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OSCAR WALTERS
OSCAR WALTERS is a 1969 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1997, most recently in March 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2019.
Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 March 2025.
- Built
- 1969
- Last inspected
- 10 March 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 5 investigations · 2004–2019
Identity
521081
WDC3799
101126
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-101126
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded10
Years with a record
11 calendar years (1997–2025)
The 19 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 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)61.2 ft × 24.0 ft × 7.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 121 / net 82
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderV & B CHARTER BOAT CO INC · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1969
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPINE BLUFF, AR
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 June 2026 · expires 31 July 2027
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 it82 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
121 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
121 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.
One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.
Inspected as a tow unit · 10
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.
2924 Freight Barge · MISLE 418619 · 17 December 2019 · activity 6904476ACBL 6026 Freight Barge · MISLE 184302 · 12 August 2013 · activity 4683503ACBL 6035 Freight Barge · MISLE 184311 · 12 August 2013 · activity 4683503ACBL 3146 Freight Barge · MISLE 192881 · 12 August 2013 · activity 4683503DAVID EVANS Towing Vessel · MISLE 202568 · 12 August 2013 · activity 4683503VL 8184 Freight Barge · MISLE 211903 · 12 August 2013 · activity 4683503ACBL 513 Freight Barge · MISLE 215460 · 12 August 2013 · activity 4683503PINE BLUFF 0612 Industrial Vessel · MISLE 817389 · 28 April 2005 · activity 234813735 TON CRANE BARGE Industrial Vessel · MISLE 693036 · 13 June 2004 · activity 20995952923 Freight Barge · MISLE 418618 · 25 May 1997 · activity 71454Inspection history · 19
10 March 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8091062
20 June 2024
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7938997
13 May 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7911526
14 October 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7076865
17 December 2019
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6886997
17 December 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6904476
5 June 2019
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6761555
16 May 2019
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6761681
26 January 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6654657
25 April 2018
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6400868
12 August 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4683503
3 October 2012
DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4469400
4 February 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3675884
28 April 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2348137
19 July 2004
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2138636
13 June 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2099595
25 May 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 71454
25 May 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 151763
25 May 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 229127
Deficiency record · 3
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Stability/strength/loading information and instruments
Issued 20 June 2024
Resolved
Verification of compliance with the construction and arrangement design standards of this part must be performed according to the following table:
- If a vessel is a vessel on which a new installation that is not a “replacement in kind”, then the applicable requirements must be met before the new installation is performed. A work deck was installed on the bow of the vessel without oversight from the TPO and/or the OCMI.
Provide proof of a Stability Analysis conducted by a Naval Architect within 60 days.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 17 December 2019
Resolved
Vessel struck underwater obstruction, engine mounts shifted and broke bolts. Water ingressed through shaft packing.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Voyage or passage plan
Issued 17 December 2019
Resolved
Navigation assessment for the intended route and operation was not conducted prior to getting underway. 46 CFR 140.635(a)
Casualty record · 5
13 June 2004Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 2099595
28 April 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2348137
4 February 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3675884
12 August 2013Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4683503
17 December 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6904476
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.