SAMSON III is a 1959 industrial vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1998, most recently in March 2022, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2022.
Records from 1998 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 20 March 2022.
The 3 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 4 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 Miscellaneous Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1979.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)90.0 ft × 50.0 ft × 7.1 ft
Registered tonnagegross 297 / net 297
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderCHRISTY CORPORATION · STURGEON BAY WI, UNITED STATES · built 1959
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portBOSTON, MA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 22 August 2025 · expires 31 August 2026
Service, as the file records itIndustrial Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 297 - 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 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
WDH8489MMSI 367658530 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 February 2015, cancelled 26 April 2025
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.
A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.
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.
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.
31 October 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6848986
20 March 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7424929
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.
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.
