 546 / net 163

BuilderFMT SHIPYARD & REPAIR LLC · HARVEY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2017

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portASHLAND, KY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 June 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 it163 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
321 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
546 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
473 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 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.

PGM 247B Freight Barge · MISLE 1212597 · 15 October 2022 · activity 7578749 FMT 3060 Tank Barge · MISLE 26749 · 13 August 2020 · activity 7032892 MARK STAAB Towing Vessel · MISLE 212135 · 13 August 2020 · activity 7032892

Inspection history · 13

15 April 2026 Administrative Inspection · SIP Inspection/Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8350272

7 March 2025 SIP Initial Entry · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8089931

24 March 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7884476

24 March 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7892977

26 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7676220

8 March 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7647731

27 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7584689

15 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7578749

13 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7032892

12 May 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6954150

22 November 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6862903

16 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6515029

6 November 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6361742

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 24 March 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. Vessel experienced a loss of propulsion on both propulsion engines. Make repairs as required for safe operation of the vessel.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 24 March 2024
Resolution: Damaged wire harness found and replaced with new. Cleared by TPO

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Issued 16 August 2018 Resolved

Each self-propelled vessel that is 400 GTmust have onboard an approved NTVRP. Vessel has been operating since Nov 2017 without an approved plan. 33 CFR 155.5015

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 17 August 2018
Resolution: Vessel applied for and received approval for being added to companies VRP.

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Issued 16 August 2018 Resolved

Any vessel over 300 GT operating on the navigable waters of the United States must have onboard a valid COFR; vessel was found to be operating without a valid COFR. 33 CFR 138

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 17 August 2018
Resolution: Vessel applied for a received a valid COFR

Casualty record · 4

22 November 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6862903

13 August 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7032892

15 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7578749

24 March 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7892977

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.

Recorded names · 1

JESSE D. PASENTINE (2019–2022). 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.