SUE CHAPPELL is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 35 inspections since 1992, most recently in June 2023, along with 11 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2023.
Records from 1992 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 12 June 2023.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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.
What Maury does not do.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)93.5 ft × 26.0 ft × 9.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 237 / net 161
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1975
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPADUCAH, KY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 10 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it237 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 161 - 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
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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
· how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the
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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.
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.
27 September 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3072252
10 December 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3386841
30 August 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4427006
16 March 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5847445
14 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5862920
18 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6562310
7 April 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6387723
13 January 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6612188
3 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7393516
27 September 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7570810
12 June 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7746945
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
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with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
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