GEORGE M READING is a 1956 industrial vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 1981, most recently in July 1985, along with 2 deficiencies.
Records from 1981 to 1985. Most recent: inspection, 8 July 1985.
The 4 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.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 41 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 Miscellaneous Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1979.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)260.0 ft × 54.1 ft × 15.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 2,899 / net 2,899
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1956
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNot recorded
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationInvalid
Service, as the file records itIndustrial Vessel
Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it2899 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 2899 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 1 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.
Inspection history · 4
8 July 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 983945
2 February 1984Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 971879
14 June 1983Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1276674
19 July 1981Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1274071
PROVIDE PROOF OF TEST OF CARGO GEAR (CRANE) OR TEST CRANE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 46 CFR 91.37-5, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COGNIZANT OCMI.
Condition: Unknown
Due 14 June 1983
Resolved 14 June 1983
Unknown
Issued 14 June 1983Resolved
THE FOLLOWING DEFICIENCY PERTAINS TO THE VESSEL GEORGE M. READING, DN272922
Condition: Unknown
Due 14 June 1983
Resolved 14 June 1983
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.
