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THE COLONEL
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named THE COLONEL · SOUTHERN TOWING CO. operator of record, 2023
THE COLONEL is a 2019 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2020, most recently in April 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2025.
Records from 2020 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 April 2025.
- Built
- 2019
- Last inspected
- 4 April 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2025
Identity
1299342
WDL3283
1596428
Flag
UNITED STATES
368120140
Maury page id
psix-1596428
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
5 calendar years (2020–2025)
The 8 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)114.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 538 / net 538
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)114.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 599 / net 179
BuilderSTEINER SHIPYARD INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2019
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 4 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it599 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
538 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
179 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
538 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
538 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
179 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
538 - 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
WDL3283MMSI 368120140 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 13 November 2019, expires 13 November 2029
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.
SD 2508 Tank Barge · MISLE 993506 · 5 January 2025 · activity 8080809Inspection history · 8
4 April 2025
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104760
5 January 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8080809
31 October 2024
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8027598
18 October 2024
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8021356
6 September 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7785811
30 August 2021
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7300279
11 December 2020
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7135102
25 March 2020
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6940496
Deficiency record · 1
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Machinery
Issued 18 October 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of person onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel was found to have a failure of one of the vessels Z drives due to an allision which caused a loss of steering and rendered the Z drive inoperable. Rectify Prior to Movement, to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard or TPO.
Casualty record · 1
5 January 2025Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 8080809
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.