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TWYLA MARGE
Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named TWYLA MARGE · LUHR BROS., INC. operator of record, 2023
TWYLA MARGE is a 1960 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 1992, most recently in July 2025, along with 8 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 10 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2025.
Records from 1992 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 1 July 2025.
- Built
- 1960
- Last inspected
- 1 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
- 10 investigations · 2004–2025
Identity
282261
WDC2234
77172
Flag
UNITED STATES
366989850
Maury page id
psix-77172
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded15
Years with a record
14 calendar years (1992–2025)
The 20 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)60.4 ft × 24.0 ft × 5.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 95 / net 65
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBALBOUR METAL BOAT WORKS · ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1960
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 15 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it95 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
65 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
65 - 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
WDC2234MMSI 366989850 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 October 2024, expires 10 November 2034
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 · 14
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.
SHERYL Towing Vessel · MISLE 89800 · 1 July 2025 · activity 8179043BETHANY DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 129794 · 11 March 2023 · activity 7649419L-1011 Freight Barge · MISLE 295687 · 11 March 2023 · activity 7649419THE ADMIRAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 74556 · 24 November 2013 · activity 4780182CAPT. MIKE RUSHING Towing Vessel · MISLE 91776 · 8 March 2008 · activity 3164114BOB STITH Towing Vessel · MISLE 203319 · 8 March 2008 · activity 3164114LUCY WEPFER Towing Vessel · MISLE 218343 · 28 July 2007 · activity 3073514ROBERT T Towing Vessel · MISLE 354937 · 28 July 2007 · activity 3073514GD 910 Freight Barge · MISLE 369685 · 28 July 2007 · activity 3073514BV-353 Freight Barge · MISLE 476220 · 26 May 2005 · activity 2368674APPALOOSA Towing Vessel · MISLE 114822 · 26 December 2004 · activity 2265065RF 203 Freight Barge · MISLE 733769 · 26 December 2004 · activity 2265065GD 654 Freight Barge · MISLE 86866 · 1 August 1995 · activity 144563L 918 Freight Barge · MISLE 116758 · 25 October 1992 · activity 65400Inspection history · 20
1 July 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8179043
11 March 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7649419
23 February 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7401046
27 August 2021
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7300575
24 November 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4780182
22 September 2010
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3855067
8 December 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3648199
1 July 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3754778
3 June 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3226522
8 March 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3164114
28 July 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3073514
20 June 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2968095
26 May 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2368674
30 March 2005
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2323066
26 December 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2265065
3 November 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2233924
15 June 2004
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2099351
2 March 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 76642
1 August 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 144563
25 October 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 65400
Deficiency record · 8
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
Vessel required to have a general alarm. General alarm did not actuate when the vessel master attempted to energize the alarm at the operator's station.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
Lifejackets must have a lifejacket light. Two lifejackets located in crew berthing did not have lights.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance and inspections
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
All lifesaving equipment must be tested and maintained IAW 46 CFR 199.190. Two lifejackets stowed under pilot house had lifejacket lights that were missing batteries.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
Berthing spaces must be equipped with a means to detect smoke. Port side crew berthing did not have a means to detect smoke.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
Vessel must be operated in such a manner as to afford protection against hazards. Vessel equipped with fire main to meet 46 CFR 142.325. Upon testing fire main an open valve in a branch line discharged a constant stream of water on the deck in the vicinity of the hose station. Valve could not be immediately closed due to missing handle from valve. A flooded deck without means to secure discharge would induce a hazard in an emergency. Temporary means employed (i.e. valve closed with add of tool), however, current configuration of branch line necessitates a permeant solution to eliminate potential hazard.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
A remotely operated valve must be installed in the fuel piping directly outside of the fuel oil supply tank to stop the flow of fuel in the event of a fire or a fuel line break. At time of inspection remotely operated valves were located in branch lines in the vicinity of the engines being supplied and not directly outside of fuel oil supply tank (valves were installed at the proper location; however, they were not capable of remote operation).
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Guards - fencing around dangerous machinery parts
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
An exposed hazard such as rotating machinery, must be protected by a cover, guard or rail. The vessel's port and starboard propeller shafts were not protected and vessel supplies were stored in the immediately vicinity of the rotating machinery.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machines/parts
Issued 30 November 2021
Resolved
Pressure vessel must be equipped with a relief valve. Relief valve attached to an air pressure discharge line with an isolation valve installed between the tank and the relief valve, the pressure vessel was not equipped with a relief valve.
Casualty record · 10
26 December 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at BATON ROUGE R.R. AND HWY. 190 BR. · activity 2265065
26 May 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2368674
20 June 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2968095
28 July 2007Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3073514
8 March 2008Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3164114
1 July 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3754778
8 December 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3648199
24 November 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4780182
11 March 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7649419
1 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8179043
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.