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POLARIS
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.
- Built
- 1955
- Last inspected
- 21 March 2006
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 10 recorded · 9 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- 1 with no removal date recorded
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2001–2005
Identity
270483
WDB8857
71411
Flag
UNITED STATES
366965380 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-71411
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded19
…past their stated due date9
Years with a record
8 calendar years (1997–2006)
The 19 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 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 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
Tonnage as PSIX records it211 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
143 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
143 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDB8857MMSI 366965380 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 July 2004, cancelled 20 September 2014
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 · 3
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.
TPC 348 Freight Barge · MISLE 166384 · 22 January 2005 · activity 2318349ING 562 Freight Barge · MISLE 196193 · 14 December 2001 · activity 1490065MPC 259 Freight Barge · MISLE 325289 · 13 May 1999 · activity 19982Inspection history · 19
21 March 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2606791
1 June 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2383735
4 April 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2326400
22 January 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2318349
12 September 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2221014
27 July 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2155676
8 July 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Heartland District (dre) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2126468
10 June 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2094085
14 December 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1490065
31 May 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 185518
6 May 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 9684
11 February 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 275152
26 October 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 172982
23 August 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 37542
5 August 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 57990
13 May 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 19982
24 November 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 423215
9 October 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 659120
3 October 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 408703
Deficiency record · 10
Unknown
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
46 C.F.R. 4.05-1 Notice of marine casualty_x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Engineering
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
Many of the vessel's fuel/oil vents did not have flame screens installed and some were torn.
Electrical
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
Exposed wiring throughout the vessel.
Navigation
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
Guards missing on steering pump, missing guards on electrical sockets, missing guards for power boxes.
Unknown
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
46 C.F.R. 67.123 Name of vessel and hailing port not displayed on stern.
Fire Fighting
Issued 3 October 1997
Resolved
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.
Navigation
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
33 U.S.C. 2023(a) (RULE 23) Navigational lights mast, sidelights, stern, tow lights has household bulbs installed.
Navigation
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
33 U.S.C. 1602 (RULE 33) Missing bell that is required.
Lifesaving
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
33 C.F.R. 151.59 Marpol placard not on board.
Documentation
Issued 3 October 1997
No resolution recorded
46 C.F.R. 67.313 Marine documentation on board expired on Mar 93.
Casualty record · 3
14 December 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1490065
22 January 2005Routine · role: Suspected to be in Violation of Law or Reg · at HARVEY LOCK · 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, 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.