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JASON JOSEPH
JASON JOSEPH is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 1994, most recently in April 2025, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2023.
Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 30 April 2025.
- Built
- 1980
- Last inspected
- 30 April 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2005–2023
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
30 April 2025
…with no type recorded10
Deficiencies
6 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
11 calendar years (1994–2025)
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
620780
WDH6770
183974
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-183974
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)56.8 ft × 21.4 ft × 8.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 97 / net 66
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTHRIFT SHIPBUILDERS & REP · SULPHUR, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1980
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 4 August 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it66 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
97 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
97 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.
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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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.
WEB P2 Tank Barge · MISLE 997712 · 2 March 2023 · activity 7646821REM 101 Tank Barge · MISLE 427506 · 16 June 2005 · activity 2392931KELBY JAMES Towing Vessel · MISLE 165221 · 29 March 1998 · activity 186842BARGE BLAINE Freight Barge · MISLE 473197 · 29 March 1998 · activity 186842LOUISIANA SUNSHINE Towing Vessel · MISLE 184193 · 26 September 1997 · activity 88075LOUISIANA SUNSHINE Towing Vessel · MISLE 184193 · 25 September 1997 · activity 25840Inspection history · 17
30 April 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8123876
2 March 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7646821
4 January 2022
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7375598
6 July 2021
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7246813
1 August 2006
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2732599
11 July 2006
Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2709674
16 June 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2392931
30 December 2004
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2266525
8 December 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2263634
8 December 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2321283
3 March 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2022491
25 November 2003
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2009419
30 March 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 177914
29 March 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 186842
26 September 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88075
25 September 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 25840
7 October 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 100742
Deficiency record · 6
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 28 July 2021
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings and electrical equipment and systems, must: (1) Be maintained to ensure proper operation; (2) Be suitable for routes and service; and (3) Have suitable propulsion controls to provide operator full control. Vessel's starboard shaft was leaking during inspection.
46CFR143.205(c)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 28 July 2021
Resolved
Electrical systems and equipment must be marked with its respective current and voltage ratings. Several distribution panels throughout the boat weren't marked with its corresponding voltage and current ratings.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 July 2021
Resolved
Individual circuit breakers on switchboards and distribution panels must be labeled with a description of the loads they serve. Several circuit breakers on the wheelhouse's distribution panel weren't labeled.
46CFR143.400(d)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 July 2021
Resolved
Electrical connections must be suitably installed to prevent them from coming loose through vibration or accidental contact. The connections of flexible cable plugs and socket outlets must be designed to prevent unintended separation. Both of the magnetic pick-up cables for each propulsion engine were suspended in the air and improperly secured. Splice and termination of both cables were not insulated or properly secured.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 July 2021
Resolved
Electrical components that pose an electrical hazard must be in an enclosure. Several electrical connection terminals underneath the wheelhouse control station were openly exposed without any enclosure.
46CFR143.400(g)
Vessel was allowed an extension on the deficiency due to intricacy of repair. Vessel will need to have repair made by next drydock 2026.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 6 July 2021
Resolved
Stowage positions for lifejackets stowed in a berthing space or stateroom and all lifejackets containers must be marked in block capital letters and numbers with the minimum quantity, identity, and if sizes other than adult or universal sizes are used on the vessel, the size of the lifejackets stowed inside the container. Lifejackets containers throughout the vessel were missing proper marking.
46CFR141.340(h)
Casualty record · 2
16 June 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2392931
2 March 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7646821
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.
Recorded names · 1
DELTA HERON (2005). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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.