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NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA is a 1952 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2008, most recently in August 2026, along with 1 deficiency, 1 operational control and 3 casualty investigations between 2018 and 2025.
Records from 2008 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 20 August 2026.
- Built
- 1952
- Last inspected
- 20 August 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2018–2025
Identity
263601
WAI9281
68527
Flag
UNITED STATES
368418730
Maury page id
psix-68527
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record
10 calendar years (2008–2026)
The 13 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)87.9 ft × 24.1 ft × 10.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 145 / net 99
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderDEFOE SHIPBUILDING CO. · BAY CITY, MI, UNITED STATES · built 1952
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Electric
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 2 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it145 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
99 - 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
WDQ3648MMSI 368418730 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 13 May 2025, expires 13 May 2035
WAI9281MMSI 366997480 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 November 2014, cancelled 10 May 2025
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 · 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.
MISSOURI Towing Vessel · MISLE 57590 · 6 December 2025 · activity 8295709JUNO Freight Ship · MISLE 1115415 · 13 September 2018 · activity 6545623Inspection history · 13
20 August 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8469320
6 December 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8295709
5 December 2025
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8278453
7 January 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7482960
16 July 2021
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7222175
13 September 2018
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6539921
13 September 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6545623
18 February 2016
Liferaft Servicing
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5817514
30 September 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5732450
22 June 2015
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5161385
6 July 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4369767
8 September 2011
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4139927
18 December 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3386980
Deficiency record · 1
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 5 December 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shaft bearings, and electrical equipment and systems must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessels electric drive motor failed while underway, and is currently not functioning.
46CFR146.205(c)
Casualty record · 3
13 September 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6545623
7 January 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7482960
6 December 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8295709
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.