HARRY MERRITT

Towing Vessel · Built 1940s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

HARRY MERRITT is a 1944 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1998, most recently in October 2000, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 1998 to 2000. Most recent: inspection, 12 October 2000.

Built: 1944
Last inspected: 12 October 2000
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 26 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 12 October 2000

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (1998–2000)

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

290236

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WI5613

81606

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-81606

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)42.3 ft × 12.5 ft × 5.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 14

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOUSTON IRON WORKS INC · HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1944

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portCHARLESTON, SC

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 19 January 2005 · expires 28 February 2006

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 it20 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
14 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 3

12 October 2000 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 822978

21 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 719425

2 January 1998 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 775642

Deficiency record · 3

Documentation

Issued 2 January 1998 Resolved

Unknown Component - Unknown Cause/Condition (46C.F.R.67.313)

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 January 1998
Resolved 20 January 1998

Fire Fighting

Issued 2 January 1998 Resolved

Unknown Component - Unknown Cause/Condition (46C.F.R.25.30-20(a)(1))

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 January 1998
Resolved 20 January 1998

Navigation

Issued 2 January 1998 Resolved

Unknown Component - Unknown Cause/Condition (33C.F.R.88.05)

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 January 1998
Resolved 20 January 1998

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.