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BD-6
BD-6 is a 1990 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 1 inspection in 2021, along with 11 deficiencies — 11 with no resolution recorded —.
Records in 2021. Most recent: inspection, 2 March 2021.
- Built
- 1990
- Last inspected
- 2 March 2021
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 11 recorded · 11 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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
2 March 2021
Deficiencies
11 recorded · 11
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
1 calendar year (2021)
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
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it25 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Vessel history report
A report is not offered for this hull. Its Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.
Inspection history · 1
2 March 2021
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7147961
Deficiency record · 11
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
A towing vessel must carry lifebuoys as follows: Be marked in block capital letters with the name of the vessel; Each lifebuoy with a floating electric water light must have a lanyard of at least 910 millimeters (3 feet) in length, but not more than 1,830 millimeters (6 feet), securing the water light around the body of the lifebuoy. Vessel’s lifebuoys do not have the vessel name on it, and the water lights were inop and not connected with appropriate line.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Nautical publications
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
A towing vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts, maps, and nautical publications for the intended voyage. Vessel did not have current publications or charts.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Each towing vessel must carry at least one appropriately-sized lifejacket, approved under approval series 160.002, 160.005, 160.055, 160.155, or 160.176, for each person on board. Each lifejacket must be marked: In block capital letters with the name of the vessel; With Type I retro-reflective material approved under approval series 164.018. The arrangement of the retro-reflective material must meet IMO Resolution A.658(16) and in a location that is visibly marked.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Each remote valve control must be marked in clearly legible letters, at least 25 millimeters (1 inch) high, indicating the purpose of the valve and the way to operate it. Vessel needs to have welded markings painted.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Electrical equipment and electrical cables must be suitably protected from wet and corrosive environments. Electrical dead end cables found in engine room and near mast light, need to be removed. Also ensure the junction box has a cover, in the forepeak.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Each Class 1 door must have a quick action closing device operative from both sides of the door. Add a closure device on exterior of aft engine room hatch.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
A towing vsl that is certificated for rivers or LBS, must have an approved 160-B semi-portable fire extinguishing system to protect the engine room, or a fixed fire-extinguishing system installed to protect the engine room. Vessel needs to add a fixed firefighting system or semi portable fire extinguisher onboard.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Port and starboard vents are clogged and need to be cleaned out.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Electrical connections must be suitably installed to prevent them from coming loose through vibration or accidental contact. Engine room (port side) needs to have metal bindings for securing purposes.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Embarkation arrangement survival craft
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Every towing vessel equipped with an inflatable survival craft must have, in conspicuous places near each inflatable survival craft, approved placards or other posted instructions for launching and inflating inflatable survival craft. Vessel is missing life raft instructions placard near life raft deployment location.
06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Lashing material
Issued 2 March 2021
No resolution recorded
Equipment, cargo, and industrial components on board the tow are properly secured and made ready for transit. Equipment storage box on aft deck needs to be secured to vessel.
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.