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FREEDOM

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

FREEDOM is a 2003 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 34 inspections since 2004, most recently in March 2026, along with 20 deficiencies and 10 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2024.

Records from 2004 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 17 March 2026.

Built
2003
Last inspected
17 March 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
34
Deficiencies
20 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
10 investigations · 2004–2024
Inspected with
15 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
1137914
IMO number
9290622
Call sign
WDD5825
MISLE id
609006
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-609006

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations18
…administrative events5
…with no type recorded11
Years with a record 18 calendar years (2004–2026)
The 34 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.

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)87.4 ft × 32.0 ft × 13.9 ft
Registered tonnagegross 148 / net 31
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)87.4 ft × 32.0 ft × 13.9 ft
ITC tonnagegross 235 / net 70
BuilderWASHBURN & DOUGHTY ASSOCIATES INC · EAST BOOTHBAY, ME, UNITED STATES · built 2003
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Outdrive
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portNEW YORK, NY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 10 September 2025 · expires 31 October 2026
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 it235 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
148 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
70 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
31 - 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 15

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.

VINCENT D. TIBBETTS JR Towing Vessel · MISLE 113936 · 6 December 2024 · activity 8044458LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 623727 · 6 December 2024 · activity 8044458TORM LENE Tank Ship · MISLE 993195 · 6 December 2024 · activity 8044458R.T.C. NO. 380 Tank Barge · MISLE 47041 · 22 September 2017 · activity 6290113AUSTIN REINAUER Towing Vessel · MISLE 155016 · 17 January 2015 · activity 5064415RTC 100 Tank Barge · MISLE 746066 · 17 January 2015 · activity 5064415ATLANTIC SALVOR Towing Vessel · MISLE 146421 · 11 February 2008 · activity 3149789IONA MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 199801 · 11 February 2008 · activity 3149789LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 623727 · 11 February 2008 · activity 3149789DB #12 Freight Barge · MISLE 880353 · 5 October 2006 · activity 2882045DELAWARE 65 Tank Barge · MISLE 45968 · 12 June 2006 · activity 2681162KIMBERLY TURECAMO Towing Vessel · MISLE 181795 · 12 June 2006 · activity 2681162LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 623727 · 13 January 2006 · activity 2567093LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 623727 · 5 April 2005 · activity 2328338PRENTISS BROWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 94641 · 7 November 2004 · activity 2236286LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 623727 · 7 November 2004 · activity 2236286T B PELICAN Tank Barge · MISLE 52108 · 30 September 2004 · activity 2215896EVERLY MIST Towing Vessel · MISLE 144879 · 30 September 2004 · activity 2215896B-130 Freight Barge · MISLE 91070 · 26 February 2004 · activity 2024996IONA MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 199801 · 26 February 2004 · activity 2024996LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 623727 · 26 February 2004 · activity 2024996

Inspection history · 34

17 March 2026 Underwater Inspection in lieu of Drydock · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8306585
16 October 2025 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8246927
6 December 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8044458
23 October 2024 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8013654
15 August 2023 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7759431
13 April 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7652154
2 December 2022 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7604130
5 October 2021 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7326531
5 April 2021 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7124648
1 December 2020 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7103988
31 October 2019 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6845590
15 February 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6626341
6 December 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6593033
12 September 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Navigation Center · Activity 6538773
23 July 2018 MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6488283
17 April 2018 Administration
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6405878
12 October 2017 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6287072
22 September 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6290113
17 January 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5064415
31 January 2013 DAPI Audit
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4525994
28 March 2011 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3973441
17 April 2009 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3473917
8 January 2009 Administration
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3390819
11 February 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3149789
5 October 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2882045
12 June 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2681162
23 May 2006 MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other
Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2667130
13 January 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2567093
5 April 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2328338
7 November 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2236286
30 September 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2215896
17 March 2004 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2091121
26 February 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2024996
30 January 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2003948

Deficiency record · 20

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 16 October 2025 Resolved
Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. Emergency lighting sources must provide for sufficient illumination under emergency conditions to facilitate egress from each space and must be either:(1) Automatic, battery-operated with a duration of no less than 2 hours; or (2) Non-electric, phosphorescent adhesive lighting strips that are installed along escape routes and sufficiently visible to enable egress with no power. Emergency escape hatch in aft steering machinery space was not outfitted with a means to illuminate the path of egress when the vessel loses power.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 30 October 2025
Resolved 7 November 2025
Resolution: Received objective evidence from operator that emergency light was installed in aft machinery space and illuminates when main power is secured.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Decks - corrosion
Issued 15 August 2023 Resolved
The vessel has been both in satisfactory service insofar as structural adequacy is concerned and does not cause the structure of the vessel to be questioned by either the OCMI, or TPO engaged to perform an audit or survey. MI observed water leaking from cable deck penetration in engineroom to boat deck.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 15 September 2023
Resolved 28 August 2023
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 15 August 2023 Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid cabinet or kit, appropriate to the size of the crew and operating conditions. MI observed lack of industrial/cabinet first aid kit appropriate for the crew size and routes as well as lack of equipment required for an oceans route.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 15 September 2023
Resolved 28 August 2023
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 5 October 2021 Resolved
Portable and semi-portable fire extinguishers must be inspected, maintained and tested in accordance with NFPA; monthly inspections required by NFPA 10 may be conducted by the owner, operator, person-in-charge or designated member of the crew. Monthly fire extinguishers were not being conducted.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 October 2021
Resolved 19 November 2021
Resolution: Company updated monthly fire drill checklist to include inspecting portable fire extinguishers. See deficiency documents.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 1 December 2020 Resolved
Each towing vessel must be fitted with a general alarm has installed in the engine room and other areas where background noise makes general alarm hard to hear, a supplemental flashing red light identified with sign that reads: "Attention General Alarm- When Alarm Sounds or Flashes Go to Your Station." The general alarm in the engine room and aft engine room do not have signs.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 December 2020
Resolved 28 December 2020
Resolution: Vessel installed proper signs for the general alarm
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 1 December 2020 Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with a means to detect smoke in the berthing spaces and lounges that alerts individuals in those spaces by either installed detection system or individual battery operated UL 217 detectors. The vessels berthing spaces do not have smoke detection.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 December 2020
Resolved 28 December 2020
Resolution: Vessel installed UL approved smoke detectors in all berthing rooms.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Electronic charts (ECDIS)
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
A towing vessel must carry up to date charts for the intended voyage. Vessel has not updated electronic charts since 2016.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 19 November 2019
Resolution: Operator provided CD card with up-to-date charts.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
A fire detection system installed on a towing vessel must have visual alarms to identify the zone or zones of origin of fire. There is currently no way to identify location of alarm zone at the fire detection panel at the operating station.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 12 November 2019
Resolution: Operator submitted objective evidence that the fire zones were properly labeled
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
No later than July 22, 2019, owner or operating operator must implement a health and safety plan. Company currently does not have a health and safety plan on board the vessel.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 8 November 2019
Resolution: Operator completed Health & Safety plan to be used on board
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Voyage or passage plan
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
The officer in charge of a navigational watch must conduct a navigation assessment for the intended route and operations prior to getting underway. Vessel currently does not conduct navigation assessments prior to getting underway.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 8 November 2019
Resolution: Operator submitted Navigation assessment to be used on board
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. The emergency light in the engineers stateroom is inoperable.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 8 November 2019
Resolution: Emergergency light has been replaced
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
The COI must be framed under glass or other transparent material and posted in a conspicuous place on board the vessel.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 12 November 2019
Resolution: Operator posted COI on vessel's bridge
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved
Auxiliary generators engine RPM gauge must be at the machinery location. Auxiliary generator engine RPM gauge is inoperable.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 November 2019
Resolved 8 November 2019
Resolution: RPM gauge has been repaired
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 12 September 2018 Resolved
Vsl is broadcasting invalid IMO #
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 19 November 2018
Resolution: While running a query in VIVS, all information had been updated and AIS was broadcasting the proper information
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 23 July 2018 Resolved
ILR is required to have SOLAS B pack. Provide ILR with SOLAS B pack.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: Operator obtained new ILR with SOLAS B pack.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Line-throwing appliance
Issued 23 July 2018 Resolved
No line-throwing appliance on board. Provide line-throwing appliance.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: Operator obtained line throwing appliances.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 23 July 2018 Resolved
Life ring waterlight line required to be 3 to 6 feet in lenght. Make line 3 to 6 feet in lenght.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: Line replaced with one of satisfactory length.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 23 July 2018 Resolved
Emergeny lighting in galley area inoperable. Prove proper operation of light.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018
Resolution: Operational Emergency lighting unit was installed. Tested sat.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Testing, Pre-employment
Issued 31 January 2013 Resolved
Provide proof of pre-employment testing for all covered employees IAW 46 CFR 16.210.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Due 2 March 2013
Resolved 6 February 2013
Resolution: provided proof of pre-employment for all crewmembers
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Training Requirements
Issued 31 January 2013 Resolved
Provide documentaion that employees have received training, one hour for supervisors IAW 46 CFR 16.401
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 2 March 2013
Resolved 1 March 2013
Resolution: EAP training completed for crewmembers and supervisors.

Casualty record · 10

26 February 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2024996
30 September 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2215896
7 November 2004Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2236286
5 April 2005Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2328338
13 January 2006Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 2567093
12 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2681162
5 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2882045
11 February 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3149789
22 September 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6290113
6 December 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8044458
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.