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THE STING

THE STING is a 1961 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 1994, most recently in August 2012, along with 1 deficiency, 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded and 1 casualty investigation in 2007.

Records from 1994 to 2012. Most recent: operational control imposed, 8 August 2012.

Built
1961
Last inspected
8 August 2012
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
1 with no removal date recorded

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 14 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 8 August 2012
…with no type recorded5
Operational controls 1 with no removal date recorded
Years with a record 5 calendar years (1994–2012)
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 not do.

Identity

WR4594
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-79316

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it57 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
39 - 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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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.

CONNIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 66071 · 18 May 1994 · activity 74119

Inspection history · 8

8 August 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404851
6 August 2012 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404771
9 April 2012 Administration
Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4311376
9 January 2009 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3393321
6 December 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3110965
25 April 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Violation Case Coordination Center · Activity 2632849
20 April 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station South Padre Island · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2630236
18 May 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 74119

Deficiency record · 1

Communications › Alarms/Indicators › General Alarm
Issued 9 January 2009 Resolved
General Alarm red flashing light was not operational.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 9 January 2009
Resolution: Corrected on the spot.

Casualty record · 1

6 December 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3110965
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. 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.