SIBLEY

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named SIBLEY

SIBLEY is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1994, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 1998 and 2021.

Records from 1994 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 18 March 2026.

Built: 1978
Last inspected: 18 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 1998–2021
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

591551

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WDK5952

157578

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368069840

Maury page id

psix-157578

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 10 calendar years (1994–2026)

The 12 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)54.3 ft × 22.0 ft × 7.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 87 / net 59

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

Builderbuilder not recorded · BRIDGE CITY, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1978

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 July 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it59 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
87 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

WDK5952MMSI 368069840 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 December 2018, expires 14 December 2028

WDI6489MMSI 367719220 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 March 2016, cancelled 14 August 2025

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 · 2

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.

HSG #3 Freight Barge · MISLE 1174979 · 8 November 2011 · activity 4185626 RANDOLPH Industrial Vessel · MISLE 864538 · 27 September 2006 · activity 2821346

Inspection history · 12

18 March 2026 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8324377

15 August 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8210443

15 July 2024 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7949754

14 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7379224

12 February 2020 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6919047

31 October 2019 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6846424

9 July 2019 Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6743429

8 November 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4185626

21 April 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3990698

27 September 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2821346

24 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 177746

7 November 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 372551

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › USCG Certificate of Documentation (COD)

Issued 31 October 2019 Resolved

A Certificate of Documentation (COD) with a coastwise endorsement is required to engage in unrestricted coastwise trade. Vessel does not hold valid COD with coastwise endorsement. Prove receipt of valid COD with coastwise endorsement prior to operating vessel.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 7 November 2019
Resolution: COD issued.

Casualty record · 3

24 May 1998Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 177746

8 November 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4185626

14 October 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7379224

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.