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BLACKSMITH III

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

BLACKSMITH III is a 1957 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 1993, most recently in March 2014, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2003.

Records from 1993 to 2014. Most recent: inspection, 5 March 2014.

Built
1957
Last inspected
5 March 2014
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
18
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
2 investigations · 2002–2003
Inspected with
6 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
274443
IMO number
5085691 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WDD3355
MISLE id
73173
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
366409770, 367129340 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-73173

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7
…administrative events3
…with no type recorded8
Years with a record 12 calendar years (1993–2014)
The 18 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 12 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 it134 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
197 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

WDD3355MMSI 367129340 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 July 2006, cancelled 17 September 2016
WBR6264MMSI 366409770 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 January 1998, cancelled 24 May 2008 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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 · 6

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.

CAPELLA Freight Ship · MISLE 47213 · 4 April 2003 · activity 1768017ISABEL A. MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 84300 · 4 April 2003 · activity 1768017GRACE MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 97468 · 4 April 2003 · activity 1768017MAERSK TEXAS Freight Ship · MISLE 240535 · 4 April 2003 · activity 1768017ISABEL A. MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 84300 · 9 December 2002 · activity 1716805GRACE MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 97468 · 9 December 2002 · activity 1716805ENDURANCE Tank Ship · MISLE 329039 · 9 December 2002 · activity 1716805ISABEL A. MCALLISTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 84300 · 13 January 2000 · activity 99703MAERSK LA GUAIRA Freight Ship · MISLE 434894 · 13 January 2000 · activity 99703

Inspection history · 18

5 March 2014 Administration
Administrative · USCG East District (dp) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4810469
11 December 2006 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2838382
14 July 2006 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2715687
6 October 2005 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2509129
25 October 2004 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2227942
30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1973200
4 April 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1768017
9 December 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1716805
16 April 2001 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1064230
13 January 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 99703
10 April 1997 MARPOL Annex V Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel · MARPOL Annex I Examination
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1091427
15 January 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel · MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1099347
22 August 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 671534
17 July 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 96770
29 June 1995 MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 883535
7 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1153202
22 April 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 668614
7 April 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 64793

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 · 2

9 December 2002Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 1716805
4 April 2003Significant Marine Casualty · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 1768017
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.

Recorded names · 1

MICHAEL J. MCALLISTER (2002–2003). 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

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.