ELIN MERRITT

Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named ELIN MERRITT

ELIN MERRITT is a 2020 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2021, most recently in July 2026, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2021 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 14 July 2026.

Built: 2020
Last inspected: 14 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

1281022

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WDL 7624

1469757

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

338688000, 368161910

Maury page id

psix-1469757

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations3

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2021–2026)

The 10 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)78.0 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 191 / net 153

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDIVERSIFIED MARINE SERVICES LLC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2020

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPORT ARANSAS, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it191 - Simplified, Gross Ton
153 - 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

WDQ5818MMSI 338688000 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 30 August 2025, expires 30 August 2035

WDL7624MMSI 368161910 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 September 2020, expires 11 September 2030

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 · 10

14 July 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8437789

23 May 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8378933

12 August 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8208081

17 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7936931

20 December 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7841282

27 July 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7753626

30 December 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7614564

7 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7250386

15 June 2021 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7226002

29 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7209646

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 30 December 2022 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on-board under normal and emergency conditions. The vessel's starboard diesel generator was reported non-operational. Repair generator to the satisfaction of the TPO in accordance with the vessel's TSMS. This deficiency shall be rectified prior to towing a USCG inspected barge.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 13 January 2023
Resolved 31 December 2022
Resolution: Received report from TPO attesting to the satisfactory installation of a new starboard generator.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 29 May 2021 Resolved

Loss of steering/propulsion reported.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 7 June 2021

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.