WILLIAM JOSEPH

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

WILLIAM JOSEPH is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2011, most recently in May 2026, along with 5 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2011 and 2014.

Records from 2011 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 20 May 2026.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 20 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2011–2014
Inspected with: 6 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 20 May 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations4

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 13 calendar years (2011–2026)

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

1222584

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WDP2245

1035799

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1035799

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)51.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 75 / net 60

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSERODINO INC · GUILD, TN, UNITED STATES · built 2009

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMT VERNON, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 19 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it75 - Simplified, Gross Ton
60 - Simplified, 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 · 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.

LATONIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 194450 · 1 June 2022 · activity 7557442 BRANDI ANN Towing Vessel · MISLE 1107948 · 10 June 2014 · activity 4930520 ALLEN L. MARTIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 104662 · 2 February 2013 · activity 4527712 OLIVER C. SHEARER Towing Vessel · MISLE 78052 · 4 March 2011 · activity 3957820 KILLIAN L. HUGER Towing Vessel · MISLE 167289 · 4 March 2011 · activity 3957820 PAULA RUBLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 997864 · 4 March 2011 · activity 3957820

Inspection history · 16

20 May 2026 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8377693

22 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8116958

15 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7981878

7 February 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7858382

23 June 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7721600

1 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7557442

12 April 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7175598

24 March 2021 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7159109

29 October 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7093139

11 September 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6264862

19 August 2015 Deficiency Check · Administration · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5221405

10 June 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4930520

2 February 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4527712

28 February 2012 Deficiency Check · Administration · Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4255003

6 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4206335

4 March 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3957820

Deficiency record · 5

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for master and officers

Issued 20 May 2026 Resolved

Station documents must be readily available to the licensed operator(s) on duty during the hours of service of the station and to authorized Commission employees upon request. Master did not have an FCC license on board for inspection.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 13 July 2026
Resolved 6 July 2026
Resolution: Captain's FCC license has been uploaded into Helm.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 20 May 2026 Resolved

All fire-suppression and detection equipment and systems on board a towing vessel must be maintained in accordance with the attached nameplate, manufacturer's approved design manual, or as otherwise provided in any TSMS applicable to the vessel. Fire hose leaking from fitting.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 6 July 2026
Resolution: The leaking fire hose nozzle/fitting was replaced with a new nozzle and fitting. The hose was tested following the repair, and no leaks were observed.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 20 May 2026 Resolved

All bilges and void spaces are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials and liquids insofar as practicable. Storage areas are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials insofar as practicable. Excessive oil build up on generator and engine room bilge.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 6 July 2026
Resolution: The excessive oil accumulation on the generator and within the engine room bilge has been cleaned.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 20 May 2026 Resolved

The fuel shut-off valve must be operable from a safe place outside the space where the valve is installed. Conduit that the cable for remote operations was damaged and not allowing proper operation of valve cut-off.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 6 July 2026
Resolution: The starboard fuel shut-off valve has been repaired and is operating properly.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Recordkeeping

Issued 11 September 2017 Resolved

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 October 2017
Resolved 25 September 2017
Resolution: TPG Mt. Veron Barge Services chemical testing program was found to have Statistically based method of testing the pool of mariners.

Casualty record · 4

4 March 2011Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3957820

6 December 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4206335

2 February 2013Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 4527712

10 June 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4930520

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.

Recorded names · 1

CHARGER (2011). 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.