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ROBERT J. SHEA
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named ROBERT J. SHEA · BLESSEY MARINE SERVICES, INC. operator of record, 2023
ROBERT J. SHEA is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2015, most recently in March 2025, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2016.
Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 March 2025.
- Built
- 2014
- Last inspected
- 27 March 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2016
Identity
1257000
WDH7341
1321533
Flag
UNITED STATES
367647210
Maury page id
psix-1321533
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded3
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2015–2025)
The 10 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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)83.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 393 / net 117
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)83.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 393 / net 117
BuilderSNEED SHIPBUILDING INC · CHANNELVIEW, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2014
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 December 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it393 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
117 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
117 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDH7341MMSI 367647210 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 8 October 2024, expires 14 November 2034
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspected as a tow unit · 5
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.
WEB 226B Tank Barge · MISLE 18418 · 28 December 2016 · activity 6063289WEB 233 Tank Barge · MISLE 39234 · 28 December 2016 · activity 6063289BEN STRAFUSS Towing Vessel · MISLE 1219376 · 28 December 2016 · activity 6063289WEB 235 Tank Barge · MISLE 513047 · 9 March 2015 · activity 5081710WEB 254T Tank Barge · MISLE 807187 · 9 March 2015 · activity 5081710Inspection history · 10
27 March 2025
COI Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8097720
24 February 2025
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8083572
27 September 2024
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8010411
9 November 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7092199
20 March 2020
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6987911
26 December 2017
Administration · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6328976
12 July 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6206883
28 December 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6063289
9 March 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5081710
8 January 2015
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5050876
Deficiency record · 0
No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.
Casualty record · 1
28 December 2016Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 6063289
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.