JOSEPH MATTHEW

Towing Vessel · Built 1940s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

JOSEPH MATTHEW is a 1945 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1998, most recently in May 2005.

Records from 1998 to 2005. Most recent: inspection, 26 May 2005.

Built: 1945
Last inspected: 26 May 2005
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 21 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 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 26 May 2005

Recorded inspections3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (1998–2005)

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

1054144

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WCX5880

457223

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-457223

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.7 ft × 13.0 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 16

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderERIE, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1945

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portSANDUSKY, OH

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 2 August 2004 · expires 31 August 2005

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it20 - Simplified, Gross Ton
16 - 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

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 3

26 May 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2369038

19 May 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2366664

23 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 186643

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.

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.