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MIKE DONLON

MIKE DONLON is a 1999 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2023, most recently in December 2025, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 2023 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 11 December 2025.

Built
1999
Last inspected
11 December 2025
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

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 11 December 2025
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 3 calendar years (2023–2025)
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

1770765
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1770765

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it59 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
50 - Dead Weight, 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
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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Inspection history · 5

11 December 2025 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8282218
24 November 2025 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8270186
20 November 2024 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8097044
7 August 2024 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7977802
30 March 2023 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7660553

Deficiency record · 5

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 24 November 2025 Resolved
The vessels power driven fire pump shall be energized remotely from a safe place outside the engine room and at the pump. Vessels fire pump can only be started locally. Install remote start-up station for main fire pump. Def to be rectified within 90 days.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 1 March 2026
Resolved 11 December 2025
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation
Issued 24 November 2025 Resolved
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. Inlet ventilation for engine room, found on the exterior stack, observed without closure device. Provide closure device. Def to be rectified within 90 days.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 February 2026
Resolved 11 December 2025
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 24 November 2025 Resolved
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. Starboard main engine flexible fuel hose, from the fuel filter assembly, found weathered with dry rot. Replace hose. (See SAE J1942 for appropriate hoses). Def to be rectified within 90 days.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 February 2026
Resolved 18 December 2025
Resolution: Fuel hose replaced.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Placards
Issued 24 November 2025 Resolved
The master or person in charge of a ship, to which this section applies shall ensure that one or more placards meeting the requirements of this section are displayed in prominent locations and in sufficient numbers so that they can be read by the crew and passengers. For ships while operating on the Great Lakes or their connecting or tributary waters, the placard must (1) Notify the reader of the information in paragraph (c) of this section; or(2) Notify the reader of the following:(i) Except as allowed by § 151.66, the discharge of all garbage into the Great Lakes or their connecting or tributary waters is prohibited; and(ii) A person who violates the above requirements is liable for a civil penalty for each violation, and the criminal penalties of a class D felony. Garbage placards found out of date. Update placards. Def to be rectified within 90 days.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 February 2026
Resolved 11 December 2025
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 30 March 2023 Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid kit.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 12 August 2024
Resolution: First Aid Kit provided.

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.