JOSEPHINE CLAIRE

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

JOSEPHINE CLAIRE is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2012, most recently in March 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 26 March 2026.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 26 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

1238381

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WDM9642

1167867

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1167867

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2012–2026)

The 13 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)67.5 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 99 / net 79

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderRODRIGUEZ SHIPBUILDING INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it99 - Simplified, Gross Ton
79 - 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.

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 · 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.

DRAKE THOMAS Towing Vessel · MISLE 207060 · 29 September 2022 · activity 7599060 GD 904 Freight Barge · MISLE 352570 · 29 September 2022 · activity 7599060

Inspection history · 13

26 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8332247

28 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8196705

3 July 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8182726

31 July 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7971134

27 July 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7753851

29 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7599060

10 June 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7473037

29 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7341794

29 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7271623

27 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6968115

13 January 2016 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5796776

19 June 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4894004

7 December 2012 MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4504349

Deficiency record · 2

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 29 October 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 50% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60(Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and they vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 10 June 2022
Resolution: COI Issued via AN#7473037

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 29 July 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 27 October 2021
Resolved 23 June 2022
Resolution: COI complete

Casualty record · 1

29 September 2022Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7599060

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.