CARDINAL PRIDE

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

CARDINAL PRIDE is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 2012, most recently in April 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 12 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2024.

Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 22 April 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 22 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 25
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 12 investigations · 2012–2024
Inspected with: 11 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 22 April 2025

Recorded inspections25

…physical examinations7

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded14

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 13 calendar years (2012–2025)

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

1240501

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WDG5459

1183371

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1183371

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)64.5 ft × 28.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 114 / net 91

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJAMESBUILT LLC · CALVERT CITY, KY, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

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 it114 - Simplified, Gross Ton
91 - 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 · 11

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 · 25

22 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8117205

22 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8022854

22 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8027821

15 April 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7896909

7 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7862680

29 August 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7786336

13 September 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7557772

13 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7583550

5 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7348350

27 April 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7184963

24 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6760494

11 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6716085

6 December 2018 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6593127

26 June 2017 Administration · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6187008

6 June 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5907039

29 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5791625

17 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4926079

4 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4835610

19 November 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4756722

2 June 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4610013

11 April 2013 Marine Casualty Follow Up · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4567077

11 April 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4567118

18 February 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4541259

6 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4479609

26 September 2012 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4451295

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 13 September 2022 Resolved

Machinery must be maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. The subject vessel was involved in a grounding and it was reported the vessel's steering ram suffered damage. Prove proper operation of the steering gear prior to returning to service.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 20 September 2022
Resolution: Cleared to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard marine inspector.

Casualty record · 12

6 November 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4479609

18 February 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4541259

11 April 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4567118

2 June 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4610013

19 November 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4756722

4 April 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4835610

6 June 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5907039

11 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6716085

5 November 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7348350

13 September 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7583550

15 April 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7896909

22 October 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8027821

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.