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BLACK BEARD
BLACK BEARD is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1993, most recently in January 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2025.
Records from 1993 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 7 January 2026.
- Built
- 1981
- Last inspected
- 7 January 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2006–2025
Identity
641525
WDE2474
202366
Flag
UNITED STATES
367325760
Maury page id
psix-202366
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded12
Years with a record
18 calendar years (1993–2026)
The 22 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)65.7 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.1 ft
Registered tonnagegross 182 / net 124
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderST CHARLES STEEL WORKS · THIBODAUX, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1981
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 28 August 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it182 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
124 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
124 - 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
WDE2474MMSI 367325760 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 September 2017, expires 6 December 2027
WRA5003MMSI 367009190 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 September 2006, cancelled 10 December 2016 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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 · 7
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.
REALIST Towing Vessel · MISLE 141914 · 23 March 2025 · activity 8098366WHIRLAWAY Towing Vessel · MISLE 508313 · 23 March 2025 · activity 8098366SCF 24132B Freight Barge · MISLE 676664 · 23 March 2025 · activity 8098366WTV 404 Freight Barge · MISLE 47814 · 13 July 2015 · activity 5221721AT 706B Freight Barge · MISLE 132035 · 7 April 2004 · activity 2040226CHARLES ROSS Towing Vessel · MISLE 139707 · 7 April 2004 · activity 2040226CC 7808 Freight Barge · MISLE 313520 · 7 April 2004 · activity 2040226Inspection history · 22
7 January 2026
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8291308
20 May 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8139801
23 March 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8098366
4 July 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7956125
1 April 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7888246
19 January 2024
MTSA Verification · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7830547
19 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6983525
21 August 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6796011
10 May 2018
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6505097
19 October 2017
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6291016
26 January 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5803954
13 July 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5221721
2 December 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5033072
7 November 2013
MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4749071
25 November 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4491967
23 April 2010
Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3725195
14 November 2008
Administration
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3363318
29 December 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3124341
11 March 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2601596
11 March 2006
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2602512
7 April 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2040226
29 March 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 170666
Deficiency record · 2
Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-reduction gear) › Crankshaft
Issued 11 March 2006
Resolved
Center main diesel engine crankshaft berring failed.
Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-reduction gear) › Crankshaft
Issued 11 March 2006
Resolved
Port main diesel engine crankshaft berring failed.
Casualty record · 3
11 March 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2601596
29 December 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3124341
23 March 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8098366
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.