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NH3 KRAKEN

NH3 KRAKEN is a 1957 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 1994, most recently in September 2024, along with 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded and 1 casualty investigation in 2002.

Records from 1994 to 2024. Most recent: operational control imposed, 20 September 2024.

Built
1957
Last inspected
20 September 2024
Documentation
Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
1 with no removal date recorded

Identity

8991918
WQ4487
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-73127

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.

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded3
Years with a record 8 calendar years (1994–2024)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)100.0 ft × 27.1 ft × 12.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 259 / net 176
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderOYSTER BAY, NY, UNITED STATES · built 1957
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionUNSPECIFIED
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portNEW YORK, NY
Trade endorsementsRecreational
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it259 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
176 - 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 August 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.
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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.

HERCULES Towing Vessel · MISLE 69143 · 6 January 1994 · activity 171678MIRIAM Towing Vessel · MISLE 71706 · 6 January 1994 · activity 171678HAROLD A. REINAUER II Towing Vessel · MISLE 113097 · 6 January 1994 · activity 171678

Inspection history · 9

20 September 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8006270
26 August 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7591169
22 March 2012 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4270199
1 February 2012 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4235918
8 January 2009 Administration
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3391179
28 June 2004 Uninspected Other
Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2113414
14 November 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1719920
26 June 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1115786
6 January 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 171678

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

14 November 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 1719920
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.

Recorded names · 1

ETHEL TIBBETTS (2002). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

Ownership record

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