SIR RICHARD

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

SIR RICHARD is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2017, most recently in March 2026, along with 6 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2017.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 March 2026.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 10 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2017
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

1262327

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WDJ7255

1351434

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1351434

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2017–2026)

The 12 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)70.0 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 103 / net 82

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCANTON MARINE TOWING COMPANY INC · CANTON, MO, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 14 August 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 it103 - Simplified, Gross Ton
82 - Simplified, 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

LTD 6217 Freight Barge · MISLE 1484817 · 29 December 2017 · activity 6341768

Inspection history · 12

10 March 2026 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8308892

14 April 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8109713

2 April 2024 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7888061

10 May 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7685310

18 April 2023 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671446

16 March 2022 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7413376

17 March 2021 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7162590

28 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6944987

24 February 2020 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6914364

26 March 2019 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6649596

29 December 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6341768

11 October 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Administration · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit · MARPOL

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6286952

Deficiency record · 6

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 14 April 2025 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists. Alarms must Be visible and audible at each operating station. The alarms at the operating station had no audible sound.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 28 April 2025
Resolved 16 April 2025
Resolution: The deficiency was cleared to the satisfaction of a USCG Marine Inspector.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 2 March 2020 Resolved

Vessel must repair or replace lifebuoy on the aft deck. Lifebuoy was found with a deteriorating grab-line.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 5 March 2020
Resolution: New lifebouy installed on stern of vessel.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear alarm

Issued 2 April 2019 Resolved

Vessel must have audible alarm for low hydraulic level alarm. Vessel currently has visual only.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 2 May 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Installed

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm

Issued 2 April 2019 Resolved

Vessel must have general alarm annunciator with light in rudder room.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 2 May 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Installed

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

Issued 2 April 2019 Resolved

Vessel must have flexible fuel lines installed IAW 46CFR143.265. Vessel generators have flexible fuel lines not approved under SAE J1942 secured with one hose clamp.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 2 April 2019
Resolved 24 July 2019

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation

Issued 2 April 2019 Resolved

Vessel must have means of closing bulkhead venilation louvers from outside machinery and generator spaces.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 2 May 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Pull cable installed

Casualty record · 1

29 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6341768

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.