ARNOLD W. MULZER

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

ARNOLD W. MULZER is a 1999 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2001, most recently in April 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2019.

Records from 2001 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 8 April 2024.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 8 April 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2002–2019
Inspected with: 2 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 8 April 2024

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2001–2024)

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

1088138

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WDE6285

505314

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-505314

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)128.5 ft × 33.7 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 604 / net 120

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)128.5 ft × 33.7 ft × 10.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 604 / net 120

BuilderQUALITY SHIPYARDS LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1999

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portTELL CITY, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 12 February 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 it604 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
120 - Convention (Subpart B), 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 · 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.

FRANCIS R. KEEGAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 137783 · 12 September 2002 · activity 1675127 ACBL 3113 Freight Barge · MISLE 177955 · 12 September 2002 · activity 1675127

Inspection history · 13

8 April 2024 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7870141

3 November 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7810394

21 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7672936

14 August 2019 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6783333

13 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6784363

22 March 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6629547

19 November 2018 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6580787

23 January 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5057962

24 January 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3932810

18 October 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3873472

3 December 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1714319

12 September 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1675127

4 December 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 296103

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 8 April 2024 Resolved

Multiple lifebuoys' grab lines showed signs of degradation and need to be repaired.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 9 April 2024
Resolution: Grab lines have been replaced on all lifebuoys

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 14 August 2019 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards. There is gear oil leaking due to a failed gasket on the starboard main diesel engine reduction gear lube oil cooling system. The leaking gasket needs to be repaired. The oil has also covered a large portion of the engine room and is a fire hazard. This oil needs to be cleaned up.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 22 August 2019
Resolution: The gasket was replaced and all the gear oil was cleaned from the starboard main diesel engine reduction gear as well as the entire engine room.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment

Issued 14 August 2019 Resolved

Towing vessels of more than 65 feet must carry at least the minimum number of hand-portable fire extinguishers indicated on the COI. Three extinguishers were utilized during firefighting operations and will need to be replaced.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 22 August 2019
Resolution: The hand-portable fire extinguishers indicated on the COI that was used to extinguish the fire have been replaced and serviced.

Casualty record · 2

12 September 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1675127

13 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6784363

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.