RICK PEMBERTON

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named RICK PEMBERTON

RICK PEMBERTON is a 2018 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2019, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2019 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 21 May 2026.

Built: 2018
Last inspected: 21 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

1287206

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WDK4608

1500528

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368056920

Maury page id

psix-1500528

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2019–2026)

The 4 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)68.5 ft × 28.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 122 / net 97

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMASTER MARINE INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2018

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 17 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it122 - Simplified, Gross Ton
97 - 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

WDK4608MMSI 368056920 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 1 September 2018, expires 1 September 2028

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 · 2

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.

CC 1150B Freight Barge · MISLE 1124826 · 8 November 2022 · activity 7593852 MTC 1583 Freight Barge · MISLE 1398338 · 8 November 2022 · activity 7593852

Inspection history · 4

21 May 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8377899

21 February 2025 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8073879

8 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7593852

5 November 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6912861

Deficiency record · 1

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear alarm

Issued 21 February 2025 Resolved

Alarms must have a means to test actuation at each operating station or have a continuous self-monitoring alarm system which actuates if an alarm point fails or becomes disabled. No way to test hydraulic steering level alarm. Install a means to test low hydraulic steering level alarm IAW company TSMS. The vessel's TPO has the option to clear this deficiency in accordance with CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-10. Objective evidence attesting to root cause & satisfactory repairs must be submitted to local OCMI within 72-hours.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 21 March 2025
Resolved 28 February 2025
Resolution: Received objective evidence of satisfactory repairs.

Casualty record · 1

8 November 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7593852

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.