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BLR GENERAL
BLR GENERAL is a 1965 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2005, most recently in September 2024, along with 2 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 2 casualty investigations in 2005.
Records from 2005 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 18 September 2024.
- Built
- 1965
- Last inspected
- 18 September 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2005
Identity
501668
WDL8844
88352
Flag
UNITED STATES
368173440
Maury page id
psix-88352
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2005–2024)
The 15 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.
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)52.3 ft × 22.3 ft × 3.9 ft
Registered tonnagegross 30 / net 24
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLOUIS G ORTIS · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1965
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 4 December 2025 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it30 - Simplified, Gross Ton
24 - Simplified, Net Ton
24 - Simplified, 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
WDL8844MMSI 368173440 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 December 2020, expires 12 December 2030 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDI3816MMSI 367692220 · cancelled · voluntarily equipped · granted 17 September 2015, cancelled 26 July 2021
WDC6599MMSI 367058330 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 23 July 2005, cancelled 26 September 2015
WAE4176MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 22 December 1994, cancelled 26 February 2005 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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.
Inspection history · 15
18 September 2024
Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8005120
22 August 2024
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7986927
14 August 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7768273
1 May 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7678925
16 September 2022
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7560418
15 July 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7507628
13 October 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7332067
24 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7205307
20 June 2013
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4631163
2 October 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2792079
8 July 2006
MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2706018
29 July 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2444274
16 March 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2312005
12 February 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2294635
12 February 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2299358
Deficiency record · 2
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Echo sounder
Issued 16 September 2022
No resolution recorded
Vessel is missing fathometer. Will be installed at next dry dock.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 24 May 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Casualty record · 2
12 February 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2294635
12 February 2005Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 2299358
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
SOLOCO THE GENERAL (2005). 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.