JOSEPH M. HAMILTON is a 1976 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 44 inspections since 1991, most recently in February 2026, along with 6 deficiencies and 16 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2024.
Records from 1991 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 February 2026.
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.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)100.5 ft × 34.1 ft × 8.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 302 / net 205
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderDRAVO CORPORATION · NEVILLE ISLAND, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1976
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 8 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it205 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 302 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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, 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
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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. Towing vessels are barely present in the record before 1992, so tow-unit membership for activities older than that is recorded only partially.
5 December 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 184650
20 August 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1665483
18 December 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1760052
13 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1729796
27 August 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2776714
22 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2809133
19 April 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2911148
5 December 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3111239
31 March 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3177463
1 October 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3612073
22 October 2015Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 5748420
6 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6320456
18 January 2018Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6339934
18 February 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6519760
4 April 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7425267
27 August 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8023663
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.
Recorded names · 1
PERE MARQUETTE (2001–2003). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
Ownership record
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