LITTLE TUG

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

LITTLE TUG is a 1974 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2021, most recently in October 2023, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2021 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 30 October 2023.

Built: 1974
Last inspected: 30 October 2023
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2021

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 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 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 October 2023

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations1

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2021–2023)

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

1310156

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1646874

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1646874

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)29.8 ft × 10.3 ft × 9.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 18 / net 14

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderT D VINETTE COMPANY · ESCANABA, MI, UNITED STATES · built 1974

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portGLADSTONE, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 24 September 2025 · expires 30 September 2026

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 it14 - Simplified, Net Ton
18 - Simplified, Gross 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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Inspection history · 5

30 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7816444

20 September 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7795801

16 January 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7125570

15 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7134599

12 January 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7140193

Deficiency record · 2

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 12 February 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid Certificate of Inspection (COI) prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the two vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 60 days to verify compliance with all applicable Sub-chapter M Towing vessel Code of Federal Regulations. If an inspection is not completed prior to April 12, 2021, the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 12 April 2021
Resolved 18 May 2021
Resolution: [name withheld] issued a letter dated May 18th, 2021 allowed vessel to operate as a workboat.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 16 January 2021 Resolved

A towing vessel must be maintained and operated so the watertight integrity and stability of the vessel are not compromised. The vessel ran aground and sank. Repair vessel and make available for Coast Guard inspection prior to commercial operations.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 31 March 2021
Resolved 15 March 2023
Resolution: Confirmed with [name withheld] that hull repairs were completed.

Casualty record · 1

15 January 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7134599

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.