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ALERT

Towing Vessel · Built 1930s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named ALERT

ALERT is a 1939 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 1993, most recently in May 2008, along with 5 casualty investigations between 1994 and 2008.

Records from 1993 to 2008. Most recent: inspection, 18 May 2008.

Built
1939
Last inspected
18 May 2008
Documentation
No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
26
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
5 investigations · 1994–2008
Inspected with
17 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
253465
IMO number
5257050 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WA8798
MISLE id
64701
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
—
Maury page id
psix-64701

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2
…with no type recorded24
Years with a record 13 calendar years (1993–2008)
The 26 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 18 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)93.6 ft × 25.0 ft × 13.9 ft
Registered tonnagegross 193 / net 131
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBUREAU OF SHIPS, U.S.NAVY · VALLEJO, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1939
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNORFOLK, VA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 30 June 2004
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 it131 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
193 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

WRXUMMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 August 1997, cancelled 5 January 2008
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 · 17

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.

HILL CARTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 61536 · 18 May 2008 · activity 3212511SEA VENTURE Tank Ship · MISLE 228664 · 18 May 2008 · activity 3212511TRINITY TRANSPORTER II Freight Barge · MISLE 52516 · 25 January 2004 · activity 1992361ROY BOYS Towing Vessel · MISLE 136263 · 25 January 2004 · activity 1992361CAPE HENRY EXPRESS Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 158961 · 25 January 2004 · activity 1992361CAPE CHARLES Passenger (Uninspected) · MISLE 356911 · 25 January 2004 · activity 1992361RIG 15 Industrial Vessel · MISLE 632104 · 25 January 2004 · activity 1992361MEGAN SUE Towing Vessel · MISLE 76259 · 10 September 2003 · activity 1902761AS-8 Freight Barge · MISLE 165227 · 24 July 2003 · activity 1856088CG-41476 Public Vessel, Unclassified · MISLE 639736 · 24 July 2003 · activity 1856088CAPE NOME Freight Ship · MISLE 46371 · 14 September 2002 · activity 1676772KATHERINE ANNE Towing Vessel · MISLE 61947 · 14 September 2002 · activity 1676772BRIAN NICHOLAS Towing Vessel · MISLE 89923 · 14 September 2002 · activity 1676772MARK MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 93667 · 14 September 2002 · activity 1676772COLUMBIA HOUSTON Freight Barge · MISLE 261625 · 3 July 1997 · activity 181225COLUMBIA HOUSTON Freight Barge · MISLE 261625 · 29 April 1995 · activity 102032FISHERMAN'S PARADISE Passenger Barge (Inspected) · MISLE 46524 · 16 April 1994 · activity 131653USCGC KENNEBEC (WLIC 802) Public Vessel, Unclassified · MISLE 402225 · 5 June 1993 · activity 155968

Inspection history · 26

18 May 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3212511
17 January 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2858142
16 September 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2197563
16 September 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Cape Charles · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2197754
16 September 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Cape Charles · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2197758
15 April 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2047331
25 January 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1992361
10 September 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1902761
24 July 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1856088
14 September 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1676772
2 April 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 526162
1 February 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 723426
29 December 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 68875
16 March 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 118438
16 March 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 141639
4 September 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7329
18 July 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1117407
3 July 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 181225
16 July 1996 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1087932
29 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 102032
19 May 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · District 5 (B) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 673005
16 May 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 723430
16 April 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 131653
7 January 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 214150
7 January 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 214981
5 June 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 155968

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 5

16 April 1994Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 131653
14 September 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at JAMES RIVER BRIDGE · activity 1676772
25 January 2004Routine · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 1992361
15 April 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2047331
18 May 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3212511
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.