GUARD

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

GUARD is a 1997 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 2002, most recently in December 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 5 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2025.

Records from 2002 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 December 2025.

Built: 1997
Last inspected: 7 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 26
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2009–2025
Inspected with: 7 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 7 December 2025

Recorded inspections26

…physical examinations7

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded13

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 16 calendar years (2002–2025)

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

1045213

9139830

WCY2823

444440

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-444440

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)112.8 ft × 41.5 ft × 16.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 294 / net 200

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)112.8 ft × 41.5 ft × 16.9 ft

ITC tonnagegross 601 / net 180

BuilderNICHOLS BROTHERS BOAT BLD · FREELAND, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1997

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSAN FRANCISCO, CA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 14 January 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 it601 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
294 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
180 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
200 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 7

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.

SOUND RELIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 510923 · 4 November 2020 · activity 7126894 550-2 Tank Barge · MISLE 511217 · 4 November 2020 · activity 7126894 RESPONSE Towing Vessel · MISLE 576747 · 4 November 2020 · activity 7126894 SEA RELIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 510918 · 2 February 2009 · activity 3420952 550-1 Tank Barge · MISLE 511216 · 2 February 2009 · activity 3420952 SITKA Towing Vessel · MISLE 208056 · 29 November 2004 · activity 2250005 PROTECTOR Towing Vessel · MISLE 444439 · 29 November 2004 · activity 2250005

Inspection history · 26

7 December 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8278635

6 December 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8306104

31 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8102932

24 September 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8006480

1 June 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7702283

31 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7741004

21 September 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7563940

4 November 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7126894

8 May 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6679606

30 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6094119

24 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5821446

9 May 2014 Administration

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4856577

30 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4775826

3 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4582700

16 May 2012 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4313130

24 June 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4062115

6 December 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3905248

15 July 2009 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3514612

2 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3420952

30 November 2007 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3107663

28 December 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2265622

3 December 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2258584

29 November 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2250005

30 June 2004 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2116732

30 January 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2013615

17 September 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1676755

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 7 December 2025 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must:(1) Be maintained to ensure proper operation;(2) Be suitable for route and service; and(3) Have suitable propulsion controls to provide the operator full control at each operating station. Vessel reported loss of starboard main engine under normal conditions. Vessel authorized a one-time transit to Anacortes to ID/report cause and effect permanent repairs.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 8 December 2025
Resolution: Received ABS report attesting to repairs completed by crew.

Casualty record · 5

2 February 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3420952

24 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4062115

4 November 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7126894

31 May 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7741004

6 December 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8306104

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.