CHESAPEAKE STAR

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named CHESAPEAKE STAR

CHESAPEAKE STAR is a 1977 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1995, most recently in May 2025, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2005.

Records from 1995 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 May 2025.

Built: 1977
Last inspected: 8 May 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2003–2005
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

584320

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WDD5487

151244

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367159060

Maury page id

psix-151244

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded8

Years with a record 16 calendar years (1995–2025)

The 19 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)47.6 ft × 20.0 ft × 8.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 58 / net 39

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHENRY & BROUSSARD BOAT BUILDERS · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1977

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNORFOLK, VA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 8 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it58 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
39 - 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

WDD5487MMSI 367159060 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 January 2017, expires 6 January 2027

WTR2640MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 March 1997, cancelled 20 May 2007

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 · 4

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.

WILLIAM E POOLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 241951 · 11 August 2005 · activity 2464174 VMC 207 Freight Barge · MISLE 566446 · 10 February 2003 · activity 1742340 VMC 213 Freight Barge · MISLE 566453 · 21 October 2002 · activity 1693897 BARGE 129 Freight Barge · MISLE 468540 · 25 July 1997 · activity 129503

Inspection history · 19

8 May 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8130532

13 May 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7916232

1 April 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7888099

20 July 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7747759

17 August 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7535996

30 April 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7178959

16 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6513948

18 October 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6293942

24 July 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4396814

29 April 2008 DAPI Audit

Administrative · USCG East District (dp) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3195198

13 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Maritime Safety & Security Team New York (91106) · Activity 2871802

11 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2464174

10 February 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1742340

10 February 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Portsmouth · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1742534

21 October 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1693897

19 September 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC CHOCK (WYTL 65602) · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1514381

25 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 129503

26 February 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1096337

27 July 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 103304

Deficiency record · 6

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)

Issued 8 May 2025 Resolved

47 CFR 80.1061(f): To enhance protection of life and property it is mandatory that each 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRB be registered with NOAA before installation and that information be kept up-to-date. Therefore, in addition to the identification plate or label requirements contained in §§ 2.925 and 2.926 of this chapter, each 406.0-406.1 MHz EPIRB must be provided on the outside with a clearly discernible permanent plate or label containing. EPIRB missing NOAA identification plate.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 7 June 2025
Resolved 22 May 2025
Resolution: Sent in photographic evidence that the EPIRB has the NOAA sticker affixed.

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

Issued 20 July 2023 Resolved

Employers may test for drugs in addition to those specified in this part only with approval granted by the Coast Guard under 49 CFR part 40 and for substances for which the Department of Health and Human Services has established an approved testing protocol and positive threshold. Owner was unable to provide Certificate of Drug and Alcohol Program

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 August 2023
Resolved 21 July 2023
Resolution: Vessel rep sent in a copy of their DAPI consortium cover sheet.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)

Issued 16 August 2018 Resolved

The vessel is currently broadcasting (1) Zero Draft.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 16 September 2018
Resolved 6 March 2019
Resolution: Owner reported AIS discrepancies corrected. Used NAVCEN to verify accuracy of vessel's AIS broadcast.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Training Requirements

Issued 24 April 2008 Resolved

EAP Requirements- Training is required for Supervisory positions on the Vessel. Supervisor receive 1 hour EAP training needed.

Due 14 May 2008
Resolved 12 May 2008
Resolution: [name withheld], Vulcan’s, Manager, Safety Health and Environmental submitted necessary documentation with plan of action for future program management.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Recordkeeping

Issued 24 April 2008 Resolved

Record keeping- Company did not do DOT required background check in the past on new employees, representative DER at the audit was under the impression that having new employees take a pre-employment drug test fulfilled the requirements. Was told by DAPI that all employees need to have a background check done who were there latest hires.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Testing, Serious Marine Incident

Issued 24 April 2008 Resolved

Company did show proof of Alcohol Testing Kits. DER and Safety person showed a sample of a drug Testing kit that would be used for a serious marine incident testing, not incompliance with the applicable regulations

Due 24 April 2008
Resolved 12 May 2008
Resolution: [name withheld], Vulcan’s, Manager, Safety Health and Environmental submitted necessary documentation with plan of action for future program management.

Casualty record · 2

10 February 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1742340

11 August 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at CAMPOSTELLA · activity 2464174

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.