DEFIANCE

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

DEFIANCE is a 1977 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 1996, most recently in May 2024, along with 10 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2017.

Records from 1996 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 23 May 2024.

Built: 1977
Last inspected: 23 May 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 31
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 10 investigations · 2004–2017
Inspected with: 12 other vessels

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 23 May 2024

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations9

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded16

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 17 calendar years (1996–2024)

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

587247

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WDC5842

153779

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-153779

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)86.5 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 295 / net 220

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCALUMET SHIPBUILDING CO INC · CALUMET, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1977

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPORTLAND, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 10 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it295 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
220 - 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 · 12

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.

TRI CITIES VOYAGER Tank Barge · MISLE 454420 · 23 November 2012 · activity 4489237 VOYAGER Towing Vessel · MISLE 60704 · 25 October 2009 · activity 3652066 GAMBLER Towing Vessel · MISLE 98071 · 16 August 2009 · activity 3570683 79 Freight Barge · MISLE 450972 · 28 March 2009 · activity 3441936 NEW DAWN Tank Barge · MISLE 51368 · 2 January 2005 · activity 2270003 168 Freight Barge · MISLE 199251 · 2 January 2005 · activity 2270003 709 Freight Barge · MISLE 205935 · 2 January 2005 · activity 2270003 GLENN Freight Barge · MISLE 49972 · 6 July 2004 · activity 2123503 TOIVO T Towing Vessel · MISLE 74520 · 6 July 2004 · activity 2123503 THE PIONEER Tank Barge · MISLE 401535 · 6 July 2004 · activity 2123503 57 Freight Barge · MISLE 450958 · 6 July 2004 · activity 2123503 BARGE 93 Freight Barge · MISLE 485422 · 19 October 1998 · activity 6256

Inspection history · 31

23 May 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7914105

6 February 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7862099

13 September 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7558153

29 May 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6698519

20 May 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6698531

13 April 2018 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6394074

23 October 2017 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6295032

23 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6603625

14 August 2017 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6240310

7 February 2013 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5764439

6 February 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5015846

23 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4489237

17 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4248112

15 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4245913

27 January 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3670334

25 October 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3652066

14 October 2009 MTSA Verification · Spot Check (Safety)

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3615377

16 August 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3570683

28 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3441936

31 August 2007 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3050159

18 August 2006 MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2752496

8 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2606681

2 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2270003

6 July 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2123503

11 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1964455

15 October 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 726997

30 September 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 210177

10 February 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 104785

19 October 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6256

2 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 98795

1 June 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 74579

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 10

6 July 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2123503

2 January 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2270003

8 March 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2606681

28 March 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3441936

16 August 2009Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3570683

25 October 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 3 injured · activity 3652066

15 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4245913

17 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4248112

23 November 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4489237

23 October 2017Routine · role: Subject to Marine Inspection · activity 6603625

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.