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LUSK
LUSK is a towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2022, most recently in August 2025, along with 19 deficiencies — 3 with no resolution recorded —.
Records from 2022 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 August 2025.
- Built
- Not recorded
- Last inspected
- 7 August 2025
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 19 recorded · 3 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
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.
Inspections, by type
Years with a record
4 calendar years (2022–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it160 - 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.
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Inspection history · 7
7 August 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8204822
10 October 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8019761
1 October 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8012571
6 September 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7786904
9 August 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7765061
5 April 2023
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7667167
6 April 2022
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7431687
Deficiency record · 19
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire prevention structural integrity
Issued 5 April 2023
No resolution recorded
Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces. There are two, approximately 4ft x 3ft holes cut into the aft engine room bulkhead to accommodate the location of the vessel's Z drives. Current configuration does not allow ventilation to be secured to the engine room in case of fire. Additionally, holes pose a risk of down flooding in the engine room. Repairs must be made prior to movement. Submit repair proposal to [name withheld] changes to the vessel's original structure or arrangement will require plan approval in accordance with 46 CFR Part 144.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 5 April 2023
No resolution recorded
The owner and managing operator must ensure that the towing vessel is in compliance with this subchapter and other applicable laws and regulations at all times. Engine room has multiple deficiencies including fuel leaks, disconnected wiring, and debris scattered throughout the engine room including: tools, parts, trash and drums and buckets of flammable liquids.It is evident that owner/operator is not proactively managing the vessel. Vessel is required to undergo full COI inspection prior to operation.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine
Issued 5 April 2023
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 generator is inoperable.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 20 April 2022
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearing, and electrical equipment and systems must:be maintained to ensure proper operation. During the 20APR2022 deficiency check it was discovered the STBD Z-drive was inoperable. Vessel shall complete repairs and operationally test the STBD Z-drive unit to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must carry at least one appropriately sized approved lifejacket for each person onboard. There were no approved lifejackets onboard. Vessel shall have one approved lifejacket onboard for each person onboard.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
The master must ensure that all lifesaving equipment is properly maintained and ready for use at all times. All the life rings onboard were weathered to the point that the plug was rotted off and the grab lines were falling apart. The vessel shall be fitted with new or well maintained life rings.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Fire hoses must be fitted with a nozzle made of corrosion resistant material capable of providing a solid stream and a spray pattern. None of the fire hoses onboard were fitted with a nozzle. Each fire hose shall be fitted with an appropriate nozzle.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be fitted with a general alarm. There is no general alarm installed onboard. Vessel shall install a general alarm or identify a USCG approved alternate means to notify all persons onbard of an emergency.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Compressed gas cylinders must always be secured and, when not in use, stowed in a rack in an upright position with the valve protection cap in place. Observed an unsecured oxygen/acetylene cylinder combo on the deck. Vessel shall store and secure these compressed gas cylinders as required by regulation.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Magnetic compass
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an illumintaed magnetic compass or swing meter (western rivers only). the vessel did not have either installed onboard. The vessel shall install an illuminated magnetic compass or swing meter onboard the vessel.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid cabinet or kit, appropriate to the size of the crew and operating conditions. All the first aid kits onboard were observed to be expired. Vessel shall replace the first aid kits onboard in compliance with the regulations.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Towing vessels must carry a combination of day/night visual distress signals. Vessel did not have distress signals onboard. Vessel shall place the appropriate types and quantities of visual distress signals onboard.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The vessel did not have any of the alarms or gauges required by 46CFR143.230. The vessel shall install the required alarms and gauges onboard the vessel.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Records of drills and instruction must be maintained in the TVR or official logbook. There are no records of the required drills and instruction onboard. The master of the vessel shall record and maintain the records of all required drills in accordance with the regulations.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
A towing vessel must maintain a Towing Vessel Record (TVR). There is no TVR onboard. Vessel shall create and maintain a TVR onboard and make it available for inspection by the Coast Guard.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
The master of each towing vessel must ensure the personnel records required by 46 CFR 140.400 is recorded, logged, and maintained onboard. There are no personnel records onboard. Vessel shall meet the personnel records requirements of 46 CFR 140.400
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
Fire detection system design and installation must be certified by a registered professional engineer [name withheld] letter was not available for review. The PE letter must be made available for review by a USCG inspector.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
The owner/operator must implement other types of safety control measures before relying on PPE. One of the fire extinguishers in the engine room was too large for the provided mount and was sitting unsecured on the deck creating a potential safety hazard. The extinguisher shall be secured to a mount approved for this type of extinguisher or removed and replaced with an approved fire extinguisher with a proper mount.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 6 April 2022
Resolved
The owner/operator must implement procedures to identify and mitigate health and safety hazards, including: (7) Electrical. There were mulitple locations where there were exposed wires and inoperable light fixtures. The vessel shall correct all electrical issues prior to the scheduled deficiency check on 20APR2022
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.