GARTH FOSS

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

GARTH FOSS is a 1993 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 111 inspections since 1993, most recently in May 2026, along with 33 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 13 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2025.

Records from 1993 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 6 May 2026.

Built: 1993
Last inspected: 6 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 111
Deficiencies: 33 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 13 investigations · 2006–2025
Inspected with: 14 other vessels

Identity

997792

9070266

WCE4732

391287

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-391287

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations55

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded48

Years with a record 34 calendar years (1993–2026)

The 111 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)137.5 ft × 46.0 ft × 18.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 459 / net 312

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)137.5 ft × 46.0 ft × 18.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 997 / net 299

BuilderHALTER MARINE, INC. · LOCKPORT, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1993

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSEATTLE, WA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 20 November 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it459 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
997 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
312 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
299 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
1372 - Displacement, 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 · 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.

Inspection history · 111

6 May 2026 Annual Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8317001

24 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8249625

10 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8156816

28 April 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8117631

27 January 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8072547

16 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · MARPOL Annex I Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7889939

14 March 2024 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7874898

14 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7689201

27 February 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7647673

22 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7566601

10 May 2022 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7448645

25 February 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7400692

20 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7383745

17 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7405488

5 October 2021 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7327925

26 May 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7206293

12 March 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6955333

15 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6876148

23 August 2019 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6902879

27 March 2019 MTSA/ISPS Verification · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6643902

1 February 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6618819

10 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6558761

4 January 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6331555

25 September 2017 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6274897

9 February 2017 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6084932

13 October 2016 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MTSA/ISPS Verification · COI Inspection · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6013336

13 January 2016 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5796993