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BEAUX JOSEPH

BEAUX JOSEPH is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1993, most recently in November 2025, along with 3 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2020.

Records from 1993 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 12 November 2025.

Built
1978
Last inspected
12 November 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

WDL4250
156085
Flag
UNITED STATES
366967770, 368129650
Maury page id
psix-156085

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded10
Years with a record 13 calendar years (1993–2025)
The 22 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)62.7 ft × 26.1 ft × 8.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 92 / net 62
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderALLIED SHIPYARD INC · LAROSE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1978
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portLAROSE, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 26 June 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it92 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
62 - 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

WDL4250MMSI 368129650 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 January 2020, expires 28 January 2030
WCY5117MMSI 366967770 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 June 2018, expires 30 June 2028 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WYB6242MMSI not assigned · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 August 1997, cancelled 28 July 2004 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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.

BAYLOR J TREGRE Towing Vessel · MISLE 458916 · 7 December 2020 · activity 7115281NACM 98101 Freight Barge · MISLE 489875 · 19 November 2014 · activity 5026554RB Freight Barge · MISLE 482452 · 22 July 2011 · activity 4146281HHP 4 Freight Barge · MISLE 185969 · 13 November 1993 · activity 177772

Inspection history · 22

12 November 2025 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8235006
29 July 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7271927
28 June 2021 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7275153
25 May 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7206862
7 December 2020 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7107990
7 December 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7115281
22 September 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7068829
30 January 2020 Administrative Inspection · Permit to Proceed
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6902025
27 January 2020 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6896966
8 January 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6886799
9 June 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6643592
19 November 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5026554
19 November 2014 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5041189
6 March 2013 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA/ISPS Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4544304
26 July 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4391912
22 July 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4146281
10 February 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3678071
12 September 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2776363
15 August 2006 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2749625
4 May 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2059484
26 August 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 80889
13 November 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 177772

Deficiency record · 3

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 25 May 2021 Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 August 2021
Resolved 19 August 2021
Resolution: COI issued.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 7 December 2020 Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel suffered loss of propulsion due to water ingress in fuel supply from a leaking gasket fuel tank access cover on-deck. 46 CFR 143.205(c)(1)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 8 December 2020
Resolved 8 December 2020
Resolution: Water extracted from fuel tanks and gasket replaced, witnessed all 6 diesel engines running all at the same time for 30 minutes, deficiency properly cleared.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 7 December 2020 Resolved
A continuous supply of clean fuel must be provided to main propulsion and generators. Vessel suffered loss of propulsion due to water ingress in fuel supply from a leaking gasket fuel tank access cover on-deck. 46 CFR 143.255(c)
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 8 December 2020
Resolved 8 December 2020
Resolution: Water extracted from fuel tanks and gasket replaced, witnessed all 6 diesel engines running all at the same time for 30 minutes, deficiency properly cleared.

Casualty record · 1

7 December 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7115281
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.

Recorded names · 1

CAPT. CHASE (2020). 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.