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SAFETY CHALLENGER
Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named SAFETY CHALLENGER · FLOWERS, J. RUSSELL, INC. operator of record, 2023
SAFETY CHALLENGER is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2009, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2019.
Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 22 April 2026.
- Built
- 2009
- Last inspected
- 22 April 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2009–2019
Identity
1217360
WDI4822
992967
Flag
UNITED STATES
367702370
Maury page id
psix-992967
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded3
Years with a record
10 calendar years (2009–2026)
The 12 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)70.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 12.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 157 / net 126
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderB & B BOAT BUILDERS · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2009
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 23 December 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it157 - Simplified, Gross Ton
126 - Simplified, Net Ton
126 - 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
WDI4822MMSI 367702370 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 23 August 2025, expires 13 November 2035
WDE7372MMSI 367392480 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 January 2009, cancelled 12 November 2015
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 · 6
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.
UNNAMED BARGE Freight Barge · MISLE 728086 · 28 May 2019 · activity 6817547EVOIKOS THEO Freight Ship · MISLE 9990 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606CHRISTIAN PRIMM Towing Vessel · MISLE 210063 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606ACL 9213 Freight Barge · MISLE 378500 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606ACL 97008 Freight Barge · MISLE 453041 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606MEM 5116 Freight Barge · MISLE 464653 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606Inspection history · 12
22 April 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8354003
4 March 2026
MTSA Verification · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8286960
27 June 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7953959
18 October 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7580313
16 March 2021
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7157159
16 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6979880
28 May 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6817547
11 March 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6642606
29 January 2018
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6349951
28 October 2013
DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4743512
13 September 2010
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3851825
11 November 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3669632
Deficiency record · 1
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 18 June 2020
Resolved
A towing vessel must be maintained and operated so the watertight integrity and stability of the vessel are not compromised.
While conducting repairs to bulkhead between the fore and aft stern voids to much heat was applied to the bottom corner of the bulkhead and created a hole which started slow water ingress. Vessel is allowed to travel the twenty-five miles to JMI Hahanville for repairs in accordance with its approved transit plan. Repairs must be affected before moving. Vessel TPO shall submit a report of satisfactory repairs to the local OCMI to meet the conditions of the 835.
Casualty record · 3
11 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3669632
11 March 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6642606
28 May 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6817547
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.