M/V COLE

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

M/V COLE is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 1987, most recently in August 2024, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 1987 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 August 2024.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 12 August 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
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 12 August 2024

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations4

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1987–2024)

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

635318

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WDF5264

196967

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-196967

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.8 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 66 / net 45

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMISSISSIPPI MARINE TOWBOA · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 June 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it66 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
45 - 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 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.

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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 10

12 August 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7979880

14 September 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7059862

12 September 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6810255

21 August 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6862003

14 May 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6415794

22 May 2012 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4319061

8 June 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4040370

16 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213088

13 August 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 28021

5 January 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 313680

Deficiency record · 3

Navigation

Issued 5 January 1987 Resolved

NO INLAND RULES OF THE ROAD ONBOARD AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR 88.05.

Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past

Documentation

Issued 5 January 1987 Resolved

NO RADIO STATION LICENSE AS REQUIRED BY 47 CFR 83.367.

Lifesaving

Issued 5 January 1987 Resolved

ONE RING BUOY ONBOARD DRY ROTTED AND HEAVILY WORN.

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.