BRENDA KOESTLER is a 1959 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 1987, most recently in March 2013, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 1987 to 2013. Most recent: inspection, 11 March 2013.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 13 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 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.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it162 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 110 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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.
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Inspection history · 14
11 March 2013Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4547207
29 January 2013Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4524797
12 March 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2886596
2 March 2007Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2880867
28 February 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2879634
28 February 2007Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2883633
18 October 2006Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2802865
16 October 2006MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2801895
27 September 2000Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 283304
10 February 2000Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 275117
11 September 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 759019
20 August 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 196704
14 February 1994Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 156313
20 August 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 318236
Repair inoperable remote fuel shutoff on the port MDE IAW 46 CFR 27.207.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 October 2006
Resolved 20 October 2006
Resolution: Remote fuel shutoff was repaired and operational on the port MDE.
Provide proper towing and masthead lights in both desgin and range IAW 72 COLREGS.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 October 2006
Resolved 20 October 2006
Resolution: The appropriate nav lights were purchased and installed on the vessel.
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Tank
Issued 16 October 2006Resolved
Repair leak on diesel day tank.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 October 2006
Resolved 20 October 2006
Resolution: The leak in the day tank was satisfactorily repaired.
Fire Fighting › Semiportable CO2 Fire Extinguishers › Condition
Issued 16 October 2006Resolved
Provide B-V semiportable fire extinguisher in the engine room IAW 46 CFR 27.303.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 October 2006
Resolved 20 October 2006
Resolution: A B-V semiportable extinguisher was purchased and stowed onboard the vessel.
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.