JOHN F WALKER

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

Built: 1975
Last inspected: 21 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 34
Deficiencies: 33 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 2 with no removal date recorded
Inspected with: 50 other vessels

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 21 October 2025

Recorded inspections34

…physical examinations8

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded19

Deficiencies 33 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls 2 with no removal date recorded

Years with a record 18 calendar years (1993–2025)

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

570901

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WDL5844

139737

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-139737

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)66.4 ft × 24.0 ft × 10.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 159 / net 108

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderF B WALKER & SONS INC · PASCAGOULA, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portBELLEVUE, IA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 7 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it159 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
108 - 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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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 · 50

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 · 34

21 October 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8245923

15 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8019509

21 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7986397

1 November 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7795268

21 September 2023 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7821014

2 May 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7679413

18 November 2022 Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7596980

16 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7598118

7 June 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7470764

6 June 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7476707

31 August 2021 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7298209

27 August 2021 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7298169

5 May 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6948516

3 February 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6901628

7 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5947919

24 November 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5771013

10 November 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5761425

4 January 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5048164

1 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4908202

12 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4799870

1 January 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4512896

17 October 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4472374

20 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4419660

7 November 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4184251

26 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4028715

31 October 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3625450

4 September 2009 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3584998

5 December 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3123583

6 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2404634

2 May 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2347753

22 March 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2036580

4 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 418885

6 December 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 648722

2 October 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 96943

Deficiency record · 33

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › USCG Certificate of Documentation (COD)

Issued 26 September 2024 Resolved

Any vessel of at least five net tons which engages in the fisheries on the navigable waters of the United States or in the Exclusive Economic Zone, or coastwise trade, unless exempt under § 67.9(c), must have a Certificate of Documentation bearing a valid endorsement appropriate for the activity in which engaged. Currently the Certificate of Documentation(COD) is expired. Provide proper documentation of a Valid COD to CG SUMR prior to operation.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 31 October 2025
Resolved 21 October 2025
Resolution: Verified vessel had valid COD.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 21 August 2024 Resolved

Training of Personnel.(ii) Duties associated with the execution of the TSMS. External Management Audit to be conducted prior to November 25, 2024 in the presence of representative of the OCMI.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 25 November 2024
Resolved 14 October 2024
Resolution: Hamm's Frontier Marine Services TSMS Cert was revoked by the TPO.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 18 November 2022 Resolved

Make repairs to damages hull. Vessel is permitted to transit to local repair yard for repairs following provisions of approved Transit Plan

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 18 November 2022
Resolved 12 March 2023
Resolution: Received and reviewed a TPO Report indicating repairs were complete

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Company responsibility and authority

Issued 18 November 2022 Resolved

Verification of vessel compliance. policies must be in place that cover the owner or managing operator's approach for ensuring vessel compliance. Vessel was chartered between Hamm's Frontier Marine, LLC and Holliday Sand & Gravel Company, LLC, both are TSMS companies, neither notified the Coast Guard or their respective TPO. An external Management Audit is required (46 CFR 137.212) Focusing on the (a)Administration and management organization. And, (b)(2)(ii)Training of personnel. Duties associated with the execution of the TSMS. External Management Audit to be conducted, prior to February 18, 2023.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 February 2023
Resolved 4 April 2023
Resolution: Received and reviewed TPO reports for Each External Mangement Audit for each TSMS Company involved.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries