HUNTER M

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

HUNTER M is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 41 inspections since 2009, most recently in November 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 16 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2023.

Records from 2009 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 November 2025.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 7 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 41
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 16 investigations · 2009–2023
Inspected with: 13 other vessels

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 7 November 2025

Recorded inspections41

…physical examinations13

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded22

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 15 calendar years (2009–2025)

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

1218826

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WDE8140

999516

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-999516

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)90.6 ft × 39.3 ft × 16.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 257 / net 175

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)90.6 ft × 39.3 ft × 16.4 ft

ITC tonnagegross 399 / net 119

BuilderORANGE SHIPBUILDING CO INC · ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2009

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 December 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it257 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
399 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
0 - Simplified, Gross Ton
0 - Simplified, Net Ton
175 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
119 - Convention (Subpart B), 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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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.

Inspection history · 41

7 November 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8265811

11 April 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8091210

3 July 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7730434

3 July 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7739263

16 March 2023 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7651986

17 January 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622118

14 January 2023 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7851186

15 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7412030

24 November 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7357038

3 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7276481

20 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7202320

15 May 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6953798

20 April 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6938882

19 August 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6788171

20 August 2017 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6251271

21 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6123720

15 February 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6096197

8 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5995275

18 August 2016 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5977446

18 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5989721

2 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5063458

4 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4922330

17 September 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4718494

11 July 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4650401

16 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4607325

2 April 2012 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4277043

27 March 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4273715

9 October 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4165949

23 June 2011 Marine Casualty Follow Up

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4054783

23 June 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4055270

20 April 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3994795

20 December 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3914328

30 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3914240

15 October 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3872068

11 September 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3850884

24 August 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3832751

17 June 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3769246

22 February 2010 Marine Casualty Follow Up · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3683850

19 February 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3683906

7 February 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3676670

15 May 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3475922

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 3 August 2021 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel experienced reduction of the port main diesel engine accompanied by a rattling noise in the port reduction gear. Provide technicians report attesting to findings and repairs along with a statement from TPO attesting to satisfactory repairs.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 3 September 2021
Resolved 24 November 2021
Resolution: Recieved Preliminary ABS Survey Report clearing vessel

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-direct drive) › Turbocharger

Issued 2 April 2012 Resolved

UTV Hunter M. Report received on Pressure Micro switch on throttle.port engineer replaced the micro switch on the throttle because the pressure switch was out of adjustment. Vessel was allowed to return to service A copy of the work order will be submitted with the 2692.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 2 April 2012
Resolved 2 April 2012
Resolution: UTV Hunter M. Report received on Pressure Micro switch on throttle.port engineer replaced the micro switch on the throttle because the pressure switch was out of adjustment. Vessel was allowed to return to service A copy of the work order will be submi

Casualty record · 16

15 May 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3475922

7 February 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 3676670

19 February 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3683906

17 June 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3769246

11 September 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3850884

30 November 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3914240

20 December 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3914328

20 April 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3994795

9 October 2011Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 4165949

27 March 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4273715

16 May 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4607325

17 September 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4718494

18 August 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5989721

15 February 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6096197

21 March 2017Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6123720

3 July 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7739263

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.

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.