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RUSTY HILL
Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named RUSTY HILL · BLESSEY MARINE SERVICES, INC. operator of record, 2023
RUSTY HILL is a 2001 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 2003, most recently in February 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 8 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2021.
Records from 2003 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 13 February 2024.
- Built
- 2001
- Last inspected
- 13 February 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 8 investigations · 2006–2021
Identity
1118641
WDA6027
36103
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-36103
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded17
Years with a record
17 calendar years (2003–2024)
The 31 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)60.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 77 / net 61
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSNEED SHIPBUILDING · ORANGE TX, UNITED STATES · built 2001
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 12 September 2025 · expires 31 October 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
61 - Simplified, Net Ton
61 - Simplified, 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
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
Inspected as a tow unit · 14
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.
CLELAND POWELL Towing Vessel · MISLE 1047237 · 4 May 2021 · activity 7189987GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1158958 · 4 May 2021 · activity 7189987M/V TOMMY E Towing Vessel · MISLE 164514 · 2 April 2020 · activity 6938045CHEM 1327 Tank Barge · MISLE 373725 · 2 April 2020 · activity 6938045WEB 138 Tank Barge · MISLE 1165715 · 2 April 2020 · activity 6938045MATTHEW Towing Vessel · MISLE 202017 · 6 November 2011 · activity 4183629WEB 123 Tank Barge · MISLE 1043569 · 18 August 2011 · activity 4147964WEB 128 Tank Barge · MISLE 1043576 · 18 August 2011 · activity 4147964TT 100 Tank Barge · MISLE 50456 · 18 September 2009 · activity 3610769MR CLIFF Towing Vessel · MISLE 393883 · 18 September 2009 · activity 3610769CGBM115 Tank Barge · MISLE 50455 · 2 April 2009 · activity 3448007SMI 218 Tank Barge · MISLE 51391 · 2 April 2009 · activity 3448007CGBM115 Tank Barge · MISLE 50455 · 30 March 2009 · activity 3443562SMI 218 Tank Barge · MISLE 51391 · 30 March 2009 · activity 3443562SEABULK MAGNACHEM Towing Vessel · MISLE 49073 · 6 May 2006 · activity 2643834SS WILLIAMS CLARK Tank Ship · MISLE 446627 · 6 May 2006 · activity 2643834Inspection history · 31
13 February 2024
COI Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7848694
17 November 2023
TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7916673
11 October 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806593
26 July 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7752756
22 February 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7400009
4 May 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7189987
26 March 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7163678
2 April 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6938045
14 October 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6835106
2 August 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6770604
25 March 2019
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6650490
12 March 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6641466
21 September 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6545917
11 April 2016
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5852768
5 June 2013
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4612008
6 November 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4183629
18 August 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4147964
2 July 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3788740
22 June 2010
MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3773826
9 February 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3677735
18 September 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3610769
2 September 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3583648
8 May 2009
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3470305
2 April 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3448007
30 March 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3443562
27 March 2007
Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2896029
6 May 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2643834
4 January 2005
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2268736
12 November 2004
Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC
Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2240424
2 February 2004
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1999173
24 November 2003
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1953969
Deficiency record · 1
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 13 February 2024
Resolved
At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110, unless the towing vessel is limited to daytime operation, in which case no floating electric water light is required. Lifebuoy lights were inoperable, needing new batteries.
Casualty record · 8
6 May 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2643834
30 March 2009Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3443562
2 April 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3448007
18 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3610769
2 July 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3788740
18 August 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4147964
6 November 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4183629
4 May 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7189987
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.