BIG AL

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named BIG AL

BIG AL is a 1954 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1992, most recently in May 2011, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2002.

Records from 1992 to 2011. Most recent: inspection, 16 May 2011.

Built: 1954
Last inspected: 16 May 2011
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2002
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

Identity

267238

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WF9585

70024

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-70024

Inspections, by type

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 6 calendar years (1992–2011)

The 7 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 15 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)62.2 ft × 18.8 ft × 8.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 76 / net 40

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderALEXANDER SHIPYARD INC. · NEW ORLEANS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1954

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMIAMI, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 4 April 2006 · expires 30 April 2007

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 it40 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
76 - 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

WCU8592MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 October 1995, cancelled 7 January 2006

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 · 5

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.

KIRBY 10517 Tank Barge · MISLE 52042 · 22 March 2002 · activity 1606134 BIG RED Freight Barge · MISLE 37953 · 9 October 2001 · activity 1477946 TIBURON Towing Vessel · MISLE 73821 · 8 February 1992 · activity 120028 KORIMU Freight Ship · MISLE 222020 · 8 February 1992 · activity 120028 BETTY K VI Freight Ship · MISLE 342265 · 8 February 1992 · activity 120028

Inspection history · 7

16 May 2011 Administration

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4227494

27 June 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2128910

22 March 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1606134

9 October 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1477946

3 November 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 177187

3 November 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 223030

8 February 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 120028

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 · 1

22 March 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1606134

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.