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BRIGHT CRYSTAL
BRIGHT CRYSTAL is a 1966 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1995, most recently in May 2020, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2011.
Records from 1995 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 27 May 2020.
- Built
- 1966
- Last inspected
- 27 May 2020
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2004–2011
Identity
505822
WDE7581
91003
Flag
UNITED STATES
367009870, 367395040, 367749180 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-91003
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded14
Years with a record
14 calendar years (1995–2020)
The 19 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.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 6 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 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)44.4 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 59 / net 40
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderC P VERRET IRON WORKS · PLAQUEMINE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1966
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Direct
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004
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 it59 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
40 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
40 - 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 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
WDI9495MMSI 367749180 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 August 2016, cancelled 16 November 2022
WDE7581MMSI 367395040 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 February 2009, cancelled 20 April 2019
WCC8140MMSI 367009870 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 1 February 1999, cancelled 4 April 2009
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.
Inspected as a tow unit · 10
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.
NATURES WAY INVADER Towing Vessel · MISLE 96689 · 31 March 2013 · activity 4587377JUDSON B Towing Vessel · MISLE 175533 · 31 March 2013 · activity 4587377SCOTT PRIDE Towing Vessel · MISLE 198790 · 31 March 2013 · activity 4587377NATURES WAY INVADER Towing Vessel · MISLE 96689 · 1 March 2013 · activity 4619994JUDSON B Towing Vessel · MISLE 175533 · 1 March 2013 · activity 4619994CROWN JEWEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 116400 · 8 November 2007 · activity 3095841MGM 3002 Tank Barge · MISLE 400018 · 8 November 2007 · activity 3095841MGM 3001 Tank Barge · MISLE 400030 · 8 November 2007 · activity 3095841C 685 Freight Barge · MISLE 207443 · 5 May 2004 · activity 2074445T491 Freight Barge · MISLE 488412 · 5 May 2004 · activity 2074445CGBM 201 Tank Barge · MISLE 228921 · 4 March 1997 · activity 189027OL-10 Tank Barge · MISLE 43498 · 3 March 1995 · activity 44400Inspection history · 19
27 May 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6968325
7 November 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6576119
5 June 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5155697
31 March 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4587377
1 March 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4619994
25 June 2012
MTSA Verification · MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4357267
30 November 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4203000
12 December 2008
Administration
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3380256
8 November 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3095841
23 August 2004
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2174477
5 May 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2074445
3 March 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Gulfport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1751687
20 September 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 434092
30 July 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 131952
22 July 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213028
16 June 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 416799
8 May 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 404551
4 March 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 189027
3 March 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 44400
Deficiency record · 2
Navigation
Issued 8 May 1997
Resolved
VSL DID NOT HAVE REQUIRED LOCAL NOTICES TO MARINERS.
Navigation
Issued 8 May 1997
Resolved
CHARTS OF TRANSITED AREA DID NOT HAVE PROPER CORRECTIONS MADE TO THEM._x001C_
Casualty record · 3
5 May 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2074445
8 November 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3095841
30 November 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4203000
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
MARY E (2004–2011). 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.