VOLUNTEER

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

VOLUNTEER is a 1982 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 1997, most recently in October 2024, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2014.

Records from 1997 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 8 October 2024.

Built: 1982
Last inspected: 8 October 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2012–2014
Inspected with: 6 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 8 October 2024

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations3

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (1997–2024)

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

652578

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WDC2235

211373

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-211373

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)49.5 ft × 22.0 ft × 7.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 63 / net 50

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderGUILD, TN, UNITED STATES · built 1982

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 15 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it63 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
50 - 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 · 6

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.

JUSTIN PAUL ECKSTEIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 78014 · 21 April 2014 · activity 4841403 TRIPLE M Towing Vessel · MISLE 83088 · 21 April 2014 · activity 4841403 SHERYL Towing Vessel · MISLE 89800 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700 L 228 Freight Barge · MISLE 354018 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700 L 1044 Freight Barge · MISLE 370013 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700 RF 503 Freight Barge · MISLE 796663 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700

Inspection history · 13

8 October 2024 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8005167

10 March 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7412442

2 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7205262

3 September 2020 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7046741

21 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4841403

7 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404700

5 November 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3885773

30 March 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2323069

15 June 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2099353

18 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195739

18 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 763465

4 August 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 758724

1 August 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195738

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 2

7 August 2012Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4404700

21 April 2014Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4841403

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.