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SEAWAY JOAN
SEAWAY JOAN is a 1952 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2022, most recently in October 2025, along with 6 deficiencies.
Records from 2022 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 October 2025.
- Built
- 1952
- Last inspected
- 23 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1324097
WDM9192
1716117
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1716117
Inspections, by type
The 5 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 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)45.0 ft × 13.0 ft × 7.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 27 / net 21
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderROAMER BOAT CO · HOLLAND, MI, UNITED STATES · built 1952
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portCLAYTON, NY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 12 February 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 it27 - Simplified, Gross Ton
21 - Simplified, Net Ton
21 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.
One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.
Inspection history · 5
23 October 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Thousand Islands · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8257810
3 October 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Thousand Islands · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8011598
19 October 2023
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Thousand Islands · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7810972
19 July 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7510801
16 May 2022
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Massena · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7447042
Deficiency record · 6
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 24 October 2025
Resolved
46 CFR 141.340(g)(1): Each life jacket must have a life jacket light approved under approval series 161.012 or 161.112 securely attached to the front shoulder area of the life jacket.
The vessel is required to have four life jackets IAW their COI, only two life jackets had working lights attached.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 October 2024
Resolved
(1) At least one lifebuoy must have a lifeline, secured around the body of the lifebuoy. If more than one lifebuoy is carried, at least one must not have a lifeline attached. Each lifeline on a lifebuoy must: (i) Be buoyant; (ii) Be of at least 18.3 meters (60 feet) in length; (iii) Be non-kinking; (iv) Have a diameter of at least 7.9 millimeters ( 5/16 inch); (v) Have a breaking strength of at least 5 kilonewtons (1,124 pounds); and (vi) Be of a dark color if synthetic, or of a type certified to be resistant to deterioration from ultraviolet light.
Lifebouy lifeline was deteriorated replace in kind.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 3 October 2024
Resolved
(a) Inspection and repair. Inflatable liferafts carried under the regulations in this chapter, and in chapter I of title 33 CFR, must be inspected periodically by a servicing facility approved by the Coast Guard, repaired as necessary, and repacked. Requirements for periodic inspection and repair of liferafts approved by the Coast Guard appear in §§ 160.151-37 through 160.151-57.
Inflatable liferaft service date expired. Vessel COI is restricted to 3 NM or less from shore when operating on Lake Ontario until the inflatable liferaft is serviced.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 3 October 2024
Resolved
(b) When the towing vessel is underway, the EPIRB must be stowed in its float-free bracket with the controls set for automatic activation and be mounted in a manner so that it will float free if the towing vessel sinks.
Hydrostatic release for EPIRB was expired. Vessel COI is restricted to 3 NM or less from shore when operating on Lake Ontario until the hydrostatic release is replaced in kind.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Launching arrangements for survival craft
Issued 3 October 2024
Resolved
(7) Each liferaft or group of liferafts must be arranged for float-free launching. The arrangement must ensure that the liferaft or liferafts, when released and inflated, are not dragged under by the sinking vessel. A hydrostatic release unit used in a float-free arrangement must be approved under approval series 160.162.
Hydrostatic release unit for survival craft float free launching was expired.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 3 October 2024
Resolved
(l) Unsafe practices. (1) Verify that all observed unsafe practices, fire hazards, and other hazardous situations are corrected, and that all required guards and protective devices are in satisfactory condition.
Non-metalic flexible fuel line on main diesel engine below the fuel filter has excessive deterioration compromising the safe operation of the vessel. Replace in kind.
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.