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CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CHRISTOPHER SCOTT · GENESIS MARINE, LLC operator of record, 2023
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2025.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 September 2025.
- Built
- 2016
- Last inspected
- 3 September 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 5 investigations · 2019–2025
Identity
1265643
WD17014
1373856
Flag
UNITED STATES
367724490
Maury page id
psix-1373856
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded6
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2016–2025)
The 18 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)88.3 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 281 / net 195
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)88.3 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 297 / net 89
BuilderJOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2016
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portHOUSTON, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 7 March 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it297 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
281 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
89 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
195 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
281 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
89 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
195 - 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 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
WDI7014MMSI 367724490 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 13 March 2026, expires 31 March 2036
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 · 7
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.
KIRBY 30058T Tank Barge · MISLE 1277138 · 30 May 2025 · activity 8157168KENISON STERLING Towing Vessel · MISLE 1459747 · 30 May 2025 · activity 8157168FMT 3300 Tank Barge · MISLE 1539645 · 30 May 2025 · activity 8157168ALICE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1803987 · 30 May 2025 · activity 8157168GM 5010 Tank Barge · MISLE 851600 · 14 April 2021 · activity 7175620KAREN PAPE Towing Vessel · MISLE 991055 · 11 January 2020 · activity 6897203GM 7002 Tank Barge · MISLE 1442817 · 22 April 2019 · activity 6668090Inspection history · 18
3 September 2025
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8205509
30 May 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8157168
19 February 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8081523
14 November 2024
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8036272
15 August 2023
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7799085
25 July 2023
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7752084
29 March 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7658941
21 July 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7512802
21 July 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7517819
15 April 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7431658
7 August 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7279683
14 April 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7175620
3 February 2021
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7135187
27 May 2020
Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6962157
27 May 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6978324
11 January 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6897203
22 April 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6668090
28 April 2016
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5865395
Deficiency record · 4
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for master and officers
Issued 25 July 2023
Resolved
Vessels master doees not have the proper route for service on the waters of the Great Lakes. Provide master with proper endorsement for Great Lakes Transits.
Provide Master with Great Lakes endorsement prior to vessels transit accross Lake Michigan.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 25 July 2023
Resolved
Vessel must comply with the requirements of the Great Lakes Radio Agreement including inspection, Radio Logs and Master and Mate having proper FCC Marine Radio Operator Permit.
Master and Mate both had Restricted Radio Operator Permits.
47CFR80.161, 47CFR80.951 amd 47 CFR 80.953
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 7 August 2021
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel experienced excessive vibration in vicinity of Stone fuel dock, moored safely to dock, dispatched a diver to determine cause of vibration, diver identified the STBD strut bearing was worn beyond repair.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 27 May 2020
Resolved
A vessel must be operated in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and in such a manner as to afford protection against hazards to life, property, and the environment. The vessel's starboard main engine suffered a casualty thought to be an electronic control module (ECM) failure. Prove proper repairs/operation of the starboard main engine to the satisfaction of a CG Marine Inspector.
Casualty record · 5
22 April 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at L&D MEL PRICE · activity 6668090
31 December 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7130602
14 April 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7175620
21 July 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD BRIDGE · activity 7517819
30 May 2025Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 8157168
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.