BLUE MARLIN

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named BLUE MARLIN

BLUE MARLIN is a 1992 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2002, most recently in December 2017, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2006.

Records from 2002 to 2017. Most recent: inspection, 10 December 2017.

Built: 1992
Last inspected: 10 December 2017
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2006
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

984300

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WDC3516

374188

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367009380, 367441220 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-374188

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2002–2017)

The 8 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 9 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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)44.0 ft × 20.0 ft × 5.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 34 / net 27

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSTAR SHPBLDG ENTERPRISES · ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1992

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPORT BOLIVAR, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it27 - Simplified, Net Ton
34 - Simplified, Gross 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

WDF3548MMSI 367441220 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 February 2010, cancelled 2 May 2020

WDC3516MMSI 367009380 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 8 January 2005, cancelled 14 March 2015

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

TM 999 Freight Barge · MISLE 366662 · 24 February 2006 · activity 2597688

Inspection history · 8

10 December 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Destin · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6321963

24 November 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4028836

12 July 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4078873

11 June 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4041549

25 May 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4021626

24 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2597688

9 August 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1658971

3 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1625594

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 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at 146 BRIDGE · activity 2597688

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.