FAIRFAX

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named FAIRFAX

FAIRFAX is a 1970 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2005, most recently in June 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2010.

Records from 2005 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 24 June 2025.

Built: 1970
Last inspected: 24 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2005–2010
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

529309

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WDK5948

106964

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368069790

Maury page id

psix-106964

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations3

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2005–2025)

The 9 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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)61.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 6.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 68 / net 46

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMISSOURI VALLEY STEEL INC · LEAVENWORTH, KS, UNITED STATES · built 1970

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 July 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 it46 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
68 - 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 September 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.

Radio station licence

WDK5948MMSI 368069790 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 December 2018, expires 14 December 2028

WDI6490MMSI 367719230 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 March 2016, cancelled 9 May 2026

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

EDWARD PERRY Towing Vessel · MISLE 84582 · 14 June 2010 · activity 3767469 BARGE 7 Freight Barge · MISLE 1107919 · 14 June 2010 · activity 3767469

Inspection history · 9

24 June 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8161298

25 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8024756

27 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7676594

19 April 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6666323

7 April 2019 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6686486

19 July 2011 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4087169

14 June 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3767469

25 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2610184

4 February 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2286617

Deficiency record · 5

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 5 November 2019 Resolved

Prove proper repair of hull fracture at starboard stern step.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 7 November 2019
Resolution: Repair accepted by Caleb King of TVIB. Close out letter in deficiency documents.

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

Issued 5 November 2019 Resolved

Remove excess accumulation of oily water in engine room bilge.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 6 November 2019
Resolution: Excess oily water was removed from bilge.

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

Issued 5 November 2019 Resolved

Repair and / or modify shaft seal water automatic pump arrangemnet to ensure no ingress of oil / bilge slops.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 6 November 2019
Resolution: Repairs made and catch basin secured to avoid future malfunction.

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

Issued 5 November 2019 Resolved

Prove repairs to port main engine oil leak at turbo charger.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 6 November 2019
Resolution: Witnessed sat repairs to oil leak.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › USCG Certificate of Documentation (COD)

Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved

A Certificate of Documentation (COD) with a coastwise endorsement is required to engage in unrestricted coastwise trade. Vessel does not hold valid COD with coastwise endorsement. Prove receipt of valid COD with coastwise endorsement prior to operating vessel.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 7 November 2019
Resolution: COD issued.

Casualty record · 2

4 February 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2286617

14 June 2010Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3767469

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.