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NATURES WAY EXPLORER

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named NATURES WAY EXPLORER

NATURES WAY EXPLORER is a 1962 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 1996, most recently in February 2021, along with 2 operational controls and 5 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2016.

Records from 1996 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 2 February 2021.

Built
1962
Last inspected
2 February 2021
Documentation
No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
31
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
5 investigations · 2006–2016
Inspected with
14 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
290018
IMO number
—
Call sign
WI4123
MISLE id
81452
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367452620 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-81452

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7
…administrative events3
…with no type recorded21
Years with a record 15 calendar years (1996–2021)
The 31 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.

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 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)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 shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portMOBILE, AL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
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 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

WDF4499MMSI 367452620 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 15 May 2010, cancelled 18 July 2020
WI4123MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 April 1994, cancelled 22 August 2004
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.

RENEW Towing Vessel · MISLE 95460 · 5 August 2014 · activity 4945790IN085402 Freight Barge · MISLE 936743 · 5 August 2014 · activity 4945790TOUAX 961 B Freight Barge · MISLE 1154871 · 5 August 2014 · activity 4945790ACL 00111 Freight Barge · MISLE 19945 · 2 February 2012 · activity 4237518ACL 01137 Freight Barge · MISLE 34702 · 2 February 2012 · activity 4237518JACOB TODD Towing Vessel · MISLE 149307 · 2 February 2012 · activity 4237518ACBL 3303 Freight Barge · MISLE 350277 · 2 February 2012 · activity 4237518LF 108 B Freight Barge · MISLE 404336 · 2 February 2012 · activity 4237518LTD 11123 Freight Barge · MISLE 1126573 · 2 February 2012 · activity 4237518CAPT CALVIN DEVALL Towing Vessel · MISLE 177139 · 2 June 2011 · activity 4032765LC-20 Freight Barge · MISLE 336193 · 3 January 2001 · activity 139645LC-21 Freight Barge · MISLE 283574 · 1 January 2001 · activity 96773BARGE 21 Freight Barge · MISLE 16619 · 30 August 2000 · activity 89958BARGE 23 Freight Barge · MISLE 16620 · 30 August 2000 · activity 89958

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 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam · 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 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel
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.

Casualty record · 5

19 June 2006Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 2687363
13 June 2007Routine · role: Suspected Pollution Source · activity 2961578
2 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4032765
2 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 4237518
31 October 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6034596
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.

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

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.