BOB JONES

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BOB JONES is a 1990 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 1994, most recently in December 2025, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 December 2025.

Built: 1990
Last inspected: 10 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 10 December 2025

Recorded inspections6

…physical examinations4

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (1994–2025)

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

969740

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WDG3451

355736

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-355736

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 7.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 64 / net 51

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSERODINO INC · GUILD TN, UNITED STATES · built 1990

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMUSCLE SHOALS, AL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 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 it64 - Simplified, Gross Ton
51 - 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.

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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Inspection history · 6

10 December 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8281999

3 December 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8042635

20 December 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7841153

6 September 2023 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Plan Review (Other than "T")

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7796550

29 November 2012 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4492626

7 January 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 92325

Deficiency record · 4

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 14 September 2023 Resolved

Vessel is required to have lifejackets for each person immediately available and at each normally manned watch station. There is only 4 lifejackets onboard. Prior to carrying 5 persons in addition to crew, 5 additional lifejackets must be onboard.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 20 December 2023
Resolution: Vessel has 9 lifejackets onboard.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 14 September 2023 Resolved

At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light. Only one water light was onboard. Provide second water light.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 14 December 2023
Resolved 20 December 2023
Resolution: Vessel has two working waterlights on ringbuoys.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 14 September 2023 Resolved

Fuel tank vent must be fitted with a 30-by-30-mesh corrosion-resistant flame screen. Noted fuel tank vent flame screen was holed, replace flame screen.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 14 December 2023
Resolved 14 November 2023
Resolution: Corrected prior to completion of inspection.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 14 September 2023 Resolved

Escape/exits must be properly marked and lite. ER and Pilot house did not have emergency lighting or illuminated exit signs.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 14 December 2023
Resolved 14 November 2023
Resolution: Corrected prior to completion of inspection.

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.