MASTER TYLER

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MASTER TYLER is a 2003 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2009, most recently in May 2021, along with 1 deficiency, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2016.

Records from 2009 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 25 May 2021.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 25 May 2021
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2016
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

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 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 25 May 2021

Recorded inspections8

…physical examinations4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2009–2021)

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

1144669

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WDC3431

635580

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-635580

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)55.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 64 / net 51

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderRODRIGUEZ BOAT BUILDERS INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2003

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portBURAS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it64 - Simplified, Gross Ton
51 - Simplified, 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.

LADY JOSIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 452425 · 24 January 2016 · activity 5955628 BIP MAR I Offshore Supply Vessel · MISLE 458803 · 24 January 2016 · activity 5955628

Inspection history · 8

25 May 2021 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7206184

17 November 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7097181

24 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5955628

8 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5718736

23 December 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5043648

24 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4936870

12 October 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4167126

2 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3426663

Deficiency record · 1

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator

Issued 17 November 2020 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have a means to monitor and control the amount of thrust, rudder angle, and direction of thrust at each operating station. Vessel's rudder angle indicator is inoperable. Vessel may proceed to its destination in Sabine Pass TX with a crewmember standing by the steering gear, equipped with a radio to report rudder angle to the bridge for the duration of the voyage. Prior to departure from the destination, vessel must recieve approval from the OCMI.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 November 2020
Resolved 17 November 2020
Resolution: Vessel consulted technician, and found the gauge sending unit loose. Crew tightened the sending unit properly with satisfactory results. Steering tested to the satsfaction of the attending marine inspector.

Casualty record · 1

24 January 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 5955628

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.