AUSTIN COLE

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

AUSTIN COLE is a 1985 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2005, most recently in July 2026, along with 4 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2026.

Records from 2005 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 July 2026.

Built: 1985
Last inspected: 13 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2008–2026
Inspected with: 8 other vessels

Identity

692729

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WCW2228

263508

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-263508

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2005–2026)

The 15 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)56.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 7.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 77 / net 62

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMARINE BUILDERS, INC · UTICA, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1985

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portBRISCOE, WV

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 21 August 2025 · expires 31 August 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 it77 - Simplified, Gross Ton
62 - 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 · 8

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.

ACL 9233 Freight Barge · MISLE 378521 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 J. CAROLE NEALE Towing Vessel · MISLE 680647 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 AEP 153 Freight Barge · MISLE 794806 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 MIKE SANDERS Towing Vessel · MISLE 971823 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 DAN ELDER Towing Vessel · MISLE 1135140 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 M J MONAHAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 421709 · 13 March 2008 · activity 3172138 AEP 192 Freight Barge · MISLE 846205 · 13 March 2008 · activity 3172138 KIRBY 14805 Tank Barge · MISLE 315253 · 28 March 2005 · activity 2351058

Inspection history · 15

13 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8438757

26 June 2025 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8168584

1 May 2024 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7904941

29 September 2023 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7801741

27 July 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7518647

13 July 2021 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7258075

11 July 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4747686

7 February 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4530311

5 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4444107

8 April 2011 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3981912

9 February 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3960603

13 March 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3172138

14 July 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2712816

7 November 2005 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2530084

28 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2351058

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

13 March 2008Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3172138

9 February 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3960603

11 July 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4747686

13 July 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8438757

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.

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.