LIL CHARLEY

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

LIL CHARLEY is a 1970 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 28 inspections since 1993, most recently in April 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2022.

Records from 1993 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 April 2025.

Built: 1970
Last inspected: 23 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 28
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2002–2022
Inspected with: 7 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 23 April 2025

Recorded inspections28

…physical examinations8

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded14

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 18 calendar years (1993–2025)

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

528661

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WDC2013

106518

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-106518

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

BuilderGREENVILLE SHIPBLDNG CORP · GREENVILLE MS, UNITED STATES · built 1970

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

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 it121 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
82 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 7

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.

ACBL 4209 Freight Barge · MISLE 184983 · 13 July 2009 · activity 3537345 BOB STITH Towing Vessel · MISLE 203319 · 13 July 2009 · activity 3537345 ART 353 Freight Barge · MISLE 126135 · 13 July 2008 · activity 3268214 COOPERATIVE AMBASSADOR Towing Vessel · MISLE 192967 · 13 July 2008 · activity 3268214 KEVIN MICHAEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 72803 · 1 May 2002 · activity 1660977 CCT 157 Freight Barge · MISLE 272781 · 8 December 1995 · activity 95478 ART 417 Freight Barge · MISLE 126593 · 1 January 1995 · activity 182783

Inspection history · 28

23 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8117971

5 March 2025 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8074354

9 December 2024 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8046699

11 June 2023 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7713962

2 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7471028

25 November 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6862285

6 November 2019 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6902734

11 September 2019 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6809677

9 August 2017 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6236076

19 June 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6180222

11 August 2010 MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3821090

13 July 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3537345

8 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3320821

13 July 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3268214

10 November 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2527189

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1957647

7 May 2002 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1613815

1 May 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1660977

14 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 280127

29 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 415361

31 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 407215

23 May 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 406502

6 August 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 21944

8 December 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 95478

15 November 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 50554

21 August 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 176285

1 January 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 182783

9 July 1993 Excursion Permit

Administrative · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1153613

Deficiency record · 2

Navigation

Issued 23 May 1997 Resolved

VESSEL WAS MISSING MAGNETIC COMPASS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 26 August 1997
Resolved 26 August 1997

Navigation

Issued 23 May 1997 Resolved

VESSEL WAS MISSING THE MASTHEAD AND STERN LIGHTS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 26 August 1997
Resolved 26 August 1997

Casualty record · 5

1 May 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1660977

13 July 2008Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3268214

8 September 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3320821

13 July 2009Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3537345

2 June 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7471028

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.