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MIDWEST CHALLENGER
Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Other hulls named MIDWEST CHALLENGER
MIDWEST CHALLENGER is a 2023 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2022, most recently in January 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2024.
Records from 2022 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 26 January 2026.
- Built
- 2023
- Last inspected
- 26 January 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2024
Identity
1332445
WDP5301
1763347
Flag
UNITED STATES
368362160
Maury page id
psix-1763347
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
3 calendar years (2022–2026)
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.
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)65.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 83 / net 66
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderNICHOLS BOAT COMPANY · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 2023
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portJOLIET, IL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 18 August 2026 · expires 30 September 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 it83 - Simplified, Gross Ton
66 - Simplified, Net Ton
66 - Simplified, 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
WDP5301MMSI 368362160 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 13 April 2024, expires 13 April 2034
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 · 2
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.
KILLIAN L. HUGER Towing Vessel · MISLE 167289 · 22 June 2024 · activity 8084584CBX 2055 Freight Barge · MISLE 967899 · 22 June 2024 · activity 8084584Inspection history · 4
26 January 2026
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8302313
16 January 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8297275
22 June 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8084584
2 December 2022
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7789591
Deficiency record · 3
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire prevention structural integrity
Issued 8 May 2024
Resolved
Waste receptacles on vessel are not made of non-combustible materials. Remove from vessel or replace with non-combustible material type.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 8 May 2024
Resolved
At least one lifebuoy must have a lifeline, secured around the body of the lifebuoy. No lifebuoy on board has a secured lifeline. Secure a lifeline around the body of at least one lifebuoy.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 8 May 2024
Resolved
Port search light beam lamp is broken and not operational. Replace beam lamp and test operation of port search light.
Casualty record · 1
22 June 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8084584
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.