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JAMES E RHODES

JAMES E RHODES is a 1984 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2001, most recently in September 2024, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2010.

Records from 2001 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 23 September 2024.

Built
1984
Last inspected
23 September 2024
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

WDI5870
234510
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-234510

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.

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded3
Years with a record 9 calendar years (2001–2024)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)39.7 ft × 22.5 ft × 6.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 48 / net 39
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSERODINO INC · GUILD, TN, UNITED STATES · built 1984
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portTELL CITY, IN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 12 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it48 - Simplified, Gross Ton
39 - Simplified, 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

ME-8267 Freight Barge · MISLE 1103667 · 1 November 2010 · activity 3885738

Inspection history · 12

23 September 2024 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8007903
16 February 2024 COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7865960
10 January 2024 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7846380
3 November 2023 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7810400
4 February 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6619800
7 November 2018 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6578056
28 January 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5060317
1 November 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3885738
17 July 2009 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3537334
3 December 2002 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1714347
4 December 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 296102
13 March 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 288139

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 · 1

1 November 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3885738
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.

Recorded names · 1

MR BILL (2010). 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

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