POLARIS is a 1955 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1997, most recently in March 2006, along with 10 deficiencies — 9 with no resolution recorded —, 2 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded and 3 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2005.
Records from 1997 to 2006. Most recent: inspection, 21 March 2006.
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This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 20 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.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it211 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 143 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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19 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 10 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; 2 operational controls with the dates imposed and removed; 3 vessels inspected with it, by name and date; 3 casualty investigations, with date and classification; the documentation record, as PSIX holds it. The counts in the summary above are the same
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Vessel history report
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299
Every recorded inspection, 1980 to
2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates
and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this
hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when
· how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the
population and never a judgement about this vessel.
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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.
46 C.F.R. 4.05-1 Notice of marine casualty_x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Engineering
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
Many of the vessel's fuel/oil vents did not have flame screens installed and some were torn.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Electrical
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
Exposed wiring throughout the vessel.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Navigation
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
Guards missing on steering pump, missing guards on electrical sockets, missing guards for power boxes.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Unknown
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
46 C.F.R. 67.123 Name of vessel and hailing port not displayed on stern.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Fire Fighting
Issued 3 October 1997Resolved
46 C.F.R. 25.30-20(b)(1) The vessel had only one fire extinguisher on boardin the engine room which was damaged and not usable because the rubber discharge hose was severed and the extinguisher was discharged/outdated.
Condition: Unknown
Due 9 October 1997
Resolved 9 October 1997
Navigation
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
33 U.S.C. 2023(a) (RULE 23) Navigational lights mast, sidelights, stern, tow lights has household bulbs installed.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Navigation
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
33 U.S.C. 1602 (RULE 33) Missing bell that is required.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Lifesaving
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
33 C.F.R. 151.59 Marpol placard not on board.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Documentation
Issued 3 October 1997No resolution recorded
46 C.F.R. 67.313 Marine documentation on board expired on Mar 93.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 November 1997 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
14 December 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1490065
22 January 2005Routine · role: Suspected to be in Violation of Law or Reg · activity 2318349
1 June 2005Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2383735
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. 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
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