JOHN D WALT

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

Built: 1975
Last inspected: 17 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 29
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 27 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

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 17 June 2026

Recorded inspections29

…physical examinations9

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded16

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 15 calendar years (2001–2026)

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

563054

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WDL3728

133186

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-133186

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)67.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 9.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 148 / net 100

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMASTER MARINE INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMEMPHIS, TN

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 6 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 it148 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
100 - 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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Vessel history report

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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 27

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 · 29

17 June 2026 Drydock Exam · Vessel Attendance

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8410446

20 September 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7795321

20 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7798621

20 September 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7798817

28 March 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7658729

29 December 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7614276

29 December 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7670334

15 November 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7595687

2 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7588002

6 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7583523

17 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7453945

31 January 2022 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7388638

31 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7388691

23 September 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7318676

6 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7170395

5 April 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7182928

7 January 2021 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7135210

3 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6820690

2 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6604896

6 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6502532

13 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5996370

6 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5098069

25 April 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4845735

4 March 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4256445

18 May 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4020657

9 November 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3901862

27 March 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3177484

6 December 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3111358

30 March 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 291273

Deficiency record · 1

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Ventilation (Working spaces)

Issued 31 January 2022 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. The starboard stack exhaust fan caught on fire. Please work with your TPO (TVIB) to clear the deficiency IAW CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-10.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 8 February 2022
Resolution: Wepfer replaced the affected stack fan and operationally tested the equipment to the satisfaction of their TPO.

Recorded names · 2

STEVE KUHR (2008–2012), M/V JOE ELLIS (2015–2019). 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

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.