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MUSTANG
MUSTANG is a 1959 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 1999, most recently in July 2025, along with 8 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2011.
Records from 1999 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 July 2025.
- Built
- 1959
- Last inspected
- 25 July 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2011
Identity
279251
WDI6571
75577
Flag
UNITED STATES
367720060 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-75577
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded3
Years with a record
10 calendar years (1999–2025)
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)47.2 ft × 18.1 ft × 6.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 51 / net 34
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1959
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portMEMPHIS, TN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, Bowaters
DocumentationValid · issued 2 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 it51 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
34 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
34 - 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
WDI6571MMSI 367720060 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 March 2016, cancelled 16 May 2026
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.
Inspection history · 13
25 July 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8194459
6 August 2024
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7976101
19 July 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7961109
13 July 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7740652
13 July 2022
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7506081
30 June 2022
COI Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7490970
26 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7207592
4 May 2016
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5868820
2 March 2016
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5833489
4 December 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4496240
29 March 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3975147
14 June 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213504
14 July 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213993
Deficiency record · 8
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 19 July 2024
Resolved
Closure devices must be provided for deckhouse or hull penetrations, which open to the exterior of the vessel and which may allow water to enter the vessel. These devices must be suitable for the expected route. Gaskets for bulkhead doors are not suitable for the expected route. Once installed, gaskets must provide watertight integrity.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 19 July 2024
Resolved
The frame or support of any semi-portable fire extinguisher fitted with wheels must be welded or otherwise permanently attached to a steel bulkhead or deck to prevent it from rolling under heavy sea conditions. Frame of semi-portable fire extinguisher needs to be permanently attached to the vessel. The frame or support of any semi-portable fire extinguisher must be welded or permanently attached to prevent it from rolling under heavy sea conditions.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 19 July 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with a means to detect smoke in the berthing spaces and lounges that alerts individuals in those spaces. No means of smoke detection was found in the ship's office. Smoke detection needs to be installed in accommodation space.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm
Issued 30 June 2022
Resolved
Vessel did not have required alarms for essential systems.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 30 June 2022
Resolved
No evidence of fire detection system as being certified/inspected by an authroized entity.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Magnetic compass
Issued 30 June 2022
Resolved
Magnetic compass was not illuminated.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 30 June 2022
Resolved
Lifejackets intalled did not have a light and whistle.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 26 May 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Casualty record · 1
29 March 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3975147
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.