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THE JUDGE

Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named THE JUDGE · SOUTHERN TOWING CO. operator of record, 2023

THE JUDGE is a 2020 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2021, most recently in July 2026, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2021 and 2025.

Records from 2021 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 7 July 2026.

Built
2020
Last inspected
7 July 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
8
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
2 investigations · 2021–2025
Inspected with
2 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
1309576
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDL8517
MISLE id
1645270
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
368170240
Maury page id
psix-1645270

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5
…administrative events1
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record 5 calendar years (2021–2026)
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 539 / net 539
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)114.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 589 / net 176
BuilderSTEINER SHIPBUILDING INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2020
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 5 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it589 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
539 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
176 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
539 - 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

WDL8517MMSI 368170240 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 17 November 2020, expires 17 November 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 · 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.

STC 3020 Tank Barge · MISLE 503314 · 16 May 2025 · activity 8150874BRANTLEY B Towing Vessel · MISLE 1270993 · 30 June 2021 · activity 7241724

Inspection history · 8

7 July 2026 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8432071
20 February 2026 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8313392
21 January 2026 Vessel Attendance · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8299494
16 May 2025 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8150874
9 October 2024 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8016587
6 September 2023 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7785812
30 June 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7241724
25 January 2021 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7135964

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 2

30 June 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7241724
16 May 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at LACROSSE RAILROAD DRAWBRIDGE · activity 8150874
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.