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CHAS D GAITHER

CHAS D GAITHER is a 1940 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 1 inspection in 2021, along with 1 deficiency.

Records in 2021. Most recent: inspection, 24 May 2021.

Built
1940
Last inspected
24 May 2021
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

WM5502
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-60985

Inspections, by type

Years with a record 1 calendar year (2021)
The 1 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 5 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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)48.3 ft × 12.0 ft × 6.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 23 / net 15
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSPEDDEN SHIPBUILDING COPMANY INC · BALTIMORE, MD, UNITED STATES · built 1940
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portBALTIMORE, MD
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational
DocumentationValid · issued 10 October 2025 · expires 31 October 2026
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 it23 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
15 - 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 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspection history · 1

24 May 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7205407

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 24 May 2021 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 associated fleet 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.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 August 2021
Resolved 15 July 2021
Resolution: Co requested Laid-up status. been on blocks since 2011.

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.