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COMPASS POINT
COMPASS POINT is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1994, most recently in April 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2014.
Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 April 2025.
- Built
- 1978
- Last inspected
- 3 April 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2007–2014
Identity
597281
WDI6371
162698
Flag
UNITED STATES
367718020
Maury page id
psix-162698
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded8
Years with a record
14 calendar years (1994–2025)
The 16 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)53.2 ft × 22.1 ft × 7.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 85 / net 58
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBALEHI MARINE INC · LACOMBE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1978
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portCHESAPEAKE, WV
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 19 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 it58 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
85 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
85 - 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
WDI6371MMSI 367718020 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 9 December 2025, expires 27 February 2036
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 · 11
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.
DR EDWIN H WELCH Towing Vessel · MISLE 75981 · 14 June 2014 · activity 4890295DREMA G WOODS Towing Vessel · MISLE 66976 · 3 December 2007 · activity 3114290CAPT ED HARRIS Towing Vessel · MISLE 113002 · 3 December 2007 · activity 3114290ING1130 Freight Barge · MISLE 211845 · 3 December 2007 · activity 3114290IN967508 Freight Barge · MISLE 445666 · 3 December 2007 · activity 3114290IN978524 Freight Barge · MISLE 464971 · 3 December 2007 · activity 3114290IN075454 Freight Barge · MISLE 872953 · 3 December 2007 · activity 3114290STC-606 Tank Barge · MISLE 359585 · 22 March 1998 · activity 169747ALGOL Freight Ship · MISLE 47443 · 9 October 1997 · activity 78341GSS 31 Tank Barge · MISLE 44379 · 13 April 1994 · activity 88386P HOUGH Towing Vessel · MISLE 85167 · 13 April 1994 · activity 88386Inspection history · 16
3 April 2025
Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104677
5 December 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7832313
20 September 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7563636
7 October 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7333346
25 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7206213
7 December 2020
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7107933
18 February 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5818084
14 June 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4890295
12 February 2013
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4532713
3 December 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3114290
16 September 2002
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1679029
22 March 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 169747
9 October 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 78341
11 December 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 184430
19 March 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 146178
13 April 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88386
Deficiency record · 1
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 25 May 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Casualty record · 2
3 December 2007Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3114290
14 June 2014Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4890295
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.