KARL E JOHNSON

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

KARL E JOHNSON is a 2019 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2019, most recently in April 2025, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 2019 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 April 2025.

Built: 2019
Last inspected: 3 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 3 April 2025

Recorded inspections6

…physical examinations3

…administrative events3

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2019–2025)

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

1294257

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WDK9279

1550019

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1550019

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)68.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 121 / net 96

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBARBOUR JB SHIPYARD INC · RED BUD, IL, UNITED STATES · built 2019

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 26 March 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it121 - Simplified, Gross Ton
96 - Simplified, 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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Inspection history · 6

3 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104674

2 December 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8033801

8 May 2024 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7908812

29 December 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7846564

25 October 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6842032

27 September 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6845905

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 8 May 2024 Resolved

46 CFR 143.205(a) Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on-board under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel is discharging gear oil into the water and cause is unknown. Vessel is to investigate, find cause of leak, and repair prior to movement. If repairs can not be made at current location, vessel must notify Coast Guard prior to any movement to a repair facility. ***In lieu of Coast Guard attendance, the Third Party Organization, TVIB, may accept/approve the repairs and provide a report to the Coast Guard inspector listed below***

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 15 May 2024
Resolved 10 September 2024
Resolution: The deficiency was cleared to the satisfaction of a USCG Marine Inspector.

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.