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CHARLESTON
Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CHARLESTON · FLORIDA MARINE TRANSPORTERS, INC. operator of record, 2023
CHARLESTON is a 2021 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2021, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2023 and 2026.
Records from 2021 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 March 2026.
- Built
- 2021
- Last inspected
- 13 March 2026
- 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 · 2023–2026
Identity
1317193
WDM5698
1681332
Flag
UNITED STATES
368218350
Maury page id
psix-1681332
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
5 calendar years (2021–2026)
The 11 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)105.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 419 / net 358
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)105.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 447 / net 134
BuilderJOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2021
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portASHLAND, KY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 27 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it447 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
419 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
134 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
358 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
419 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
134 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
358 - 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
WDM5698MMSI 368218350 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 September 2021, expires 10 September 2031
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 · 3
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.
HSM 3053 Tank Barge · MISLE 1537204 · 9 February 2026 · activity 8328856FMT 3130 Tank Barge · MISLE 663300 · 24 October 2023 · activity 7813549FMT 3073 Tank Barge · MISLE 933925 · 24 October 2023 · activity 7813549Inspection history · 11
13 March 2026
SIP Initial Entry · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8330334
9 February 2026
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8328856
8 December 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8279101
15 October 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253160
7 July 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8178530
24 October 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813549
20 October 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7811836
13 June 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7476378
12 May 2022
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7512855
4 May 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7444126
21 September 2021
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7313916
Deficiency record · 1
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 21 September 2021
Resolved
TPO survey identified a non-conformity: Vessel does not have a NTVRP and Letter. Owner submitted request to VRP Center and is in the queue. Vessel is not operating and will remain in the Corpus Christi OCMI zone until rectified. 33 CFR 155.5015
Casualty record · 2
24 October 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7813549
9 February 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8328856
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.
Recorded names · 2
SHAILESH D (2023), LOUIS DEVELLE (2026). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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.