ALTON A II

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

ALTON A II is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2005, most recently in May 2025, along with 9 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2005.

Records from 2005 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 30 May 2025.

Built: 1975
Last inspected: 30 May 2025
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2005
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 30 May 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations9

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2005–2025)

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

586582

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WDK4588

153206

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-153206

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)44.4 ft × 15.8 ft × 6.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 34 / net 23

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDAMARISCOTTA BOATS INC · ROCKLAND, ME, UNITED STATES · built 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portROCKLAND, ME

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it34 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
23 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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 · 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.

DOROTHY L Towing Vessel · MISLE 87508 · 26 December 2005 · activity 2568650

Inspection history · 14

30 May 2025 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8105149

11 September 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7999337

7 August 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7762620

21 March 2023 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7654304

7 March 2023 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7647102

13 September 2022 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7558226

10 September 2021 Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7311453

23 July 2020 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7014406

30 December 2019 Deficiency Check · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6880497

22 January 2014 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4791295

1 March 2013 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4541647

27 August 2012 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4423267

23 February 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4252052

26 December 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2568650

Deficiency record · 9

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 23 August 2023 Resolved

Found petcock from Racor filters not having either a cap or plug preventers, install either caps and or plugs.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 23 August 2023
Resolved 23 August 2023
Resolution: Caps and or plugs installed on filter drain assemblies.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 7 March 2023 Resolved

The minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing shall be 50 percent of covered crewmembers. Prock Marine had a random selection of less than 50 percent for the year 2022.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2023
Resolved 9 March 2023
Resolution: Marine Employer provided proof that they were on track to be in compliance with conducting random tests at 50%.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 7 March 2023 Resolved

Marine employers shall randomly select a sufficient number of covered crewmembers for testing. Prock Marine had crewmembers not included in the pool of tested employees which caused deficiency 01 above.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2023
Resolved 9 March 2023
Resolution: The Marine Employee updated their employee list to include all crewmembers.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 7 March 2023 Resolved

Marine Employers must provide a scientifically valid method to randomly select crewmembers so that each covered crewmember shall have an equal chance of being tested each time selections are made. Prock Marine was unable to provide method or provide an appropriate roster of the total number of covered crewmembers also contributing to deficiency 01 above.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2023
Resolved 9 March 2023
Resolution: The Marine Employer provided a scientific means for random selection.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 7 March 2023 Resolved

46 CFR 16.500 By March 15 of the year following the collection of the data marine employers must submit the data on the form titled U.S. Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form.Prock Marine could not provide the previous year’s (2022) MIS form submission.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2023
Resolved 9 March 2023
Resolution: The Marine Employer is supplied a completed MIS form prior to March 15.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits

Issued 10 September 2021 Resolved

Repair / replace 01 immersion suit.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 September 2021
Resolved 11 September 2021
Resolution: New immersion suit installed on vessel.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 10 September 2021 Resolved

Failed o-ring on hose connection / replace.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 September 2021
Resolved 10 September 2021
Resolution: New gasket installed, test sat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 10 September 2021 Resolved

Repair / Replace holed fire hose.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 September 2021
Resolved 13 September 2021
Resolution: New hose installed on vessel.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors

Issued 26 June 2020 Resolved

Provide means to make watertight door between machinery space and crew accommodation watertight.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 14 July 2020
Resolution: Dogs repaired and tested sat.

Casualty record · 1

26 December 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2568650

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.

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.