WILLIAM GOLDING

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

WILLIAM GOLDING is a 2019 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2019, most recently in November 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2020.

Records from 2019 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 November 2024.

Built: 2019
Last inspected: 12 November 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2020
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

Identity

1296837

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WDL2442

1577398

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368112080

Maury page id

psix-1577398

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2019–2024)

The 7 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)80.0 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 183 / net 147

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.0 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.7 ft

ITC tonnagegross 281 / net 84

BuilderVESSEL REPAIR · PORT ARTHUR, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2019

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portVICKSBURG, MS

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 18 August 2026 · expires 30 September 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 it281 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
183 - Simplified, Gross Ton
84 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
147 - 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

WDL2442MMSI 368112080 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 September 2019, expires 7 September 2029

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 · 3

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.

ORION Towing Vessel · MISLE 194878 · 22 May 2020 · activity 7032316 SOPHIA GOLDING Towing Vessel · MISLE 1172420 · 22 May 2020 · activity 7032316 TEE GOLDING Towing Vessel · MISLE 1428510 · 22 May 2020 · activity 7032316

Inspection history · 7

12 November 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8033649

23 December 2022 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7612486

5 December 2022 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7602848

4 November 2021 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7343368

6 November 2020 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7090961

22 May 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7032316

26 March 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6810910

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 4 November 2021 Resolved

The owner or managing operator must implement procedures to mitigate safety hazards. Oxygen and acetylene bottles were found unsecured on the top deck, creating a potential missile hazard. A large storage locker was found unsecured and unstable near the auxiliary generators, creating a falling hazard. The paint locker was not secured in place, creating a falling hazard. Secure all items to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 4 November 2021
Resolution: Items secured prior to MI departure.

Casualty record · 1

22 May 2020Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7032316

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.