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M.A.R.S. TITAN

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

M.A.R.S. TITAN is a 1968 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 33 inspections since 1991, most recently in March 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2022.

Records from 1991 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 March 2025.

Built
1968
Last inspected
4 March 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
33
Deficiencies
5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
4 investigations · 2010–2022
Inspected with
7 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

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 4 March 2025
Recorded inspections33
…physical examinations6
…administrative events5
…with no type recorded22
Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 15 calendar years (1991–2025)
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

US Official No.
513704
IMO number
7742293
Call sign
WDJ7144
MISLE id
96162
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-96162

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)133.0 ft × 34.5 ft × 13.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 196 / net 133
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)137.9 ft × 34.5 ft × 20.4 ft
ITC tonnagegross 574 / net 172
BuilderMCDERMOTT SHIPYARD, DIV OF J RAY MCDERMOTT & CO · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1968
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 16 October 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it574 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
196 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
172 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
133 - 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 7

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. Towing vessels are barely present in the record before 1992, so tow-unit membership for activities older than that is recorded only partially.

DYNO MIKE Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 576090 · 28 January 2022 · activity 7390013DB THOR Industrial Vessel · MISLE 800643 · 2 July 2015 · activity 5178233BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 24 August 1996 · activity 156140BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 10 June 1996 · activity 44913BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 29 April 1996 · activity 104990GOD'S GRACE Towing Vessel · MISLE 194764 · 29 April 1996 · activity 104990M 133 Tank Barge · MISLE 405384 · 29 April 1996 · activity 104990MM 130 Tank Barge · MISLE 405385 · 29 April 1996 · activity 104990BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 9 December 1994 · activity 187881BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 15 September 1994 · activity 172301BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 13 September 1994 · activity 34888BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 18 May 1994 · activity 70365XL 150 Freight Barge · MISLE 130183 · 18 May 1994 · activity 70365BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 20 January 1993 · activity 117775BAHIA DE TAMPA Tank Barge · MISLE 45920 · 21 December 1991 · activity 72382

Inspection history · 33

4 March 2025 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8088580
18 February 2025 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8081082
28 April 2022 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7439824
28 January 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7387302
28 January 2022 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7390013
6 January 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7376359
16 November 2021 TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7352740
25 October 2021 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7338889
21 October 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7336797
26 February 2021 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7146957
2 July 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5178233
12 April 2011 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3985347
6 January 2011 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922077
23 November 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3904558
20 August 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3833376
11 June 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3501203
3 April 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3445766
13 May 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 122116
2 April 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 42644
14 July 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 89606
17 May 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 154969
6 June 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 78489
24 August 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 156140
10 June 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 44913
29 April 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 104990
14 January 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 66373
25 December 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 123006
9 December 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 187881
15 September 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 172301
13 September 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 34888
18 May 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 70365
20 January 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 117775
21 December 1991 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 72382

Deficiency record · 5

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 4 March 2025 Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: (2) Be suitable for route and service. (d) Repairs and minor alterations to existing towing vessels must be made in accordance with this part. Vessel reported the port MDE had a casualty and had to shut it down. Vessel is required to provide a TPO report of satisfactory repairs before its departure.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 March 2025
Resolved 6 March 2025
Resolution: Vessel sent in a report from class attesting to the repairs and satisfactory op test of the engine.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Wheelhouse -door -window
Issued 28 January 2022 Resolved
Broken windows and frame/trim. Repair/Replace windows and trim/frame. Vessel may transit to shipyard for repairs.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 February 2022
Resolved 21 June 2022
Resolution: Attended Vessel and verified repairs
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 28 January 2022 Resolved
No vessel owned by the company has a valid COI. Vessel shall obtain a valid COI prior to operation or bring fleet into compliance with 46 CFR 136.202. All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period listed in 46 CFR 136.202
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 27 February 2022
Resolved 21 June 2022
Resolution: Issued COI.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 28 January 2022 Resolved
Hand rails are damaged around the pilot house. Make repairs IAW 46 CFR 144.800. Vessel may transit to shipyard for repairs.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 February 2022
Resolved 21 June 2022
Resolution: Verified repairs
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 26 February 2021 Resolved
All owners and operators of existing towing vessels must meet the compliance phase in requirements of 46 CFR 136.202. As of 20JULY2020 companies must have a valid COI for towing vessels within thier fleet. As of 26FEB2021 M.A.R.S. INC. towing vessel fleet has a valid COI for 15% of its vessels. The M.A.R.S. TITAN must obtain an valid COI within 30 days from 26FEB2021. The associated code of this deficiency will change automatically to 17 if the stated requirements are not met.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 March 2021
Resolved 21 October 2021
Resolution: Cleared in accordance with CVC Policy 02-20.

Casualty record · 4

20 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3833376
23 November 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3904558
2 July 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 2 injured · activity 5178233
28 January 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7390013
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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 1

OFFSHORE KING (2010–2015). 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.