FORT CASWELL

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

FORT CASWELL is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 1995, most recently in April 2012, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2011.

Records from 1995 to 2012. Most recent: inspection, 5 April 2012.

Built: 1956
Last inspected: 5 April 2012
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2003–2011
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.

270907

IMO number

5054795 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WDE5670

MISLE id

71578

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367370060 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-71578

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1995–2012)

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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 14 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 it246 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
167 - 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

WDE5670MMSI 367370060 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 July 2008, cancelled 29 September 2018

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 · 4

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.

CAPE HENRY Towing Vessel · MISLE 92883 · 27 September 2008 · activity 3359031 MARITIME VANESSA Tank Ship · MISLE 610548 · 27 September 2008 · activity 3359031 WARSAW Freight Ship · MISLE 225038 · 31 January 2003 · activity 1766898 FORT BRAGG Towing Vessel · MISLE 486812 · 31 January 2003 · activity 1766898

Inspection history · 13

5 April 2012 DAPI Audit

Administrative · USCG East District (dp) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4280075

21 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4214319

25 February 2010 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3686273

27 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3359031

25 September 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3381396

8 August 2008 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3289525

17 July 2008 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3270952

20 September 2006 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2783951

20 September 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2784008

31 January 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1766898

24 October 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1116495

15 December 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 76337

2 May 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 872230

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 · 3

31 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1766898

27 September 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3359031

21 December 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4214319

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.