CHRIS

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

CHRIS is a 1965 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2002, most recently in July 2024, along with 7 deficiencies.

Records from 2002 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 9 July 2024.

Built: 1965
Last inspected: 9 July 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 9 July 2024

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations6

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2002–2024)

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

501782

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WDC3704

88425

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-88425

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)32.6 ft × 12.2 ft × 6.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 11 / net 8

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSOMERSET, MA, UNITED STATES · built 1965

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW CASTLE, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it11 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
8 - 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 11

9 July 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7961947

6 November 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7589866

21 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7397276

5 August 2021 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7292377

28 October 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7085743

23 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7013945

9 March 2020 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6922915

31 August 2016 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5990189

21 June 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4630066

26 January 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3670554

10 January 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1477553

Deficiency record · 7

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 28 October 2020 Resolved

Unauthorized repair made to a transverse frame in lazarrette. Make vessel available for inspection. 46 CFR 144.105 (c)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 28 October 2020
Resolved 30 October 2020
Resolution: MI verified condition of repair to transverse frame.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills

Issued 23 June 2020 Resolved

Emergency drills were not recorded for the vessel. Provide updated log proving completion of drills to the satisfaction of attending marine inspector.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 1 July 2020
Resolution: Provided training logs.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 23 June 2020 Resolved

Prove the vessel's operation or a history of satisfactory service does not cause the stability of the vessel to be questioned by either the Coast Guard.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 1 July 2020
Resolution: Received stability statement.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm

Issued 23 June 2020 Resolved

Provide a flashing red light in the engine room and a sign that reads "Attention General Alarm- When Alarm Sounds or Flashes Go To Your Station".

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 1 July 2020
Resolution: Vessel requested to become an excepted vessel which does not need to comply with this reg.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 23 June 2020 Resolved

Steel transverse frame wasted in the aft space. Monitor condition of affected area prior to drydock repair.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 30 October 2020

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts

Issued 23 June 2020 Resolved

Inflatable liferaft was not installed onboard. Vessel is restricted to protected waters within Sector Delaware Bay's [name withheld] until a liferaft is provided.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 1 July 2020
Resolution: Vessel requested to change to protected waters which does not require them to carry a liferaft.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency fire pump and its pipes

Issued 23 June 2020 Resolved

Fire pump was not provided onboard. Vessel is restricted to harbor assist operations only until a fire pump is proven operational to the attending marine inspector.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 1 July 2020
Resolution: Vessel requested to become an excepted vessel which does not need to comply with this reg.

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.