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BROWN GULF
BROWN GULF is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1994, most recently in July 2006, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2003.
Records from 1994 to 2006. Most recent: inspection, 18 July 2006.
- Built
- 1978
- Last inspected
- 18 July 2006
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2003
Identity
593805
WDC3504
159576
Flag
UNITED STATES
367009220 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-159576
Inspections, by type
The 12 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.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 20 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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)47.7 ft × 18.6 ft × 7.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 49 / net 33
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderRYSCO SHIPYARD, INC · BLOUNTSTOWN, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1978
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portROCKPORT, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it33 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
49 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
49 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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
WDC3504MMSI 367009220 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 8 November 2014, cancelled 15 March 2025
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 · 7
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.
ANDY R. GARRETT Towing Vessel · MISLE 67681 · 11 April 2005 · activity 2331138SUZANNE Towing Vessel · MISLE 67694 · 11 April 2005 · activity 2331138SPIRIT OF POWER Towing Vessel · MISLE 202185 · 11 April 2005 · activity 2331138ANDY R. GARRETT Towing Vessel · MISLE 67681 · 25 March 2005 · activity 2319739SUZANNE Towing Vessel · MISLE 67694 · 25 March 2005 · activity 2319739SPIRIT OF POWER Towing Vessel · MISLE 202185 · 25 March 2005 · activity 2319739SCC 104 Tank Barge · MISLE 48219 · 20 March 1996 · activity 135141KIRBY 10034 Tank Barge · MISLE 50786 · 30 January 1996 · activity 134823OSPREY 7202 Tank Barge · MISLE 46815 · 29 November 1994 · activity 71524KIRBY 28708 Tank Barge · MISLE 384996 · 29 November 1994 · activity 71524Inspection history · 12
18 July 2006
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2717109
11 April 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2331138
25 March 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2319739
4 March 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2303661
22 February 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2297823
22 December 2003
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1970641
11 January 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1733025
27 March 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 668971
26 March 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 57320
20 March 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 135141
30 January 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 134823
29 November 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 71524
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 · 1
11 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 1733025
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.