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M/V BELLE OF CALHOUN
Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named M/V BELLE OF CALHOUN
M/V BELLE OF CALHOUN is a 2001 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 27 inspections since 2002, most recently in November 2025, along with 16 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2010.
Records from 2002 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 13 November 2025.
- Built
- 2001
- Last inspected
- 13 November 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 16 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2008–2010
Identity
1103213
WDI7310
15533
Flag
UNITED STATES
367727430
Maury page id
psix-15533
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
19 calendar years (2002–2025)
The 27 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)48.0 ft × 18.0 ft × 6.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 45 / net 36
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSERODINO INC · GUILD, TN, UNITED STATES · built 2001
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portSPRINGFIELD, IL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 25 February 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 it45 - Simplified, Gross Ton
36 - Simplified, Net Ton
36 - Simplified, 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
WDI7310MMSI 367727430 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 February 2026, expires 14 April 2036
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 · 1
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.
BARGE 2000 Passenger Barge (Inspected) · MISLE 15532 · 13 September 2008 · activity 3325954Inspection history · 27
13 November 2025
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8259528
2 December 2024
Drydock Exam · Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8040364
22 October 2024
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8005445
31 October 2023
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7812975
2 November 2022
Annual Inspection · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7588567
3 August 2021
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7269810
23 March 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7161615
27 February 2020
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6915979
11 March 2019
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6640424
17 December 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6598812
11 May 2018
Spot Check (Safety) · Administration
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6411797
19 May 2017
Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6150355
14 March 2016
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5833509
9 March 2015
Administration
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5081148
20 May 2014
Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4864452
6 September 2013
Administration
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4717274
24 August 2012
Administration
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4553378
4 May 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4301374
17 May 2010
Uninspected Other
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3742154
18 February 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3682538
19 May 2009
Uninspected Other
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3479931
17 December 2008
Administration
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3381938
13 September 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3325954
20 April 2005
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2344131
6 April 2005
Uninspected Other
Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2328051
3 January 2005
Deficiency Check · Uninspected Other
Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2267899
12 February 2002
Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1485835
Deficiency record · 16
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 22 October 2024
Resolved
All portable fire extinguishers, semi-portable fire-extinguishing systems, and fixed fire-extinguishing systems required by this part must be approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG). IAW 46 CFR 162.028-2 Portable and semi-portable extinguishers must be marked with a combined number and letter designation to identify the extinguisher's classification. The semi-portable fire extinguisher on board the vessel to meet the vessel's required compliment, did not have the label which contained the extinguisher's classification. To be corrected by the November 30, 2024.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 13 December 2022
Resolved
All vessel equipment must be used in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended practice. Inspection found fire/bilge pump leaking from pump housing.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 13 December 2022
Resolved
A fixed fire pump must be capable of being energized remotely from a safe place outside the engine room and at the pump. Inspection found that the remote start button inside the hose cabinet was not functioning.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 13 December 2022
Resolved
There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for emergency de-watering. Vessel's installed fire/bilge pump was unable to take suction from aft void. Portable de-watering pump shall be kept onboard until repairs are made.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 3 August 2021
Resolved
Flammable/combustible storage cabinet required to be secured to vessel so that it does not move. Cabinet not secured to vessel. Properly secure cabinet to vessel.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems
Issued 3 August 2021
Resolved
Vessel required to meet fuel shutoff requirements. Valve to stop fuel supply to starboard engine failed to actuate due to a newly installed support bracket. Prove proper operation of emergency shutoff valve.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 August 2021
Resolved
All lifejacket containers must be marked in block capital letters and numbers with the minimum quantity and identity. Storage container was not properly marked. Properly mark container.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 3 August 2021
Resolved
Vessel required to be fitted with navigation lights to display when aground and not under command. Vessel not fitted with lights to display when aground (nor "not under command" (Rule 27)) which are used to meet display requirements for meeting aground display requirements). Properly outfit vessel or install equipment to demonstrate compliance as authorized by D8 Policy Letter 02-20.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 3 August 2021
Resolved
Each integral fuel tank must have a vent that connects to the highest point of the tank, discharges on a weather deck through a bend of 180 degrees, and is fitted with a 30-by-30-mesh corrosion-resistant flame screen. Vent pipe is a straight pipe without a flame screen. Update fuel tank vent to meeting design and flame screen requirements.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room
Issued 3 August 2021
Resolved
All seals and gaskets must be properly maintained to prevent leaks of flammable or combustible liquid into the machinery space. Port main diesel engine leaked motor oil at sight glass installation and fuel oil from fuel supply hose (adjacent to local fuel shutoff valve). Properly secure oil leaks.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 24 June 2019
Resolved
FCC station license not available for inspection. Make license available for inspection and place on board.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 24 June 2019
Resolved
Portable fire extinguishers must be of an approved type. Proper mounting of portable fire extinguisher required to met approval. Portable fire extinguisher at the operator's station not mounted. Extinguisher required to be properly mounted.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 24 June 2019
Resolved
Fire detection system: Certification and annual servicing report documentation were not available for inspection and panel zones were not label with the identity of the spaces protected. Provide documentation and properly label panel.
Fire Fighting › Fixed Fire Detection System › Control Panel
Issued 12 February 2002
Resolved
Vessels fire detection control panel was missing the required labels indicating location/origin of fire.
Communications › Alarms/Indicators › General Alarm
Issued 12 February 2002
Resolved
Vessels general alarm was missing the required red strobe light in the engine room.
Fire Fighting › Remote Fuel Shutoff › General
Issued 12 February 2002
Resolved
Vessels remote fuel shut offs were missing the required labeling indicating purpose and instruction of valve. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Labels
Casualty record · 2
13 September 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3325954
18 February 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3682538
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.