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SIGNET DEFENDER

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SIGNET DEFENDER is a 1998 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2002, most recently in March 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2010.

Records from 2002 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 March 2025.

Built
1998
Last inspected
27 March 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
18
Deficiencies
1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
4 investigations · 2007–2010
Inspected with
2 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

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 27 March 2025
Recorded inspections18
…physical examinations5
…administrative events2
…with no type recorded11
Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 11 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

US Official No.
1070115
IMO number
9201982
Call sign
WTZ 9297
MISLE id
479302
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-479302

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)103.5 ft × 34.5 ft × 18.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 191 / net 129
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)103.5 ft × 34.5 ft × 18.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 385 / net 115
BuilderMAIN IRON WORKS INC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1998
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPASCAGOULA, MS
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 6 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it115 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
129 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
385 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
191 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 2

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.

SIGNET WARHORSE I Towing Vessel · MISLE 585078 · 2 January 2010 · activity 3658493SIGNET RELIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 926465 · 2 January 2010 · activity 3658493

Inspection history · 18

27 March 2025 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8102380
28 February 2023 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7643046
16 May 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7451818
23 June 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7263104
3 July 2012 MTSA/ISPS Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · MARPOL
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4365887
20 April 2012 MTSA/ISPS Verification
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4293054
2 June 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4082566
18 April 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3723027
2 January 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3658493
15 September 2009 MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3596276
14 September 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3602061
8 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2973988
2 June 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1808175
3 November 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1700376
11 October 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1688850
8 October 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1686984
4 October 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1684499
23 September 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1679983

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 27 March 2025 Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be suitable for route and service. Company reported vessel experienced a reduction in propulsion when STBD main engine went down due to potential keel cooler issue. Company to repair in accordance with their company processes/SMS (ISM) and provide objective evidence attesting to satisfactory repair. Vessel is prohibited from moving from current location until cleared from the CG. **see below** Vessel has completed temp repair and is authorized to transit lightship to Corpus Christi for permanent repair. Company to submit objective evidence to CG for clearance prior to departing Corpus Christi. 46 CFR 146.205(c)(2)
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 4 April 2025

Casualty record · 4

8 June 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2973988
14 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 3602061
2 January 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3658493
18 April 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3723027
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.

Recorded names · 1

KIMBERLY COLLE (2007–2010). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.