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IRON MIKE
IRON MIKE is a 1984 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 1994, most recently in January 2024, along with 11 deficiencies.
Records from 1994 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 23 January 2024.
- Built
- 1984
- Last inspected
- 23 January 2024
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 11 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
23 January 2024
…with no type recorded4
Deficiencies
11 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
12 calendar years (1994–2024)
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
673488
WDG-5282
238925
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-238925
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)42.0 ft × 14.7 ft × 7.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 32 / net 25
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBALEHI MARINE · LACOMBE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1984
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portMIAMI, FL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
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 it32 - Simplified, Gross Ton
25 - Simplified, Net Ton
25 - 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.
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 · 14
23 January 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7853460
19 January 2022
Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7381513
3 March 2020
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6919409
16 August 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6513608
17 March 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station St Inigoes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5085569
5 February 2013
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4533858
1 December 2006
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2832272
16 December 2005
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2552306
9 September 2004
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2191518
17 August 2004
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2168840
30 December 2003
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1983457
20 October 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 169716
11 August 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 665463
18 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 141448
Deficiency record · 11
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 19 January 2022
Resolved
Life jackets must be readily accessible. Life jackets were stored in forward void.
46 CFR 141.340(d)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 19 January 2022
Resolved
Each lifebuoy on a towing vessel must be marked in block capital letters with the name of the vessel. Inspector found both buoys were improperly labeled.
46 CFR 141.360(4)(b)(4)
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Nautical publications
Issued 19 January 2022
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts, maps, and nautical publications including: U.S. Coast Pilot or similar publication. The U. S. Pilot [name withheld], and Tide Current Tables on board were for the previous year.
46 CFR 140.705(b)(2)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Line-throwing appliance
Issued 19 January 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel operating in oceans and coast wise service must have a line throwing appliance approved under approval series 160.040-4; which requires Four rocket projectiles, each with bridle and leader off fire-resistant materials. Vessel has only 2 line throwing devices on-board.
46 CFR 141.385
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 11 January 2021
Resolved
46CFR141.235(a):All lifesaving equipment must be tested and maintained in accordance with the minimum requirements of 199.190 of this chapter as applicable. Vessels EPIRB hydrostatic release installation date was not marked.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances
Issued 3 March 2020
Resolved
46CFR141.235(a): All lifesaving equipment must be tested and maintained in accordance with the minimum requirements of 199.190 of this chapter as applicable. Port and starboard lifebuoy lights have expired batteries.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm
Issued 3 March 2020
Resolved
46CFR143.230(a)(6): Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The following alarms must be provided: Low hydraulic steering fluid levels. Vessel did not have a low level fluid alarm.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 3 March 2020
Resolved
46CFR140.610(f): Decks and bulkheads designed to be watertight or weathertight must be maintained in that condition. Wire penetrations in the engine room bulkhead on the starboard side are not watertight.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress messages: obligations and procedures
Issued 3 March 2020
Resolved
46CFR140.405(c): The emergency duties and duty stations required by this section must be posted at each operating station and in a conspicuous location in a space commonly visited by crewmembers. Vessel does not have posted emergency radio procedures at the operating station.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 3 March 2020
Resolved
46CFR16.230(e): Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section, the minimum annual percentage rate for random drug testing shall be 50 percent of covered crewmembers. Vessel missing documentation of persons tested and results on hand.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 16 August 2018
Resolved
The vessel is currently broadcasting (1) Zero Length and Beam
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
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