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NATURES WAY EXPLORER

Built
1962
Last inspected
2 February 2021
Documentation
No Operation - PM · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 2 February 2021
…with no type recorded21
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 15 calendar years (1996–2021)
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

WI4123
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-81452

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)83.7 ft × 28.1 ft × 9.9 ft
Registered tonnagegross 247 / net 168
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderWILEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY · PORT DEPOSIT, MD, UNITED STATES · built 1962
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Direct
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portMOBILE, AL
Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un
DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 30 June 2004
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 it247 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
168 - 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 August 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.
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Behind this panel: 31 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 0 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; operational controls, none recorded without a removal date; 14 other vessels inspected with it; 1 other recorded name; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port and endorsements. Every line is a record the Coast Guard wrote; the counts above are the same counts as in the summary, and they are free.

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Vessel history report
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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 14

Inspection history · 31

2 February 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7163045
27 May 2020 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6968302
31 October 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6034596
6 July 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5933204
15 July 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5185439
12 July 2015 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5186357
9 February 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5068026
5 August 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4945790
2 February 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4237518
16 December 2011 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4209604
26 July 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4101619
28 June 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4060217
2 June 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4032765
11 May 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4008587
11 May 2011 Marine Casualty Follow Up
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4008661
15 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2997214
13 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2960641
13 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2961578
13 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Portsmouth · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2962321
19 June 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2687363
3 January 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 139645
1 January 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 96773
30 August 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 89958
28 August 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 46790
2 August 2000 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 823677
22 June 2000 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 823674
20 December 1999 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 811841
31 March 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · District 5 (B) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 726866
21 August 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 644196
3 March 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 37625
24 February 1996 Uninspected Towing Vessel · MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination
Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1377619

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Recorded names · 1

CAPTAIN C. G. (2006–2007). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

Ownership record

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