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NATURES WAY INVADER

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

NATURES WAY INVADER is a 1968 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1995, most recently in March 2013, along with 2 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations in 2008.

Records from 1995 to 2013. Most recent: inspection, 31 March 2013.

Built
1968
Last inspected
31 March 2013
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
16
Deficiencies
2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
4 investigations · 2008
Inspected with
13 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
514466
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDD9089
MISLE id
96689
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367306650, 367483070 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-96689

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4
…with no type recorded12
Years with a record 6 calendar years (1995–2013)
The 16 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 13 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

Tonnage as PSIX records it116 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
79 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Radio station licence

WDF7296MMSI 367483070 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 March 2011, cancelled 29 May 2021
WDD9089MMSI 367306650 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 4 August 2007, cancelled 7 October 2017
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 · 13

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.

BRIGHT CRYSTAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 91003 · 31 March 2013 · activity 4587377JUDSON B Towing Vessel · MISLE 175533 · 31 March 2013 · activity 4587377SCOTT PRIDE Towing Vessel · MISLE 198790 · 31 March 2013 · activity 4587377BRIGHT CRYSTAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 91003 · 1 March 2013 · activity 4619994JUDSON B Towing Vessel · MISLE 175533 · 1 March 2013 · activity 4619994AT 1400 Tank Barge · MISLE 43727 · 28 October 2008 · activity 3352775AXL 214 Tank Barge · MISLE 40801 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016AT 1400 Tank Barge · MISLE 43727 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016MEM 5254 Freight Barge · MISLE 493361 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016MM138 Tank Barge · MISLE 496085 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016CH0514 Freight Barge · MISLE 738368 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016SCF 26034 Freight Barge · MISLE 864354 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016BIG 402 Freight Barge · MISLE 876384 · 22 October 2008 · activity 3359016AT 1400 Tank Barge · MISLE 43727 · 10 August 2008 · activity 3302965MELISSA LYNN Towing Vessel · MISLE 438566 · 10 August 2008 · activity 3302965MMI 3041 Tank Barge · MISLE 639702 · 10 August 2008 · activity 3302965MMI 3040 Tank Barge · MISLE 639705 · 10 August 2008 · activity 3302965

Inspection history · 16

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
17 September 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4444000
25 June 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4356626
3 April 2012 MTSA Verification · MARPOL · Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4277899
5 December 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3645161
28 October 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3352775
22 October 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3359016
22 October 2008 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3359677
15 August 2008 Uninspected Other · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3300007
10 August 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3302965
10 August 2008 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3303093
13 January 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3132219
20 August 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 79229
10 August 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 16325
8 March 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 105250

Deficiency record · 2

Engineering › Shafting/Propeller Arrangements › Bearing
Issued 15 August 2008 Resolved
Strut Bearing has three fractures on aft side of propeller strut
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 18 August 2008
Resolution: Cleared by Marine Surveror Report.
Engineering › Steering Gear System › Rudder
Issued 15 August 2008 Resolved
STRB outboard flanking rudder bent 20degree inboard
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 22 August 2008
Resolved 18 August 2008
Resolution: Clear by Marine Surveror Report.

Casualty record · 4

13 January 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3132219
10 August 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3302965
22 October 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3359016
28 October 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3352775
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

ACCU III (2008). 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.