CHALLENGER

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

CHALLENGER is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 28 inspections since 1997, most recently in January 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 8 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2023.

Records from 1997 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 8 January 2026.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 8 January 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 28
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2001–2023
Inspected with: 25 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

Identity

635043

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WDF5742

196740

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-196740

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded13

Years with a record 15 calendar years (1997–2026)

The 28 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)68.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 94 / net 75

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOUMA SHIPBUILDING CO · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portCHESAPEAKE, VA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 25 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it94 - Simplified, Gross Ton
75 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 25

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.

Inspection history · 28

8 January 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8292146

16 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8296890

28 April 2025 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8121897

8 August 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7977070

10 September 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7798073

10 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7834382

8 August 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7763385

8 August 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7764199

11 July 2023 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7739675

8 July 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7501061

8 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7616379

7 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7476562

3 June 2022 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7470317

3 September 2020 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7050151

3 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7066589

13 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6873380

18 July 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6797694

3 June 2019 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6704276

1 February 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6352751

23 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4787659

18 August 2011 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4145813

22 April 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3995310

21 August 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2755325

10 January 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2272067

1 December 2003 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1968475

2 August 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 152784

9 June 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 51662

12 March 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 22350

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 28 April 2025 Resolved

Machinery systems must be maintained to provided for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Complete satisfactory repairs on port and starboard main engines, and have TPO or USCG attest to satisfactory repairs and operation of port and starboard main engines. 46CFR143.205(a) 60ac

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 30 July 2025
Resolved 30 July 2025
Resolution: Received documentary proof from the TPO attesting the DF was rectified.

Casualty record · 8

2 August 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 152784

27 August 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 1487116

18 July 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 6797694

3 September 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7066589

7 June 2022Major Marine Casualty · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7476562

8 July 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7616379

8 August 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7764199

10 September 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7834382

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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 2

YUKON EAGLE (2001), DELTA CADET (2001). 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.