CAPT. PHILLIP BOX

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

CAPT. PHILLIP BOX is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2014, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 7 casualty investigations between 2014 and 2023.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 October 2025.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 14 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 7 investigations · 2014–2023
Inspected with: 24 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 14 October 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded10

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2014–2025)

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

1249486

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WDH2571

1265984

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1265984

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)133.4 ft × 42.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 585 / net 398

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)133.4 ft × 42.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 777 / net 233

BuilderHORIZON SHIPBUILDING INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 March 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it777 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
585 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
233 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
398 - 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.

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 · 24

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 · 19

14 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8251702

18 August 2023 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7771298

10 August 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7765597

21 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7672877

13 April 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7433178

9 April 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7433858

9 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7351519

25 January 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7130506

24 October 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6850720

23 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6794842

20 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6816076

7 April 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6658470

6 September 2018 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6533713

15 January 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5059645

12 November 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5022327

29 October 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5014445

29 October 2014 Spot Check (Safety) · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5014799

2 June 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4876899

19 May 2014 DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4866487

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 7 April 2019 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel lost propulsion on STBD main engine due to turbo failure. Vessel is authorized to transit to James Marine Shipyard using assist tug as indicated in the approved transit plan. Provide a technician report identifying the root cause of STBD main engine failure.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 8 April 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Received satisfactory tech report for repaired turbo.

Casualty record · 7

2 June 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4876899

20 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6816076

23 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6794842

9 November 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7351519

9 April 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7433858

13 April 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7433178

21 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7672877

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.