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THOMAS GAITHER

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s

THOMAS GAITHER is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1993, most recently in January 2006, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2005.

Records from 1993 to 2006. Most recent: inspection, 6 January 2006.

Built
1956
Last inspected
6 January 2006
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
15
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
1 investigation · 2005
Inspected with
2 other vessels

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 6 January 2006
Recorded inspections15
…physical examinations3
…administrative events1
…with no type recorded11
Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 9 calendar years (1993–2006)
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 exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

US Official No.
271897
IMO number
8987101
Call sign
WH3881
MISLE id
72052
Flag
MEXICO
Maury page id
psix-72052

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it196 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
133 - 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.
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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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.

NTC 50 Freight Barge · MISLE 50788 · 29 January 2005 · activity 2284597VB 40 Tank Barge · MISLE 46713 · 19 January 1996 · activity 47730

Inspection history · 15

6 January 2006 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2562169
29 January 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2284597
14 April 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1773632
10 April 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1773306
16 August 2002 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1662418
20 October 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station St Inigoes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1514819
21 January 2000 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 815166
12 May 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 9867
11 September 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 787322
22 January 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 78979
1 August 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 756667
31 July 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 202027
19 January 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 47730
19 January 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 215662
15 April 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 217117

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

29 January 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2284597
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 Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.