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SPRINGER
SPRINGER is a 1958 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2009, most recently in April 2025, along with 10 deficiencies and 3 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded.
Records from 2009 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 April 2025.
- Built
- 1958
- Last inspected
- 3 April 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- 1 with no removal date recorded
Identity
280094
WDA2291
76009
Flag
UNITED STATES
368493750
Maury page id
psix-76009
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
10 calendar years (2009–2025)
The 12 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)25.7 ft × 17.4 ft × 5.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 15 / net 12
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSMIOTH CONSTRUCTION CO · STEVENSON, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1958
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portSAN FRANCISCO, CA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 11 August 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it15 - Simplified, Gross Ton
12 - Simplified, Net Ton
33 - Dead Weight, Ton
22 - Displacement, Ton
12 - Simplified, Net Ton
33 - Dead Weight, Ton
22 - Displacement, 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
WDR3959MMSI 368493750 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 August 2026, expires 27 August 2036
WDH5205MMSI 367625560 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 5 June 2014, cancelled 10 August 2024
WDA2291MMSI 367464740 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 25 August 2010, cancelled 14 November 2020 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WAA3315MMSI 366930850 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 March 2004, cancelled 7 March 2014 · 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 · 1
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.
DB2 Freight Barge · MISLE 1762699 · 29 November 2022 · activity 7635275Inspection history · 12
3 April 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8104613
29 July 2024
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7992699
29 November 2022
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7601624
29 November 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7635275
23 February 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7145063
9 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6972329
2 March 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6918823
18 September 2019
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6815357
1 October 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6552167
18 September 2014
Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4987466
24 October 2013
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4740361
15 April 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC TERN (WPB 87343) · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 3459332
Deficiency record · 10
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
You must have a fire detection system installed on your vessel to detect engine room fires. Any owner of a vessel whose construction was contracted for before January 18, 2000, may use an existing engine room monitoring system (with fire detection capability) instead of a fire detection system, if the monitoring system is operable and complies with this section. No fire detection system installed onboard.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
You must carry on your towing vessel both-the minimum number of hand portable fire extinguishers required by subpart 25.30 of this part; and: An approved 160-B or 100 lb CO2 extinguisher, regardless of rating, to protect the engine room; or a fixed fire extinguishing system installed to protect the engine room of the vessel. No currently serviced semi portable or fixed extinguishing system were onboard.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
All motorboats must carry at least the minimum number of portable fire extinguishers set forth in table 25.30-20(a)(1): One 5-B portable extinguisher. Vessel did not have currently serviced 5-B portable extinguisher onboard.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire-dampers
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
To stop the flow fuel in the event of a break in the fuel line, you must have a positive, remote fuel-shut-off valve fitted on any fuel line that supplies fuel directly to an engine or generator. It must be operable from a safe place outside the space where the valve is installed. Each remote valve control should be marked in clearly legible letters 1 inch high, indicating the purpose of the valve and the way to operate it. Fuel shut off within void does not have remote valve.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
You must ensure that your vessel is fitted with a general alarm that: has a contact maker at the operating station that can notify persons on board in the event of an emergency. Is capable of notifying persons in any accommodation, work space, and the engine room. Has installed, in the engine room and any other area where background noise makes a general alarm hard to hear, a supplemental flashing red light that is identified with a sign that reads: Attention General Alarm – When Alarm Sounds or Flashes Go to Your Station. No general alarm installed onboard.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
The official number of the vessel, preceded by the abbreviation “NO.” must be marked in block type Arabic numerals not less than 3 inches in height on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull. Official number not marked in accordance with the requirements.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
For vessels having a square bow, the name of the vessel must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the bow in a manner to avoid obliteration. The name and hailing port must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the stern.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills
Issued 5 December 2022
Resolved
The master or person in charge of a vessel must ensure that each crewmember participates in drills and receives instruction at least once each month. You must ensure that all crewmembers are familiar with their fire fighting duties. No record of training or drills were available.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 2 March 2020
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 25% of the vessels 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.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 1 October 2018
Resolved
MMSI: Vsl is broadcasting invalid MMSI, CLSN: Vsl is broadcasting Invalid Call Sign
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.