CAPTAIN JAMES MCWILLIAMS

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CAPTAIN JAMES MCWILLIAMS

CAPTAIN JAMES MCWILLIAMS is a 1982 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 30 inspections since 1993, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 7 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2025.

Records from 1993 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 October 2025.

Built: 1982
Last inspected: 27 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 30
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 7 investigations · 2006–2025
Inspected with: 32 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

651444

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WDH8038

209966

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367654050

Maury page id

psix-209966

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded23

Years with a record 15 calendar years (1993–2025)

The 30 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)66.0 ft × 27.0 ft × 9.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 168 / net 114

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderEASTERN MARINE INC · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1982

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 24 August 2026 · expires 30 September 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 it168 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
114 - 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

WDH8038MMSI 367654050 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 29 October 2024, expires 22 January 2035

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 · 32

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 · 30

27 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8260505

17 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8113402

12 October 2023 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7807490

24 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6796963

9 August 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6777745

28 September 2018 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6550637

19 September 2018 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6544605

19 September 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6544657

6 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6334032

19 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4807233

23 August 2012 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4420114

14 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4313267

28 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3334257

28 August 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2773206

19 April 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1607848

8 August 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 280915

24 March 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 150231

20 November 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 152883

23 October 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 218741

1 June 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7493

6 April 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 59923

23 February 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3611

19 February 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 31260

6 December 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 695839

26 November 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 133581

13 November 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 137895

4 December 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 141428

22 March 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 695832

1 March 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 102149

23 February 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88258

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 19 September 2018 Resolved

DETERMINE CAUSE OF LOSS OF PROPULSION. ASSESS DAMAGE AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 September 2018
Resolved 2 October 2018
Resolution: Repair and test performed satisfactory of the insert under #1 stbd fuel tank.

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

Issued 19 September 2018 Resolved

DETERMINE CAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER. ASSESS DAMAGE AND MAKE ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 September 2018
Resolved 2 October 2018
Resolution: Problem was resolved by repairing hole in fuel tank that allowed water to mix with fuel and shut generator down.

Casualty record · 7

28 August 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 2773206

28 September 2008Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3334257

14 April 2012Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4313267

6 January 2018Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6334032

19 September 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6544657

24 August 2019Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6796963

27 October 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 8260505

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.

Recorded names · 1

GENE CASPER (2006–2019). 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.