RAMBLER

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named RAMBLER

RAMBLER is a 1952 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 1992, most recently in November 1998, along with 1 casualty investigation in 1992.

Records from 1992 to 1998. Most recent: inspection, 12 November 1998.

Built: 1952
Last inspected: 12 November 1998
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 1992
Inspected with: 13 other vessels

Identity

603272

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WSX8038

168026

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-168026

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 2 calendar years (1992–1998)

The 4 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 28 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)42.3 ft × 12.5 ft × 5.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 13

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderROAMER BOAT COMPANY · HOLLAND, MI, UNITED STATES · built 1952

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portCHESAPEAKE, VA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 19 April 2002 · expires 30 April 2003

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 it20 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
13 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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

WCE7190MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 23 March 1994, cancelled 23 May 2004

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.

A report is not offered for this hull: It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 13

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.

Inspection history · 4

12 November 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 164551

19 November 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 36477

19 November 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 99630

25 January 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 187797

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

19 November 1992Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 36477

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.