WITCH

Towing Vessel · Built 1930s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

WITCH is a 1934 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2013, most recently in November 2021, along with 2 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded —.

Records from 2013 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 2 November 2021.

Built: 1934
Last inspected: 2 November 2021
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 2 November 2021

Recorded inspections4

…administrative events4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2013–2021)

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

262929

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68220

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-68220

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)30.8 ft × 9.4 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 10 / net 7

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderFORT WAYNE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1934

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSTILLWATER, MN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · 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 it10 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
7 - 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.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 4

2 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7343751

1 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7343362

3 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7276317

28 August 2013 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4699259

Deficiency record · 2

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 1 November 2021 No resolution recorded

Vessel not allowed movement until COI is completed. The phase in requirements have not been met.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 3 August 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 2 November 2021
Resolved 2 November 2021
Resolution: changed to code 60

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.