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BEN R. JOHNSON
BEN R. JOHNSON is a 1977 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2012, most recently in January 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded.
Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 January 2025.
- Built
- 1977
- Last inspected
- 23 January 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- 1 with no removal date recorded
Identity
584078
WDE2189
151034
Flag
UNITED STATES
367321680, 368312430
Maury page id
psix-151034
Inspections, by type
The 5 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)57.1 ft × 22.1 ft × 8.4 ft
Registered tonnagegross 110 / net 74
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderALBERT R ORTIS · KROTZ SPRINGS LA, UNITED STATES · built 1977
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portMOBILE, AL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 22 January 2026 · expires 28 February 2027
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it110 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
74 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
74 - 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
WDN7874MMSI 368312430 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 May 2023, expires 6 May 2033
WDE2189MMSI 367321680 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 September 2017, expires 7 November 2027
WCR9962MMSI not assigned · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 June 1995, cancelled 22 March 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.
Inspection history · 5
23 January 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8069041
22 August 2023
Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7774514
13 July 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7254691
9 September 2020
In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7054485
23 March 2012
MARPOL · Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4270469
Deficiency record · 1
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 9 September 2020
Resolved
An existing towing vessel subject to this subchapter will remain subject to Coast Guard regulations applicable to the vessel on July 19, 2016 until either July 20, 2018 or the date the vessel obtains a COI, whichever date is earlier.
Due to the company not meeting the requirements of 46 CFR 136.202(a)(2), Marine Inspectors attended vessel to ensure compliance with Subchapter M. Upon attendance attending MI's discovered objective evidence that the vessel is not in compliance with Subchapter M. Vessel is required to meet one of the following: either have the vessel surveyed in accordance with 46 CFR parts 137.215 and 137.220 by a qualified surveyor as stated in 46 CFR
139.130 OR an inspection completed by the CG. The vessel will be required to have a COI prior to operating.
Objective Evidence to include but not limited to;
- No Survival Craft
- No Health and Safety Plan
- No records of any items required to be recorded
- Machinery Space boundary not intact
46 CFR 136.172
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.