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PORT GARDNER

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Other hulls named PORT GARDNER

PORT GARDNER is a 2008 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2015, most recently in September 2025, along with 10 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2024.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 September 2025.

Built
2008
Last inspected
10 September 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
8
Deficiencies
10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
1 investigation · 2024
Inspected with
3 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
1212373
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDE4998
MISLE id
953480
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367360680
Maury page id
psix-953480

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record 6 calendar years (2015–2025)
The 8 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)42.0 ft × 16.0 ft × 6.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 27 / net 21
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHANSEN BOAT CO · EVERETT, WA, UNITED STATES · built 2008
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portLA CONNER, WA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 30 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it27 - Simplified, Gross Ton
21 - 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

WDE4998MMSI 367360680 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 30 March 2018, expires 4 June 2028
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 · 3

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.

NUNUI Towing Vessel · MISLE 49548 · 5 February 2024 · activity 7861744SPARTAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 99191 · 5 February 2024 · activity 7861744TAURUS Towing Vessel · MISLE 140166 · 5 February 2024 · activity 7861744

Inspection history · 8

10 September 2025 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8218741
10 September 2024 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8000249
7 June 2024 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7930307
5 February 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7861744
26 September 2023 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7795301
3 August 2022 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7540880
7 April 2021 COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7194655
31 August 2015 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5231646

Deficiency record · 10

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
Charts, including electronic charts acceptable to the Coast Guard, of appropriate scale to make safe navigation possible. MI observed the vessel having a recreational version of Rose Point which is not a USCG authorized electronic chart.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 September 2025
Resolved 25 September 2025
Resolution: Vessel rep provided photos attesting to the installation of the commercial (CG approved) version of electronic charts.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
The master must ensure that all lifesaving equipment is properly maintained and ready for use at all times. MI observed 01 ring life buoy sealing plug to be missing/deteriorated.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 September 2025
Resolved 25 September 2025
Resolution: Vessel rep replaced effected ring life buoy, photos received attesting to replacement.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
Electrical connections must be suitably installed to prevent them from coming loose through vibration or accidental contact. MI observed a junction box for the float switch at the port side shaft seal not attached to the bulkhead and handing from the electrical wire.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 September 2025
Resolved 25 September 2025
Resolution: Vessel rep provided photos of junction box permenantly attached to bulkhead.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Structural features (ship)
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
The owner or managing operator must implement procedures to identify and mitigate health and safety hazards, including but not limited to... working aloft. MI observed major deflection in starboard side rail in ladder leading to top of pilot house where the life raft is stowed.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 September 2025
Resolved 25 September 2025
Resolution: Vessel rep provided photos of ladder satisfactorily repaired.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. MI observed the installed bilge pump unable to provide suction and remove water from the engine room. Vessel is to maintain onboard appropriate length suction hose to utilize portable fire pump as a portable bilge pump until repairs can be made and an operational test is witnessed by attending marine inspector.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 October 2025
Resolved 22 October 2025
Resolution: verifired bilge pumping arrangements for new electronic bilge pump installation.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. MI observed on the inboard clevis pin of the starboard hydraulic steering ram missing its lower retention bolt. Vessels crew sourced and installed bolt to ensure hydraulic ram remains connected.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 September 2025
Resolved 10 September 2025
Resolution: Vessels crew sourced and installed bolt to ensure hydraulic ram remains connected.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 10 September 2025 Resolved
Individual circuit breakers on switchboards and distribution panels must be labeled with a description of the loads they serve. MI observed 04 circuit breakers at the operating station unlabeled. Vessels crew identified and labeled circuit breakers.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 September 2025
Resolved 10 September 2025
Resolution: Vessels crew identified and labeled circuit breakers.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 July 2021 Resolved
Electrical connections in way of shaft seal and high level bilge alarm are not suitably protected from coming loose through vibration accidental contact.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 6 August 2021
Resolved 21 July 2021
Resolution: Electrical connection made in junction boxes to reduce risk of accidentally coming loose.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 6 July 2021 Resolved
Bilge pump must be installed for emergency dewatering. Impeller blade was not sufficient for emergency dewatering. Repair or replace bilge pump.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 6 August 2021
Resolved 28 July 2021
Resolution: Recieved video evidence of functioning bilge pump.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 6 July 2021 Resolved
The design of the fire detection system and its installation must be certified and inspected by a technician with qualifications as a NICET level IV fire alarm engineering technician. Demonstrate installation was done accordingly.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 6 August 2021
Resolved 8 July 2021
Resolution: Letter from PE states the system meets the requirements in CFR for 12V system.

Casualty record · 1

5 February 2024Routine · role: Subject to Marine Inspection · activity 7861744
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.

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.