Captain’s License Assistance Towing Endorsement – Online Course & Exam
$195.00
Add Assistance Towing to your OUPV or Master license
This USCG-approved course (USCAPT 42) is the exam to add Assistance Towing. You can put it on a license you already hold, or apply for it with an original OUPV or Master. It lets you do commercial assistance towing inside the route and tonnage of that license.
After checkout you land on My Courses and can start right away. You have lifetime access.
Questions? Contact us or call (866) 293-9308.
Assistance Towing Endorsement
This USCG-approved course (USCAPT 42) is the exam to add Assistance Towing to an OUPV or Master license. Pass it and the Certificate of Training is issued for that endorsement.
“I would highly recommend anyone to work with US Captains Training as well as Diamond Marine Services to accomplish all of your maritime credentialing needs!” ~John H. (Master 100 + Sailing endorsement + Towing endorsement)
What’s included
- Self-paced course with lifetime access
- Online Final Examination
- Phone, text, or email support from working captains
How it works
- Checkout and get instant access to your course.
- Complete the Assistance Towing module: open every activity and pass every quiz to earn the Certificate of Achievement.
- Open the Final Examination module and use the link inside it to schedule your proctored exam.
- Pass the Online Final Examination.
- Your USCG-approved Certificate of Training unlocks and is issued immediately.
- Submit that certificate to the USCG with your endorsement application.
Enroll
Add to Cart and check out. You land on My Courses and can start right away.
New students get an account automatically. You will also get an email titled “US Captains Training Username and Password.” Use that email if you want to choose your own password. You do not have to change anything to enter the course. Existing students keep their current login.
Course Materials
Video lessons, quizzes, and the final exam are in the online classroom. Nothing else to buy.
What you will see in My Courses
- Assistance Towing — start here
- Final Examination: Assistance Towing — proctored final, after the Certificate of Achievement
Questions? (866) 293-9308 or contact us.
Online Final Examination
Take the Online Final Examination when you are ready. It is USCG approved and done online with a live proctor on Google Meet. Nothing to install. The proctor walks you through the setup.
Prepare
Finish the Assistance Towing module before you schedule the final.
Open every activity and pass every quiz. When that work is done, you earn the Certificate of Achievement. You cannot schedule until that certificate is earned.
There is no deadline to get ready. Take as long as you need to study. You can also move through the module as fast as you want.
Take the exam
- Assistance Towing: 20 questions, 70% to pass
- Live proctor on Google Meet
- No lockdown browser and nothing to install
- Computer with a webcam and microphone, plus a phone or tablet for the second camera
The proctor checks you in and stays with you through the test. When you pass, your USCG-approved Certificate of Training unlocks and is issued immediately.
Exam rules
- One exam in this battery. First battery is one day.
- You get three attempts.
- After the first exam you have 90 days to finish any retests. That clock starts the day of your first exam.
- Fail three times and the Coast Guard requires you to retake the course. You do not buy the course again. You pay a retest and administration fee.
- This exam replaces testing at a Regional Exam Center. You do not take a separate exam with the Coast Guard.
Questions? Call (866) 293-9308 or contact us.
License qualifications
You must hold an OUPV or Master license, or apply for this endorsement with that original license. This course meets the exam requirement. The Coast Guard still has to approve your application. Use their current checklist for the last word:
- Assistance Towing endorsement
General requirements
- U.S. citizenship
- Age 18 or older for OUPV, 19 or older for Master
- Medical certificate: hold a valid medical certificate, or submit a medical certificate application with this transaction
- Drug testing compliant
- Mariner user fees paid
Sea service
None beyond the OUPV or Master you already hold, or the sea service for the original license you are applying for at the same time. This course does not change route or tonnage.
Exam
This course’s Certificate of Training (USCAPT 42) is accepted in place of the Coast Guard exam for the Assistance Towing endorsement.
USCG license application
Pass this course and you have the exam piece to add Assistance Towing to an OUPV or Master license. That endorsement lets you tow a disabled vessel for hire, inside the route and tonnage already on your license. It does not raise tonnage, change your route, or let you operate a towing vessel.
Apply in Navita. Start at the National Maritime Center. Use Launch NAVITA. Sign in with Login.gov. Complete your profile, then start an MMC application in the portal. Do not email a packet to a Regional Exam Center.
You can start the application before you finish the course. Evaluation still runs about four to six weeks. If NMC approves you pending training, you have one year to use the Certificate of Training. That certificate is only valid for one year.
After you pass, upload the Certificate of Training (USCAPT 42) in Navita on that same application.
NMC has a Navita user guide, live chat, and phone support at 1-888-427-5662. If you want help with the application, Diamond Marine Services is at 877-335-6341.
What you will provide in Navita
Adding this to a license you already hold:
- MMC application (CG-719B), completed in the portal. Request Assistance Towing.
- Drug test (CG-719P or consortium letter)
- Certificate of Training from this course, when you have it
- Fees, paid in the portal through Pay.gov
- Conviction disclosure (CG-719C) only if it applies
- Proof of TWIC only if NMC asks and you do not already hold one
If you are applying for OUPV or Master at the same time, that original application carries the sea service, medical, and First Aid and CPR. This endorsement rides on that packet. It does not add its own sea service.
Usual extra costs (estimates)
- Drug screen: about $60 to $80 if you are not in a consortium. Many students use US Drug Test Centers (866-566-0261).
- Pay.gov: an endorsement on an existing license is often less than a new license. The portal calculates the fee.
- Physical, TWIC, CPR, and First Aid: only if this endorsement is part of an original license, or NMC asks for them.
Watch status and messages inside Navita. If NMC needs more information, they will ask there.
