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BUTLER
BUTLER is a towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2021, most recently in May 2026, along with 16 deficiencies.
Records from 2021 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 7 May 2026.
- Built
- Not recorded
- Last inspected
- 7 May 2026
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 16 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
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
7 May 2026
Deficiencies
16 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2021–2026)
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
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it105 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.
Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.
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Inspection history · 7
7 May 2026
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8368840
17 July 2025
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8188898
18 June 2024
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7939675
26 January 2024
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7856068
3 August 2023
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7759400
19 May 2022
Deficiency Check · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7447442
18 October 2021
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7337072
Deficiency record · 16
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 17 July 2025
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry a combination of day and night visual distress signals indicated in table 46 CFR 141.370 for specified areas where the vessel operates. RIVERS: 3 day / 3 night. Vessel missing 03 flares.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 18 June 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The following alarms must be provided... Alarms must: have a means to test actuation at each operating station or have a coninuous self-monitoring alarm system which actuates if an alarm point fails or becomes disabled; (1) main engine RPM. RPM gauge in the pilot house was not functioning. Replace, or repair gauge, and show proper operation.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
SWITCHBOARD HAS A BROKEN OFF CIRCUIT BREAKER LABEL. REPAIR OR REPLACE LABEL.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
ENGINE ROOM ELECTICAL PANEL NEEDS LABEL SHOWING ITS CURRENT AND VOLTAGE RATING.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
2ND DECK ROOM, THE ELECTRICAL BOXES FOR THE "SEARCH [name withheld]" AND "32/12 VOLT BOX" HAVE UNUSED AND EXPOSED HOLES REQUIRING PLUGS.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
VESSEL FIRE PUMP MUST BE SELF-PRIMING.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT FIXED CO2 SYSTEM FLEXIBLE HOSES WERE TESTED DURING THE LAST MARKED CYLINDER TESTS. IF TEST WERE NOT COMPLETE, RETEST HOSES IN ACCORADENCE WITH REGULATION CITE OR REPLACE.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Water level indicator
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
VESSEL HIGH BILGE ALARM HAS NO AUDIBLE SOUND AT OPERATING STATION.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
FIRE DETECTION PANEL HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR TESTED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. HAVE SYSTEM INSPECTED OR TESTED AS PER MANUFACTURERS MANUAL.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
ELECTRICAL PANEL IN OPERATING STATION HAS OPEN CIRCUIT BREAKER SLOTS THAT REQUIRE BLANK COVERS.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
A/C OUTLET IN OPERATING STATION NEEDS A COVER/FACE PLATE.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
VESSEL IS NOT RECORDING ALL REQUIRED ITEMS LISTED IN CITE FOR THEIR TVR. SEE 46 CFR 140.915(a) FOR LIST OF ALL REQUIRED ITEMS.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
VESSEL HAS NO LIFE JACKETS. PROVIDE FOR EACH PERSONS ONBOARD AS PER COI. INCLUDE LIGHT, WHISTLE, VESSEL NAME STENCILED ON JACKETS.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
VESSEL HAS NO VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALS WITH RIVERS ROUTE, VESSEL REQUIRES 3 DAY AND 3 NIGHT DISTRESS SIGNALS AS APPROVED UNDER 46 CFR 141.375 PARAGRAPHS.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 August 2023
Resolved
BOTH RING BUOYS WITH WATERLIGHTS HAVE TOO SHORT OF LANYARDS. ENSURE BOTH WATERLIGHTS ARE SECURED AROUND THE BODY OF THE LIFE RING BUOYS WITH LANYARDS AT LEAST 3 FEET BUT NO MORE THAN 6 FEET.
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.