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VELDA TAYLOR
VELDA TAYLOR is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 1993, most recently in December 2025, along with 11 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2023.
Records from 1993 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 December 2025.
- Built
- 1981
- Last inspected
- 16 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 11 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2012–2023
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
16 December 2025
…with no type recorded8
Deficiencies
11 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
14 calendar years (1993–2025)
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
641625
WDL9299
202449
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-202449
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)55.6 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 81 / net 55
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderD L INC · GREENVILLE · built 1981
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 2 September 2025 · expires 30 September 2026
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 it81 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
55 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
55 - 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 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.
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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.
MM 78 Tank Barge · MISLE 744969 · 20 September 2023 · activity 7796025MM 65 Tank Barge · MISLE 876415 · 20 September 2023 · activity 7796025MM 30 Tank Barge · MISLE 879668 · 20 September 2023 · activity 7796025MILES MADISON Towing Vessel · MISLE 1224352 · 20 September 2023 · activity 7796025KIRBY 29024 Tank Barge · MISLE 1170729 · 15 September 2012 · activity 4446541Inspection history · 18
16 December 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8295623
4 September 2024
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7996420
29 July 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7970004
20 September 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7796025
26 July 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7759961
22 June 2021
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7232934
20 August 2013
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4682780
15 September 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4446541
6 September 2011
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4130812
30 July 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3555649
13 December 2008
Administration
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3379345
1 August 2005
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2503244
19 May 2005
Uninspected Other
Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2382975
11 October 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 219026
19 March 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 656416
14 February 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 697
12 May 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 378647
9 March 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 356851
Deficiency record · 11
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Lifebuoys must have a lifeline, secured around the body of the lifebuoy. The lifeline of the lifebuoy on the stern of vessel was disintegrating.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
All fire-detection equipment must be maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's approved design manual. Smoke detector in the galley was missing a cover.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid kit. First aid kit onboard had expired contents.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Ropes and wires
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Owner/operator shall ensure that the face wires remain serviceable. Port facing wire had several broken individual strands and a significant kink.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with a portable, battery-powered light at the access to the engine room. No portable light was found in proximity of the engine room access.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machinery
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Piping and machinery components that exceed 220 °C, including turbochargers, must be insulated. STBD engine turbo's lagging was saturated. MI suggested removal and needs replaced.
Fire Fighting › Semiportable CO2 Fire Extinguishers › Marine Type Label
Issued 19 May 2005
Resolved
The B-V semi-portable fire-extinguishing system is not properly marked as Marine Type approved. Company directed to request an extension to the new requirements. The company bought a system that is not Marine Type. Company will replace existing B-V with an approved system prior to the 17 June 2005.
Documentation
Issued 9 March 1993
Resolved
THE CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION WAS NOT ONBOARD AND WAS KEPT AT THE OWNER'S BUSINESS OFFICE.
Documentation
Issued 9 March 1993
Resolved
A MARPOL PLACARD WAS NOT ONBOARD.
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 9 March 1993
Resolved
THE MARINE SANITATION DEVICE WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO BEING DEENERGIZED AND THE SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVE BEING CLOSED. ALL SEWAGE WENT DIRECTLY OVERBOARD THROUGH THE OPEN OVERBOARD DISCHARGE VALVE.
Navigation
Issued 9 March 1993
Resolved
A COPY OF THE INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION RULES WERE NOT ON BOARD THE VESSEL.
Casualty record · 2
15 September 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4446541
20 September 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 7796025
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
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.