TRISTAN B

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

TRISTAN B is a 1962 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2001, most recently in January 2013, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2007.

Records from 2001 to 2013. Most recent: inspection, 4 January 2013.

Built: 1962
Last inspected: 4 January 2013
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2007
Inspected with: 16 other vessels

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 4 January 2013

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations2

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2001–2013)

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

290079

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81495

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-81495

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)72.8 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 116 / net 79

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES · built 1962

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUnknown

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portCHARLESTON, WV

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 December 2025 · expires 31 December 2026

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it116 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
79 - 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.

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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Inspected as a tow unit · 16

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.

Inspection history · 10

4 January 2013 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4510550

6 December 2010 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3905280

6 December 2010 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3905300

6 December 2010 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3905305

12 October 2010 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3903430

19 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2891441

18 October 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2517509

8 April 2005 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2329369

28 October 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1698523

20 August 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 41606

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 · 1

19 March 2007Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 2891441

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.