SUSAN K

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SUSAN K is a 1982 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 61 inspections since 1992, most recently in December 2025, along with 9 deficiencies and 18 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2025.

Records from 1992 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 December 2025.

Built: 1982
Last inspected: 18 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 61
Deficiencies: 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 18 investigations · 2006–2025
Inspected with: 71 other vessels

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 18 December 2025

Recorded inspections61

…physical examinations6

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded48

Deficiencies 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 26 calendar years (1992–2025)

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

648357

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WDE9718

207117

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-207117

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)148.7 ft × 48.0 ft × 9.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 883 / net 600

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT INCORPORATED · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1982

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portGREENVILLE, MS

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, charter

DocumentationValid · issued 9 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 it883 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
600 - 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.

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 · 71

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.

Inspection history · 61

18 December 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8290118

16 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8235521

4 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7926889

21 January 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7864321

24 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7683568

19 January 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7633897

29 December 2022 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7630553

30 November 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7601992

5 November 2022 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7589584

31 August 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7548192

9 August 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7529006

12 December 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7368208

12 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7378450

5 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7277639

22 June 2021 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7232920

29 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7188097

21 November 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7099723

26 February 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6917491

9 July 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6473201

10 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6370273

12 June 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5907095

26 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4824621

14 February 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4538729

5 October 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4462494

22 March 2012 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4265012

5 March 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3960408

28 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3838077

11 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3821965

13 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3680263

14 November 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3636306

24 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3439734

27 April 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2917305

27 April 2007 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2919784

28 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2675120

18 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2613631

2 March 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1606882

11 June 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 212207

12 March 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 288591

14 April 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 212917

1 March 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 277353

8 April 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 51794

1 July 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 14716

1 July 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 61442

19 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 416193

22 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 415195

25 March 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 11119

1 December 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 131454

23 January 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 36102

26 December 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 667477

21 December 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 180957

11 September 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 65359

9 July 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 89752

29 May 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 42518

15 April 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 20606

21 March 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 181328

10 February 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 133638

2 November 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 111225

14 April 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5850

17 June 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3806

25 March 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 35600

24 January 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 13102

Deficiency record · 9

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

Issued 5 November 2022 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. It was reported that one of the vessel's generators is not operable. Submit transit plan for approval prior to continuing voyage. Prove proper operation prior to returning to operation beyond the scope of the approved transit plan.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 6 November 2022
Resolution: Cleared via TPO report

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 17 June 2022 Resolved

There must be an installed or portable bilge pump for emergency dewatering. Full operation of installed bilge system could not be performed/witnessed. Prove operation of bilge system.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 17 July 2022
Resolved 27 June 2022
Resolution: Vessel is utilizing portable pumps for dewatering.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 17 June 2022 Resolved

Each vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification of high bilge levels. Bilge level alarms were missing/inoperable. Repair/install bilge alarms and prove operation.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 17 July 2022
Resolved 22 August 2022
Resolution: New alarms installed, verified by TPO.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Machinery

Issued 17 June 2022 Resolved

An exposed hazard such as rotating machinery must be protected by a guard or rail. Portions of both propulsion shafts are exposed in engine room. Place guard or rail around exposed portion of shaft to prevent entanglement.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 17 July 2022
Resolved 27 June 2022
Resolution: Vessel installed chains to prevent access to space.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 17 June 2022 Resolved

Flammable and combustible products onboard a towing vessel must be stored in a designated storage room or cabinet when not in use. Several flammable/combustible products were found improperly stored. Ensure flammable/combustible products are stored in a storage cabinet.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 17 July 2022
Resolved 9 August 2022
Resolution: Flammable storage cabinet installed.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 17 June 2022 Resolved

Flammable/Combustible products must not be stored in machinery spaces unless they are stored in accordance with 46 CFR 142.225. Ensure open fuel buckets used for fuel stripping are properly emptied after use.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 17 July 2022
Resolved 9 August 2022
Resolution: New signage posted.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 5 August 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 2 November 2021
Resolved 31 August 2021
Resolution: Co at 75%.

Documentation

Issued 12 March 2001 Resolved

The vessels certificate of financial responsibility had expired 23FEB01. The vessel was boarded on 12MAR01. The O/O did not apply for renewal of theexpired document. O/O provided proof of financial liability and applied forrenewal with COFR desk.

Condition: Unknown
Due 2 April 2001
Resolved 2 April 2001

Documentation

Issued 22 April 1998 Resolved

VSL HAD AN EXPIRED COFR ON BOARD. CONTACTED OPERATING COMPANY AND THEY RENEWED THE COFR.

Condition: Unknown
Due 24 April 1998
Resolved 24 April 1998

Casualty record · 18

18 March 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2613631

28 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2675120

27 April 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2917305

24 March 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3439734

14 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3636306

11 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3821965

28 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3838077

5 March 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3960408

5 October 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4462494

12 June 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5907095

10 March 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6370273

26 February 2020Major Marine Casualty · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6917491

21 November 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7099723

29 April 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7188097

12 December 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7378450

24 April 2023Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7683568

21 January 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 7864321

18 December 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8290118

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.