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MARS1
MARS1 is a 1979 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 1993, most recently in March 2026, along with 4 casualty investigations between 1993 and 2026.
Records from 1993 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 31 March 2026.
- Built
- 1979
- Last inspected
- 31 March 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 1993–2026
Identity
614248
WQZ5060
178002
Flag
UNITED STATES
368243630
Maury page id
psix-178002
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded9
Years with a record
14 calendar years (1993–2026)
The 17 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)42.0 ft × 19.0 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 51 / net 35
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderNEWTON J BLANCHARD · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1979
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portBOURG, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 15 July 2025 · expires 31 July 2026
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 it51 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
35 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
35 - 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
WDM8478MMSI 368243630 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 March 2022, expires 10 March 2032
WQZ5060MMSI 366967750 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 29 July 2004, cancelled 25 October 2014
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 · 9
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.
ARAPAHO Offshore Supply Vessel · MISLE 52307 · 26 March 2026 · activity 8358249E.W. ELLEFSEN Industrial Vessel · MISLE 54783 · 17 December 2012 · activity 4510133CHARLIE G Towing Vessel · MISLE 135539 · 17 December 2012 · activity 4510133FRED A SETTOON Towing Vessel · MISLE 467578 · 17 December 2012 · activity 4510133GULF ISLAND A&D NO 2 Freight Barge · MISLE 470288 · 29 January 1998 · activity 125911CMS 577 Freight Barge · MISLE 154502 · 2 October 1996 · activity 136815TBC1 Freight Barge · MISLE 53701 · 18 May 1993 · activity 48068CAJUN Towing Vessel · MISLE 155567 · 18 May 1993 · activity 48068CB-7 Freight Barge · MISLE 382260 · 18 May 1993 · activity 48068Inspection history · 17
31 March 2026
Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8338734
26 March 2026
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8358249
7 February 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7867470
9 January 2023
Exemption
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7618419
21 October 2021
Exemption
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7337225
14 January 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4516081
14 January 2013
Marine Casualty Follow Up
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4516120
17 December 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4510133
14 August 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4410566
14 April 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2912478
11 October 2006
MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2798598
17 December 2004
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2261489
22 March 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1598663
29 January 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 125911
2 October 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 136815
10 June 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 226915
18 May 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 48068
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 · 4
18 May 1993Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 48068
17 December 2012Routine · role: Reported in distress · activity 4510133
14 January 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4516081
26 March 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8358249
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 · 1
MR. N. BLANCHARD (1993–2013). 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.