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THE BERNARD PATTISON
Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named THE BERNARD PATTISON
THE BERNARD PATTISON is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 1997, most recently in June 2026, along with 9 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 1997 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 30 June 2026.
- Built
- 1980
- Last inspected
- 30 June 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
629724
WDP 3372
192034
Flag
UNITED STATES
368344860
Maury page id
psix-192034
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
8 calendar years (1997–2026)
The 8 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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)49.6 ft × 20.1 ft × 6.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 75 / net 51
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTHRIFT SHIPBUILDING & REP · SULPHUR LA, UNITED STATES · built 1980
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portCLAYTON, IA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 15 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it75 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
51 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
51 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDP3372MMSI 368344860 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 December 2023, expires 7 December 2033
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspection history · 8
30 June 2026
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8412085
9 December 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253953
6 November 2024
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8029115
21 March 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7655056
20 April 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6395688
2 August 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4398880
24 September 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 420783
14 November 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 410096
Deficiency record · 9
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 9 December 2025
Resolved
A towing vessel subject to this sub chapter and choosing the Coast Guard inspection option, or required to have the Coast Guard inspection option, must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after the COI anniversary date.
Annual inspection not completed. Vessel is not to operate as a towing vessel until COI inspection is completed.
A towing vessel means a commercial vessel engaged in or intending to engage in the service of pulling, pushing or hauling alongside, or any combination of pulling, pushing, or hauling alongside.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
Piping and machinery component that exceed 428 degrees including fittings, flanges, valves, exhaust manifolds, and turbochargers, must be insulated. Port main engine turbo exhaust lagging found inadequate. Replace with new.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 6 November 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 be provided: Auxiliary generator engine cooling water temperature... STBD generator high temp gauge discovered not operating.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with navigation lights, shapes, and sound signals in accordance with the International Regulations of Prevention of Collision at Sea (COLREGS) or 33 CFR part 84 as appropriate to its area of operation. Stern tow light found extinguished.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Radar
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
Requirements for marine radar are set forth in 33 CFR 164.72. Radar found inoperable.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. Emergency lighting sources must provide sufficient illumination under emergency conditions to facilitate egress from each space and must be either: Non-electric, phosphorescent adhesive lighting strips that are installed along escape routes and sufficiently visible to enable egress with no power. Place at all egress routes from galley, and engine room.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Lighting (Working spaces)
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with at least two portable, battery-powered lights. One must be located in the pilot house and the other at the access to the engine room. Portable light not found in engine room. Pilot house portable light found extinguished.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
Rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks accessible to crew. Equivalent protection may include lifelines, wire rope, chains, and bulwarks that provide strength and support equivalent to fixed rails. In areas where space limitations make deck rails impractical, such as at narrow catwalks in way of deckhouse sides, hand grabs maybe substituted. Place protection on aft deck, and add hand grabs on both PORT/STBD main deck.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 6 November 2024
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry a combination of day and night visual distress signals indicated in Table 141.370 of 46 CFR 141.370 for specified areas where the vessel operates. (3 day/3 night). Distress signals not found onboard.
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.