ROBINSON BAY

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

ROBINSON BAY is a 1958 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 1993, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 1993 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 22 April 2026.

Built: 1958
Last inspected: 22 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 22 April 2026

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations3

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (1993–2026)

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

276292

5298080

WDP9622

74070

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-74070

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)96.9 ft × 27.0 ft × 14.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 192 / net 130

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)96.9 ft × 27.0 ft × 14.6 ft

ITC tonnagegross 220 / net 66

BuilderCHRISTY CORP · STURGEON BAY, WI, UNITED STATES · built 1958

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Electric

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portTRAVERSE CITY, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 May 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 it192 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
130 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
220 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
66 - 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 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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Inspection history · 5

22 April 2026 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8356349

2 July 2025 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8167105

28 March 2025 Construction Oversight · Hull Examination · Examination of Repairs · Inclining Experiment · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8099997

6 August 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 644223

15 April 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 92498

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Load Lines (including Exemption)

Issued 22 April 2026 Resolved

Vessel does not have a current Load Line(LL). Vessel is still waiting on ABS to provide LL from data submitted last year. Vessel is not scheduled to operate until 04MAY2026. Vessel has reached out to ABS and was told LL will be issued the week of 27APR2026. Have current LL prior to departure from harbor, to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 22 April 2026
Resolved 5 May 2026
Resolution: Received copy of newly issued LL Certificate.

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.