MARGOT

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

MARGOT is a 1958 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1991, most recently in September 2025, along with 7 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 4 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2014.

Records from 1991 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2025.

Built: 1958
Last inspected: 4 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2001–2014
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

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 4 September 2025

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations9

…with no type recorded7

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1991–2025)

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

276023

5222043

WDC3949

73927

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-73927

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)84.8 ft × 24.0 ft × 9.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 141 / net 96

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJAKOBSON SHIPYARD INC · OYSTER BAY, NY, UNITED STATES · built 1958

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portTROY, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 5 January 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it141 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
96 - 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.

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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 4

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. Towing vessels are barely present in the record before 1992, so tow-unit membership for activities older than that is recorded only partially.

GENESIS LIBERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 218712 · 12 April 2013 · activity 4574854 HG 701 Freight Barge · MISLE 402403 · 15 June 2006 · activity 2681746 J.G. BURKE Freight Barge · MISLE 53326 · 14 October 2001 · activity 124072 MPE 275 Freight Barge · MISLE 50889 · 29 December 1991 · activity 101060

Inspection history · 16

4 September 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8227312

27 August 2024 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7990697

17 August 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7773694

24 May 2022 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7458190

22 April 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7180816

10 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4781200

10 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4790160

12 April 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4574854

17 July 2012 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4382960

15 June 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2681746

14 November 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Oswego · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2537359

14 October 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 124072

26 October 1999 MARPOL Annex V Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1131354

4 November 1997 MARPOL Annex V Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1118373

1 October 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 774940

29 December 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 101060

Deficiency record · 7

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 24 May 2022 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid cabinet or kit. Each towing vessel operating on coastwise, or Great Lake routes, must have a means to take blood pressure readings, splint broken bones, and apply large bandages for serious wounds. Vessel needs to add a tourna kit, a means to take blood pressure readings, and replace the expired medication.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 July 2022
Resolved 19 July 2022
Resolution: Vessel had on board a newly purchased first aid kit, with tourniquet and blood pressure cuff.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)

Issued 24 May 2022 Resolved

A towing vessel must carry a combination of day and night visual distress signals indicated in Table 141.370. The vessel is required to carry 6 day and 6 night visual distress signals. Currently, the vessel does not carry the required type and amount.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 July 2022
Resolved 19 July 2022
Resolution: Vessel had on board newly purchased flare kit to include all required.

12 - Dangerous Goods › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (tankers)

Issued 24 May 2022 Resolved

Cylinders must always be secured and, when not in use, they must be stowed in a rack in an upright position, with the valve protection cap in place. Acetylene cylinders were sitting flush with the deck and unsecured.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 July 2022
Resolved 19 July 2022
Resolution: Acetylene cylinders were secured and mounted to a raised platform on the deck.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 24 May 2022 Resolved

The portable fire pump must have a minimum capacity of at least 80 gpm and a discharge gauge pressure of not less than 60 psi, measured at the pump discharge. Fire pump gage was reading an insufficient pressure of 48 psi at the pump discharge.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 July 2022
Resolved 19 July 2022
Resolution: The vessel's fixed fire pump was now fitted with a gauge and read over 50 psi when measured at the pump.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 24 May 2022 Resolved

Portable and semi-portable fire extinguishers must be maintained in accordance with NFPA 10. Semi-portable extinguishers need to be secured in approved brackets or suitably secured to prevent chaffing or dismounting.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 July 2022
Resolved 19 July 2022
Resolution: Semi-portables were secured with newly installed brackets with rubber to prevent chaffing.

Documentation

Issued 1 October 1997 Resolved

NO DRUG TESTING PROGRAM FOR COMPANY/VSL CREW

Condition: Unknown
Due 1 November 1997
Resolved 4 November 1997

Fire Fighting

Issued 1 October 1997 Resolved

PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUSHERS HAVE NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR OVER 1 YEAR.

Condition: Unknown
Due 1 November 1997
Resolved 4 November 1997

Casualty record · 4

14 October 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 124072

15 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2681746

12 April 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4574854

10 January 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4790160

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.