8TH SEA

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

8TH SEA is a 1953 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2012, most recently in July 2020, along with 1 deficiency and 1 operational control.

Records from 2012 to 2020. Most recent: operational control imposed, 22 October 2020.

Built: 1953
Last inspected: 21 July 2020
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

1057948

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462438

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-462438

Inspections, by type

…administrative events2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2012–2020)

The 2 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 6 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 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)45.0 ft × 12.5 ft × 7.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 29 / net 23

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderAMERICAN ELECTRIC WELDING · BALTIMORE MARYLAND, UNITED STATES · built 1953

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPLATTSBURGH, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational

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 it29 - Simplified, Gross Ton
23 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspection history · 2

21 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7012733

5 June 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4334455

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 21 July 2020 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 50% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 Days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 21 October 2020
Resolved 3 November 2020
Resolution: changed vessel to Sub C vessel due to strictly assistance towing.

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.