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MARVIN R. LANE SR.
Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named MARVIN R. LANE SR.
MARVIN R. LANE SR. is a 1959 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2014, most recently in December 2025, along with 14 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 17 December 2025.
- Built
- 1959
- Last inspected
- 17 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 14 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1165540
WSL5671
731490
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-731490
Inspections, by type
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.
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)100.4 ft × 28.1 ft × 15.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 99 / net 67
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)100.4 ft × 28.1 ft × 15.2 ft
ITC tonnagegross 229 / net 68
BuilderEQUITABLE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC · NEW ORLEANS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1959
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portJACKSONVILLE, FL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 22 April 2026 · expires 31 May 2027
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
229 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
68 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
229 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
68 - Convention (Subpart B), 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
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
Inspection history · 13
17 December 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8284772
5 November 2025
Security Breach, Erroneous or Unverifiable · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8264771
13 January 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8062669
4 October 2023
Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7806155
15 November 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7594641
5 October 2021
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7326860
20 October 2020
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7080223
21 October 2019
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6838676
1 July 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6732026
1 October 2018
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6552335
29 September 2017
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6279250
28 March 2017
Industry Initiated Exam · MARPOL · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6113112
25 August 2014
Administration
Administrative · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4965179
Deficiency record · 14
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 15 November 2022
Resolved
Each vessel operating on oceans, coastwise or limited coastwise must carry a Category 1, 406 satelitte EPIRB stowed in a float-free bracket while underway. The hydrostatic release was found expired. Expiration date was October 2021. Vessel is limited to Lakes, Bays, and Sounds route until hydrostatic release is serviced to the satisfaction of the OCMI.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 15 November 2022
Resolved
Each vessel must be equipped with a means to detect smoke in berthing spaces. Smoke detector in midship main deck bunk room found inoperable.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 15 November 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid cabinet or kit. First aid kit found expired.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 8 December 2021
Resolved
EACH TOWING VESSEL MUST CARRY THE SURVIVAL CRAFT SPECIFIED IN TABLE 141.305 OF THIS SECTION, AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE TOWING VESSEL. THE INFLATABLE LIFERAFT AND HYDROSTATIC RELEASE ON BOARD THE VESSEL WERE EXPIRED. 46 CFR 141.305(d)(1)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 8 December 2021
Resolved
EACH TOWING VESSEL MUST HAVE A FIRE-DETECTION SYSTEM INSTALLED TO DETECT ENGINE ROOM FIRES. THE SYSTEM IS ARRANGED AND INSTALLED SO A FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM AUTOMATICALLY SETS OFF ALARMS ON A FIRE DETECTION CONTROL PANEL AT THE OPERATING STATION. THE FIRE DETECTION PANEL DISPLAY ON THE BRIDGE WAS INOPERABLE. 46 CFR 142.330(a)(3)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 8 December 2021
Resolved
EACH TOWING VESSEL MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE FIRE AXE THAT IS READILY ACCESIBLE FOR USE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VESSEL. VESSEL'S FIRE AXE WAS INSTALLED ON AN INTERIOR WALL OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE. 46 CFR 142.227
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 5 October 2021
Resolved
A TOWING VESSEL MUST CARRY A COMBINATION OF DAY AND NIGHT VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALS INDICATED IN TABLE 141.370 IN 46 CFR 141.130 FOR SPECIFIED AREAS WHERE THE VESSEL OPERATES. THE THREE DAY AND THREE NIGHT DISTRESS SIGNALS ON BOARD WERE FOUND TO BE EXPIRED IN OCT 2021. 46 CFR 141.375(a)
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 20 October 2020
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be fitted with a general alarm that Has installed, in the engine room and any other area where background noise makes a general alarm hard to hear, a supplemental flashing red light. ENG room light extinguished.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 20 October 2020
Resolved
A fixed fire pump must be capable of delivering water simultaneously from the two highest hydrants, at a pressure of at least 50 psi. Pressure gauge read 44-45 PSI.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 20 October 2020
Resolved
The portable fire pump must be self-priming and power-driven, with a nozzle made of corrosion-resistant material capable of providing a solid stream and a spray pattern. Nozzle only capable of spray pattern.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire prevention structural integrity
Issued 20 October 2020
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards. Expandable foam used as means of fire stop.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 20 October 2020
Resolved
The master must ensure that all lifesaving equipment is properly maintained and ready for use at all times. Life raft at servicing facility & ring buoy needs lettering.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Evidence of Basic Training
Issued 20 October 2020
Resolved
Prior to getting underway for the first time on a particular towing vessel, each crewmember must receive a safety orientation. Crew training checklist not completed, instead logged with emergency drills.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 21 October 2019
Resolved
STB life ring water light found inoperable
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.