ALVIN M

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

ALVIN M is a 1987 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2002, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2014.

Records from 2002 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 20 April 2026.

Built: 1987
Last inspected: 20 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2014
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

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 20 April 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations7

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2002–2026)

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

923438

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WDI4284

300202

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-300202

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)51.4 ft × 22.4 ft × 7.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 57 / net 46

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSERODINO, INC. · GUILD, TN, UNITED STATES · built 1987

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portTELL CITY, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 12 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it57 - Simplified, Gross Ton
46 - 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 5

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.

TINA BOWLING Towing Vessel · MISLE 143090 · 24 February 2014 · activity 4817447 BRADLEY NEIL Towing Vessel · MISLE 354649 · 24 February 2014 · activity 4817447 YVONNE CONWAY Towing Vessel · MISLE 387580 · 24 February 2014 · activity 4817447 G ALLEN OLDHAM Towing Vessel · MISLE 107563 · 13 February 2014 · activity 4799531 ING 5772 Freight Barge · MISLE 381250 · 13 February 2014 · activity 4799531

Inspection history · 13

20 April 2026 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8352569

23 September 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8007842

1 February 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7141673

9 November 2020 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7100407

9 March 2017 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6103992

27 August 2015 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5233840

24 February 2015 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5074149

24 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4817447

13 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4799531

9 December 2009 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3647590

30 July 2009 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3557054

5 February 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1744103

29 January 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1482079

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 · 1

24 February 2014Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4817447

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.