FORT BRAGG

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

FORT BRAGG is a 1998 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 35 inspections since 1998, most recently in September 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 11 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2025.

Records from 1998 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 September 2025.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 28 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 35
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 11 investigations · 2002–2025
Inspected with: 24 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 28 September 2025

Recorded inspections35

…physical examinations8

…administrative events10

…with no type recorded17

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 19 calendar years (1998–2025)

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

1074922

8943935

WDE7065

486812

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-486812

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)85.4 ft × 32.3 ft × 13.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 144 / net 98

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)85.4 ft × 32.3 ft × 13.9 ft

ITC tonnagegross 215 / net 64

BuilderWASHBURN & DOUGHTY ASSOC · EAST BOOTHBAY, ME, UNITED STATES · built 1998

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, NC

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 7 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it215 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
144 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
64 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
98 - 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 · 24

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 · 35

28 September 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8242855

28 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8271472

21 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8004263

11 May 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7680331

27 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7518028

7 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7476562

7 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7499283

22 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7349606

25 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7298177

24 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7295087

28 September 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7067028

25 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7067155

8 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6950311

13 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6581577

17 May 2018 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6417112

26 January 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6078390

13 October 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6024600

25 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5728506

9 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5066058

21 March 2012 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4274397

29 October 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3884347

18 May 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3884326

17 February 2010 Administration

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3682232

24 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3681772

5 June 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3504912

3 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2866754

20 September 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2783918

20 September 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2784020

31 January 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1766898

12 January 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1737881

12 October 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1702813

24 September 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1679698

17 June 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 429840

11 February 1999 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1128139

8 December 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 39018

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 28 September 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. VSL reported failure of their STBD MDE while underway. 46 CFR 143.205 (c)

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 29 September 2025
Resolution: Accepted by ABS

Casualty record · 11

12 October 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1702813

12 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1737881

31 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1766898

3 February 2007Major Marine Casualty · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2866754

5 June 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3504912

24 January 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3681772

25 September 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5728506

13 October 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 6024600

7 June 2022Major Marine Casualty · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7476562

7 June 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7499283

28 September 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8271472

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.