JAMES CHRISTOPHER

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

JAMES CHRISTOPHER is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 1997, most recently in December 2025, along with 9 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 4 casualty investigations between 2011 and 2025.

Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 9 December 2025.

Built: 1978
Last inspected: 9 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2011–2025
Inspected with: 16 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

593990

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WDL5412

159747

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367524710

Maury page id

psix-159747

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded13

Years with a record 13 calendar years (1997–2025)

The 21 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)60.0 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 160 / net 109

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLEMAY BARGE & SUPPLY INC · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1978

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 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 it160 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
109 - 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

WDL5412MMSI 367524710 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 April 2020, expires 11 April 2030

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 · 16

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.

Inspection history · 21

9 December 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8280051

5 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8228259

10 January 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622221

5 August 2022 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7523020

18 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7510377

21 June 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7483302

18 September 2021 In-Service Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7315019

26 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7044510

15 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6926976

28 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6064929

1 September 2016 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5989664

31 May 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4329553

25 July 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4097313

28 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2321706

5 September 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 212900

7 May 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 214625

15 February 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 18140

26 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 412456

9 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 411888

9 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 412454

25 August 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 71539