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DISPATCHER
DISPATCHER is a 1965 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2015, most recently in April 2025, along with 10 deficiencies.
Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 April 2025.
- Built
- 1965
- Last inspected
- 7 April 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
298527
WDI5301
86445
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-86445
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.
Inspections, by type
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2015–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)43.1 ft × 14.1 ft × 5.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 13 / net 9
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHILLSTROM SHIPBUILDING CO · COOS BAY, OR, UNITED STATES · built 1965
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPORTLAND, OR
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 13 January 2026 · expires 31 January 2027
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 it13 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
9 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
9 - 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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Inspection history · 8
7 April 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8106509
25 July 2024
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7954297
2 May 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7675617
14 July 2022
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7511124
26 May 2022
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7434127
30 April 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7186591
28 January 2016
DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5805662
7 December 2015
Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5796740
Deficiency record · 10
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 25 July 2024
Resolved
Pressure vessels over 5 cubic feet in volume and over 15 pounds per square inch maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) must be equipped with an indicating pressure gauge (in a readily visible location) and with one or more spring-loaded relief valves. The total relieving capacity of such relief valves must prevent pressure from exceeding the MAWP, as established by the manufacturer, by more than 10 percent. The air receiver in the machinery space has an MAWP of 200 PSI and the relief valve is set at 250 PSI. Provide a relief valve that is set at a pressure below 10% of the MAWP.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 25 July 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with at least one fire axe that is readily accessible for use from the exterior of the vessel. Vessel is not fit with a fire axe. Install fire axe and provide evidence to the marine inspector.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire alarm
Issued 25 July 2024
Resolved
The owner, managing operator, or master of a towing vessel must ensure that the vessel's lifesaving and fire suppression and detection equipment complies with the applicable requirements of parts 141 and 142 of this subchapter and is in good working order. The fire panel is inoperable. Repair and prove operational to the marine inspector.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. No bilge alarms are installed. Install bilge alarms for each space. Prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear alarm
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. Vessel has hydraulic steering system. No hydraulic oil low level alarm is installed. Install alarm and prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. . No Engine high water temp alarm is installed. Install alarm and prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
Alarms must be visible and audible at each operating station. The alarm located at the operating station may be a summary alarm; if the alarm at the operating station is a summary alarm, the specific alarm condition must be indicated at the machinery or bilge location. No audible or visual machinery alarm is installed at the operating station. Install visual and audible alarms and prove proper operation to the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
A towing vessel that is certificated for rivers, lakes, bays, and sounds, less than 3 nautical miles from shore on the Great Lakes. Must be equipped with either an approved 160-B semi-portable fire-extinguishing system to protect the engine room or a fixed fire-extinguishing system installed to protect the engine room. 46 CFR 136.110 defines a fixed fire system as a Co2 system that meets the requirements of 46 CFR 76.15. The Co2 system is manually actuated. 46 CFR 76.15-20(b) requires fully automatic actuation when the storage tank is located in the protected space. Provide proposal for re-locating the current tank or modifying the system for fully automatic actuation.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire-dampers
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces. Engine room ventilation on sides of stack does not have covers. Provide covers for engine room vents.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 26 May 2022
Resolved
There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for emergency dewatering. Any portable pump must have sufficient hose length and pumping capability. All installed bilge piping must have a check/foot valve in each bilge suction that prevents unintended back flooding through bilge piping. Portable bilge pump hose is not long enough to reach all bilge spaces from the main deck. provide longer hose.
Ownership record
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with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
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