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SIGNET CHALLENGER

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named SIGNET CHALLENGER

SIGNET CHALLENGER is a 2003 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2003, most recently in July 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2013.

Records from 2003 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 6 July 2026.

Built
2003
Last inspected
6 July 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
19
Deficiencies
2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
3 investigations · 2007–2013
Inspected with
9 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
1145058
IMO number
8983090 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WDC5854
MISLE id
637868
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367047370
Maury page id
psix-637868

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6
…administrative events8
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record 14 calendar years (2003–2026)
The 19 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 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)98.5 ft × 36.0 ft × 17.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 186 / net 59
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)98.5 ft × 36.0 ft × 17.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 379 / net 113
BuilderTHOMA-SEA BOAT BUILDERS INC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2003
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portPASCAGOULA, MS
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 9 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it379 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
186 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
113 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
59 - 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

WDC5854MMSI 367047370 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 5 June 2025, expires 4 June 2035
WDB5811MMSI 366913730 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 November 2003, cancelled 12 September 2013 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 9

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.

HELEN Towing Vessel · MISLE 19612 · 4 March 2013 · activity 4542819KATAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 207359 · 4 March 2013 · activity 4542819JAMES MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 176437 · 16 March 2008 · activity 3183844MOBILE Towing Vessel · MISLE 235301 · 16 March 2008 · activity 3183844SAN GABRIEL Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 48979 · 21 March 2007 · activity 2893544VINTON CROSBY Towing Vessel · MISLE 136187 · 21 March 2007 · activity 2893544EL JAGUAR Towing Vessel · MISLE 144853 · 21 March 2007 · activity 2893544CROSBY VENTURE Towing Vessel · MISLE 145550 · 21 March 2007 · activity 2893544DOLPHIN 111 Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit · MISLE 406447 · 21 March 2007 · activity 2893544

Inspection history · 19

6 July 2026 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8431159
16 December 2025 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8249976
19 August 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7043292
1 October 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6949997
7 November 2018 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6576170
10 March 2014 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4813386
27 February 2014 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4807225
4 March 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4542819
30 November 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4504684
29 December 2009 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3654428
29 December 2009 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3658266
16 March 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3183844
21 March 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2893544
27 October 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2809339
23 October 2006 MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2806726
24 October 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2521123
27 September 2005 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2502201
27 June 2005 Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2405171
2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1957767

Deficiency record · 2

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 16 December 2025 Resolved
Towing vessels of more than 65 feet in length must carry at least the minimum number of portable fire extinguishers set forth in table 142.230(b); and One 40-B portable fire extinguisher fitted in the engine room for each 1,000 brake horsepower of the main engines or fraction thereof. MI observed that the required amount of fire extinguishers were not on board the vessel due to being sent out for servicing. 46 CFR 142.230(b)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 December 2025
Resolution: Received objective evidence that the vessel has all required fire extinguishers onboard the vessel.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Lights
Issued 4 October 2006 Resolved
An approved personal flotation device light was not provided for each immersion suit, life preserver, marine buoyant device, and buoyant vest.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 November 2006
Resolved 29 December 2009

Casualty record · 3

21 March 2007Major Marine Casualty · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2893544
16 March 2008Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3183844
4 March 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4542819
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.