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SOUTHERN SWAG
SOUTHERN SWAG is a 2017 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2018, most recently in November 2025, along with 15 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.
Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 12 November 2025.
- Built
- 2017
- Last inspected
- 12 November 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 15 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2021
Identity
1281021
WDL6657
1469753
Flag
UNITED STATES
368152850
Maury page id
psix-1469753
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2018–2025)
The 8 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)48.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 6.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 46 / net 37
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderDIVERSIFIED MARINE SERVICES LLC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2017
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portMOBILE, AL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 19 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it46 - Simplified, Gross Ton
37 - Simplified, Net Ton
37 - Simplified, 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
WDL6657MMSI 368152850 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 July 2020, expires 7 July 2030
WDJ9350MMSI 368025210 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 March 2018, cancelled 15 June 2020
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 · 1
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.
JUDSON B Towing Vessel · MISLE 175533 · 3 January 2021 · activity 7118900Inspection history · 8
12 November 2025
COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8261211
14 November 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7824602
3 January 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7118900
31 August 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7090238
19 August 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7037498
8 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6970898
27 March 2019
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6650619
14 August 2018
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6513584
Deficiency record · 15
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 19 August 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 100% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels Fall overboard prevention procedures do not specifically address the items listed in 46CFR140.425. Produce Fall overboard prevention procedures in line with the requirements.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels navigation assessment are not recorded as described in 46CFR140.635(d). Record navigation assessment considerations per 46CFR140.635(a)1-13.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Radio log (diary)
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessel is subject to bridge to bridge requirements per 33CFR26.03(a)3 and unable to provide station logs as described by 47CFR80.409(f)(3). Ensure Radiotelephony record logs entries47CFR80.409(f)(3) paragraphs (e)(1), (3), (5) (6), (7), (10), and (11) of this section.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels flammable locker stowage locker does not indicated a adequate level of protection as required by 46CFR142.225. Install new flammable locker.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels Fire-detection system is not certified and inspected by a registered professional engineer as described in 46CFR142.330(a)7. Provide letter to CG by a technician with qualifications as a National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) level IV fire alarm engineering technician, or by an authorized classification society with equivalent experience, that shows compliance with paragraphs (a)(1) through (6) of this section
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels flammable locker stowage is not equipped with a 40 B:C portable fire extinguisher must be located near the cabinet as required by 46CFR142.225(d). Install a B-II portable fire extinguisher near the cabinet.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels fire pump only produced 10 PSI at the pump discharge gage and does not meet the minimum requirements of a pitot-tube pressure of at least 344 kilopascals (kPa) (50 pounds per square inch (psi)) As required by 142.325. Repair the Fire pump to ensure it meets the proper pressure
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessel does not have audible and visual alarms auxiliary generator engine low lubricating oil pressure and Low hydraulic steering fluid levels at the operating station as described by 46CFR143.230(a)(3) and (6). Install the proper alarms.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels General alarm can not be heard in the crew berthing on second deck and does not meet the requirements as described by 46CFR143.235b (2). Install a repeater that is capable of notifying persons in the above space
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels work vests were not equipped with life jacket lights as described in 46CFR140.430(a). Install life jacket lights on all work vests.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels work vests storage container containing a work vest was not marked “WORK VEST” as described by 46CFR140.430(a). Mark all work vest storage containers
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessels water light does not have a 3 to 6 feet lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip as required by 46CFR141.360(b)3. Ensure all lifebuoy floating electric water light are installed as described above.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 7 May 2019
Resolved
Vessel only has one lifebuoy floating electric water light and does not meet the minimum requirement of 2 as required by 46CFR141.360(b)3. Install one additional lifebuoy floating electric water light.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Launching arrangements for survival craft
Issued 27 March 2019
Resolved
Vessel life float is not fitted with a painter per 46CFR141.325(c). Add a painter to Life Float.
Casualty record · 1
3 January 2021Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7118900
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.