GENERAL

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

GENERAL is a 1954 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1994, most recently in November 2025, along with 7 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2024.

Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 November 2025.

Built: 1954
Last inspected: 10 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2006–2024

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 10 November 2025

Recorded inspections22

…physical examinations14

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 16 calendar years (1994–2025)

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

907159

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WDE4192

280399

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-280399

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)71.0 ft × 19.5 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 92 / net 74

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMISSOURI VALLEY STEEL · LEAVENWORTH, KS, UNITED STATES · built 1954

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portCHEBOYGAN, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 26 March 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it92 - Simplified, Gross Ton
74 - 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.

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 · 22

10 November 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8262586

22 August 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7986376

2 August 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7977159

15 August 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7790880

6 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7704574

25 May 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7696669

10 January 2023 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7667711

18 August 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7534502

12 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7504824

7 January 2019 Liferaft Servicing

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6621620

25 September 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6548260

3 October 2016 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6027972

11 August 2016 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5987198

20 May 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4864374

5 May 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4004137

15 April 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3717227

21 April 2009 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3467711

16 December 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3381863

4 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2645863

23 May 2005 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2366012

23 April 1998 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO SAULT STE MARIE · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1418341

15 February 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 660565

Deficiency record · 7

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 10 November 2025 Resolved

Pressure vessel relief valves must be tested twice every 5 years not to exceed 36 months since last test. Tests not conducted.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 December 2025
Resolved 5 December 2025
Resolution: New pressure relief valves installed.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 10 November 2025 Resolved

Machinery systems must be designed to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel. MI discovered pressure relief valves rated at 100 psi when pressure at compressor was over 110 psi.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 December 2025
Resolved 5 December 2025
Resolution: New preesure relief valves installed.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes

Issued 10 November 2025 Resolved

A fixed fire pump must be capable of being energized remotely in a safe place outside engine room. Vessel does not have a remote operation of fire pump.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 December 2025
Resolved 29 December 2025
Resolution: Installed remote start for fire pump

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 10 November 2025 Resolved

Individual circuit breakers on distribution panels must be labeled. Panels not properly labeled at pilothouse and engine room.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 December 2025
Resolved 5 December 2025
Resolution: Circuit breakers labeled.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator

Issued 18 August 2022 Resolved

Vessel does not have a functioning rudder angle indicator.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 September 2022
Resolved 22 September 2022

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 12 July 2022 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have onboard a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel has not scheduled an inspection or obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection immediately and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 19 July 2022
Resolved 6 September 2022
Resolution: Corrected.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Issued 25 September 2018 Resolved

The vessel is currently broadcasting (1) Improper Name. Must remove “TUG”.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 25 October 2018
Resolved 19 November 2018
Resolution: Verified no errors in VIVS.

Casualty record · 3

4 May 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2645863

6 June 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7704574

2 August 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7977159

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.