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HELEN VIRGINIA
HELEN VIRGINIA is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 1992, most recently in July 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2011 and 2025.
Records from 1992 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 11 July 2025.
- Built
- 1981
- Last inspected
- 11 July 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2011–2025
Identity
637050
WDL3815
198506
Flag
UNITED STATES
368125270
Maury page id
psix-198506
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded9
Years with a record
10 calendar years (1992–2025)
The 17 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)49.3 ft × 18.1 ft × 4.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 39 / net 26
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHUMBOLDT BOAT SERVICE CO · ST. LOUIS MO, UNITED STATES · built 1981
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 11 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it39 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
26 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
26 - 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
WDL3815MMSI 368125270 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 December 2019, expires 24 December 2029
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.
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.
LL 683 Unclassified · MISLE 506417 · 27 April 2025 · activity 8152272LTD 915B Freight Barge · MISLE 1225917 · 27 April 2025 · activity 8152272MEM 7224 Freight Barge · MISLE 1164732 · 23 December 2011 · activity 4218395ACBL 1318 Freight Barge · MISLE 119333 · 25 July 1992 · activity 99638FRR 1 Freight Barge · MISLE 277514 · 25 July 1992 · activity 99638Inspection history · 17
11 July 2025
COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8185415
27 April 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8152272
19 August 2024
Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7964884
29 June 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7740929
13 June 2023
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7733992
6 August 2020
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7025839
10 April 2020
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6937799
23 December 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4218395
4 May 2010
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3730593
27 April 2005
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2347786
4 August 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 418886
29 July 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213533
22 July 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 418420
6 May 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195965
6 May 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 390961
6 May 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 758537
25 July 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 99638
Deficiency record · 1
Navigation
Issued 6 May 1996
Resolved
The vessel did not have a copy of the Navigation Rules onboard.
Casualty record · 2
23 December 2011Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4218395
27 April 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8152272
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
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.