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GENERAL ELLIS
GENERAL ELLIS is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 1998, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2007.
Records from 1998 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 October 2025.
- Built
- 1975
- Last inspected
- 16 October 2025
- Documentation
- Case Pending · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2007
Identity
568367
WDB7544
137633
Flag
UNITED STATES
366943890, 368446260
Maury page id
psix-137633
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record
9 calendar years (1998–2025)
The 14 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)52.8 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.1 ft
Registered tonnagegross 69 / net 47
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSTEELSHIP CORPORATION · PINE BLUFF, AR, UNITED STATES · built 1975
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portBALDWIN, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationCase Pending · issued 8 September 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 it69 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
47 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
47 - 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
WDQ6701MMSI 368446260 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 4 December 2025, expires 4 December 2035
WDB7544MMSI 366943890 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 6 February 2024, expires 29 April 2034
WZA6236MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 March 1995, cancelled 9 July 2005
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 · 3
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.
M/GR 9903 Freight Barge · MISLE 501664 · 14 June 2007 · activity 3393346OR 8704 Freight Barge · MISLE 144241 · 23 February 1998 · activity 33829A. A. BIRCH III Towing Vessel · MISLE 180020 · 23 February 1998 · activity 33829Inspection history · 14
16 October 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8258147
27 February 2024
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871839
2 May 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7679555
4 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7189254
12 January 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7123569
24 September 2015
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5737420
14 October 2011
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4169950
14 June 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3393346
8 July 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Heartland District (dre) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2126157
19 May 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Grand Isle · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2072670
19 May 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2078825
21 April 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 769167
23 February 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 33829
23 February 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 206618
Deficiency record · 1
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 12 January 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 75% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. This vessel was given 90 days to complete the required COI inspection, but failed to do so. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection prior to vessel movement. The vessel is no longer allowed to operate until cleared by the US Coast Guard.
Casualty record · 1
14 June 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at ADELINE BRIDGE · activity 3393346
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.