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MR. JOE

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

MR. JOE is a 1976 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 1991, most recently in August 2026, along with 7 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2013.

Records from 1991 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 August 2026.

Built
1976
Last inspected
13 August 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
20
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
7 investigations · 2002–2013
Inspected with
10 other vessels
Also recorded as
2 other names

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 13 August 2026
Recorded inspections20
…physical examinations4
…administrative events4
…with no type recorded12
Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 16 calendar years (1991–2026)
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

US Official No.
574886
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDM2848
MISLE id
143115
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-143115

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)51.9 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 74 / net 50
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderALBERT R ORTIS · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1976
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPIERRE PART, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 3 August 2026 · expires 30 September 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 it74 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
50 - 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.
Vessel history report
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

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 · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 10

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.

MSMR 102 Freight Barge · MISLE 208560 · 23 June 2011 · activity 4059664LT 105 Tank Barge · MISLE 294488 · 20 June 2007 · activity 2969003TTI-71 Tank Barge · MISLE 508409 · 26 January 2005 · activity 2285537EBS 4 Tank Barge · MISLE 48441 · 17 June 2003 · activity 1820064SCC-90 Tank Barge · MISLE 45120 · 3 December 2002 · activity 1713785IB 983 Tank Barge · MISLE 50196 · 3 December 2002 · activity 1713785ING914 Freight Barge · MISLE 391660 · 9 February 1994 · activity 184667MST 74 Freight Barge · MISLE 73905 · 25 April 1992 · activity 47671EDMUND WEIBRECHT Towing Vessel · MISLE 68827 · 16 December 1991 · activity 117823ING 1601 Freight Barge · MISLE 367586 · 16 December 1991 · activity 117823

Inspection history · 20

13 August 2026 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8463408
29 September 2023 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7831130
26 April 2023 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7676034
20 May 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7455249
23 February 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6360156
6 August 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4719649
3 January 2012 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4220028
23 June 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4059664
9 August 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3026662
5 July 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2989340
20 June 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2969003
27 September 2006 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2788812
26 January 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2285537
29 January 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2011203
19 November 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1951401
17 June 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1820064
3 December 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1713785
9 February 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 184667
25 April 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 47671
16 December 1991 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 117823

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 7

3 December 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1713785
26 January 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2285537
20 June 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2969003
5 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2989340
9 August 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3026662
23 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4059664
6 August 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4719649
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 · 2

LADY LAURA (2002–2005), LAURA (2007). 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

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.