BUCK BELLOWS is a 1973 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 36 inspections since 1994, most recently in October 2025, along with 13 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 7 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2014.
Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 October 2025.
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.
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)64.5 ft × 24.0 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 128 / net 87
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderGREENVILLE · built 1973
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPADUCAH, KY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 9 September 2025 · expires 30 September 2026
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 it128 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 87 - 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.
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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
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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.
An external audit must be conducted no later than 6 months after the issuance of the initial COI for vessels subject to the owner or managing operators TSMS that have been owned or operated for fewer than 6 months prior to receiving the initial COI.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 January 2023
Resolved 14 March 2025
Resolution: Received external audit report from vessel rep.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 30 December 2021Resolved
Each towing vessel must carry at least one appropriately-sized lifejacket, approved under approval series 160.002, 160.005, 160.055, 160.155, or 160.176, for each person on board. Did not have correct amount of life rings on board so total crew size is 09 untill corrected. As per 46cfr141.340(a)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 30 January 2022
Resolved 3 January 2022
Resolution: Further discussion vessel rep. stated they would like to change total people on board to 09 instead of 14.
Engineering › Steering Gear System › Valve
Issued 16 September 2006Resolved
Steering failure; believed due to air leak.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 17 September 2006
Resolution: Repaired air pilot control valves for steering & flank steering; replaced and repaired cylinders for hydraulic steering directional valve; replaced leaking head gasket on stbd air compressor.
24 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2690308
16 September 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2787165
1 September 2012Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 4431826
21 October 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4748265
6 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4766813
13 March 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4816156
25 March 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4822876
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
VANCE M. THOMPSON (2006). 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
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