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PHOENIX MAE
PHOENIX MAE is a 2023 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2023, most recently in July 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2024 and 2025.
Records from 2023 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 11 July 2025.
- Built
- 2023
- Last inspected
- 11 July 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2024–2025
Identity
1279905
WDN7560
1459740
Flag
UNITED STATES
368327280
Maury page id
psix-1459740
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
3 calendar years (2023–2025)
The 6 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)80.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 365 / net 109
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 365 / net 109
BuilderC&C MARINE AND REPAIR · BELLE CHASSE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2023
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 8 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it365 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
109 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
109 - Convention (Subpart B), 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
WDN9464MMSI 368327280 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 1 August 2023, expires 1 August 2033
WDN7560MMSI 368309590 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 April 2023, cancelled 31 July 2023
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.
Inspection history · 6
11 July 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8183584
11 July 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8190937
30 July 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7972977
5 February 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7865541
15 November 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7825602
17 July 2023
COI Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7744472
Deficiency record · 5
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 November 2023
Resolved
Each towing vessel equipped with rudders must have a means to monitor and control the position of the rudders at each operating station. The starboard main rudder sheared off at the rudder stop.
The PHOENIX MAE is authorized to transit light load to J&M Shipyard at LMR MM 9 for permanent repairs.
The TPO, Inland Towing Operators, is authorized to review and accept repairs and tests in accordance with
CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-10.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 2 August 2023
Resolved
Portable and semi-portable fire extinguishers must be inspected, maintained, and tested in accordance with the inspection, maintenance procedures, and hydrostatic pressure tests required by Chapters 7 and 8 of NFPA 10, Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers. Inspectors discovered the portable fire extinguisher on the mess deck was missing a nozzle. 46 CFR 142.240(a)(1)
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency fire pump and its pipes
Issued 2 August 2023
Resolved
A fixed fire pump must be capable of: Delivering water simultaneously from the two highest hydrants, or from both branches of the fitting if the highest hydrant has a Siamese fitting, at a pitot-tube pressure of at least 344 kilopascals (kPa) (50 pounds per square inch (psi)), and a flow rate of at least 300 liters per minute (lpm) (80 gallons per minute (gpm)). Inspector unable to determine pressure due to inaccurate gauge readings. 46 CFR 142.325(a)(1)
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors
Issued 2 August 2023
Resolved
Closure devices must be provided for deckhouse or hull penetrations, which open to the exterior of the vessel and which may allow water to enter the vessel. These devices must be suitable for the expected route. Inspector discovered four overhead penetrations on top of the wheelhouse. 46 CFR 144.320(b)
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Low level lighting in corridors
Issued 2 August 2023
Resolved
Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. Emergency lighting sources must provide for sufficient illumination under emergency conditions to facilitate egress from each space and must be either: (2) Non-electric, phosphorescent adhesive lighting strips that are installed along escape routes and sufficiently visible to enable egress with no power. Inspector identified lack of lighting strips in berthing areas. 46 CFR 143.410(b)(2)
Casualty record · 2
30 July 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7972977
11 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8190937
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.