ROBERT R. ALDRICH

Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ROBERT R. ALDRICH is a 2023 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2023, most recently in May 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2025.

Records from 2023 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 May 2025.

Built: 2023
Last inspected: 28 May 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2025
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

Identity

1337945

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WDN9397

1788232

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1788232

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections4

…physical examinations3

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2023–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)84.5 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 210 / net 168

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)84.5 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 398 / net 119

BuilderSTEINER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2023

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portEVANSVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it210 - Simplified, Gross Ton
398 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
168 - Simplified, Net Ton
119 - Convention (Subpart B), 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 5

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.

AEP 860 Freight Barge · MISLE 980 · 20 May 2025 · activity 8147349 AEP 866 Freight Barge · MISLE 1014 · 20 May 2025 · activity 8147349 AEP 892 Freight Barge · MISLE 1030 · 20 May 2025 · activity 8147349 AEP 885 Freight Barge · MISLE 1039 · 20 May 2025 · activity 8147349 AEP 876 Freight Barge · MISLE 1052 · 20 May 2025 · activity 8147349

Inspection history · 4

28 May 2025 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8147458

20 May 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8147349

30 November 2023 Deficiency Check · TPO Audit

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7838601

19 September 2023 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7794367

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 28 May 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. The vessel reported a tow wire caught in the port prop. Make appropriate repairs to the attending marine inspector or TPO. The vessel's TPO has the option to clear this deficiency with notification to the local OCMI within 72-hours in accordance with CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-10. 46 CFR 143.205

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 29 May 2025
Resolution: Sent divers to inspect damage. None found, vessel proceeded with operations.

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (ISM)

Issued 20 September 2023 Resolved

Provide objective evidence of a satisfactory external audit conducted by the cognizant third-party organization within six months of issuance of the initial COI. Failure to complete and provide evidence of this audit will result in the vessel being reverted to the Coast Guard Inspection Option, suspension of vessel operations, or COI revocation, as determined by the OCMI.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 20 March 2024
Resolved 18 December 2023
Resolution: Received copy of third party external audit report.

Casualty record · 1

20 May 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8147349

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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Ownership record

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