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KELBY JAMES

KELBY JAMES is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 1994, most recently in July 2022, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 1994 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 13 July 2022.

Built
1978
Last inspected
13 July 2022
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 13 July 2022
…with no type recorded4
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 8 calendar years (1994–2022)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

WDN2513
165221
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-165221

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it61 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Vessel history report
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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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.

JASON JOSEPH Towing Vessel · MISLE 183974 · 29 March 1998 · activity 186842BARGE BLAINE Freight Barge · MISLE 473197 · 29 March 1998 · activity 186842

Inspection history · 11

13 July 2022 Initial Certification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7504630
16 February 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7397407
2 August 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7275259
15 August 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4139310
24 February 2007 MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2876899
29 December 2006 MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2847139
30 January 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1998543
29 March 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 186842
13 October 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 697631
4 October 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 17861
7 June 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 214820

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 2 August 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: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 31 October 2021
Resolved 13 July 2022
Resolution: Vessel inspected up to Subchapter M standards and COI routed for approval.

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.