TONGACELL

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Other hulls named TONGACELL

TONGACELL is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2012, most recently in November 2021, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 2012 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 8 November 2021.

Built: 1956
Last inspected: 8 November 2021
Documentation: Case Pending · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

271931

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WDD4769

72069

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

366744830, 367148810 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-72069

Inspections, by type

…administrative events4

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2012–2021)

The 4 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 5 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)46.7 ft × 15.0 ft × 7.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 29 / net 20

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWELDT TANK & STEEL CO · BELLINGHAM, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1956

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portKAKE, AK

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationCase Pending · issued 30 June 2004

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 it29 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
20 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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

WDD4769MMSI 367148810 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 November 2006, cancelled 7 January 2017

WCX9935MMSI 366744830 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 March 1998, cancelled 3 May 2008

WH2169MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 30 July 1996, cancelled 9 December 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.

Inspection history · 4

8 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7347710

20 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7011442

30 April 2013 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4580360

17 May 2012 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Ketchikan · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4314380

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 20 July 2020 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 100% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date the vessel is not allowed to tow.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 5 November 2021
Resolution: Letter issued to vessel prohibiting commercial towing operations until SUB-M COI compliant.

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.