KENT W FREEMAN

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

KENT W FREEMAN is a 1972 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 68 inspections since 1993, most recently in December 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 23 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2025.

Records from 1993 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 December 2025.

Built: 1972
Last inspected: 18 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 68
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 23 investigations · 2002–2025
Inspected with: 92 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 18 December 2025

Recorded inspections68

…physical examinations4

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded58

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 25 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

537344

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WDK9288

112752

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-112752

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)152.5 ft × 45.0 ft × 9.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 776 / net 528

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderST LOUIS SHIP - DIV OF POTT INDUSTRIES INC · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1972

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 3 August 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it528 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
776 - 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.

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 · 92

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.

Inspection history · 68

18 December 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8285212

19 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8166159

6 November 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8046846

20 March 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7656342

24 October 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7579698

8 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7408187

19 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6291014

18 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5219522

1 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5204773

9 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4766567

5 September 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4713391

16 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4593060

28 April 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4581588

27 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4452409

18 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4444828

21 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4350911

12 November 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4188224

11 August 2011 DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4113316

30 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3909842

18 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3829256

17 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3828164

28 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3706970

3 November 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3641743

22 October 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3620424

1 March 2009 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3427409

27 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3443564

26 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3371843

10 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3487433

7 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3360621

3 June 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3232721

24 April 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3195241

19 March 2008 Plan Review (Other than "T")

Administrative · USCG Heartland District · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3168171

4 October 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3073793

16 November 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2822281

9 November 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2821565

19 October 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2803612

3 October 2006 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2792984

2 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2803665

23 August 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2772851

17 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2695195

26 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2491305

30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1989791

23 July 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1854925

13 May 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1643984

26 February 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1602687

10 February 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1495884

16 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 56960

4 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 147651

17 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 13930

27 January 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 55163

31 December 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 149214

10 August 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 281421

21 May 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 12288

9 August 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 431711

28 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 420247

2 June 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 23265

2 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 15304

30 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 168031

4 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 117955

4 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 125506

14 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 71055

9 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 407493

14 June 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 105124

14 November 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 76460

25 September 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4700

4 May 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 108449

6 February 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 14299

27 January 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4144

Deficiency record · 4

Lifesaving

Issued 9 July 1997 Resolved

46 C.F.R. 28.115 Ring bouy light not working.

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 September 1997
Resolved 3 September 1997

Construction/Loadline

Issued 9 July 1997 Resolved

46 C.F.R. 67.123(a) Name and Hailing Port unreadable._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 September 1997
Resolved 3 September 1997

Electrical

Issued 9 July 1997 Resolved

Jury rigged lights in steering room.

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 September 1997
Resolved 3 September 1997

Electrical

Issued 9 July 1997 Resolved

Extention cords jury rigged in the electronics room.

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 September 1997
Resolved 3 September 1997

Casualty record · 23

26 February 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1602687

13 May 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1643984

23 July 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 1854925

26 August 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2491305

17 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2695195

23 August 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2772851

2 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2803665

4 October 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3073793

3 June 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3232721

7 November 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3360621

10 November 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3487433

26 November 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3371843

27 February 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3443564

3 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3641743

17 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3828164

18 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3829256

12 November 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4188224

21 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4350911

28 April 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4581588

5 September 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4713391

19 October 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6291014

6 November 2024Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 8046846

19 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8166159

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

B JOHN YEAGER (2002–2017). 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.