CAPT RODNEY E STOKES

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

CAPT RODNEY E STOKES is a 1999 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 78 inspections since 1999, most recently in June 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 38 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2025.

Records from 1999 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 29 June 2026.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 29 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 78
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 38 investigations · 2001–2025
Inspected with: 95 other vessels
Also recorded as: 4 other names

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 29 June 2026

Recorded inspections78

…physical examinations8

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded62

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 27 calendar years (1999–2026)

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

1078466

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WDI4814

491684

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-491684

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)170.1 ft × 48.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,091 / net 327

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)170.1 ft × 48.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 1,091 / net 327

BuilderQUALITY SHIPYARDS INC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1999

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portCAIRO, IL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 April 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it1091 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
327 - Convention (Subpart B), 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 · 95

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.

Inspection history · 78

29 June 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8418722

28 April 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8148418

8 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8108389

17 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7914049

17 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7954238

22 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7895747

16 January 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7849711

19 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7580529

19 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7629356

12 May 2022 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7471794

10 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7409468

10 March 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7409767

8 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7410182

11 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7378385

18 September 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7315435

18 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7321627

2 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7311143

22 October 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7082523

20 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6941285

4 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6773506

5 April 2019 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6656775

28 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6525270

7 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6437030

5 June 2018 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6434610

20 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6386823

15 September 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6270406

30 January 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6080439

7 January 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6080995

16 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6065681

7 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5848945

15 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5131386

9 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5100411

13 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5073952

7 November 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5021175

7 August 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4947986

31 July 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4961175

11 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4850999

1 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4827165

10 November 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4754749

26 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4391599

19 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4311178

26 March 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4272464

26 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4253759

8 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4206654

27 March 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3972703

30 January 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3943797

29 July 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3815383

11 June 2010 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3768935

14 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3434493

20 January 2009 Administration

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3397187

10 May 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3205759

11 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2974467

16 August 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2756037

19 July 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2765055

27 June 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2709630

5 June 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2672366

7 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2506577

28 July 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2456868

28 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2415401

27 June 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2123485

18 February 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2008487

9 October 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1932881

16 January 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1736437

4 October 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1688056

8 September 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1678242

24 August 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 103234

17 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 151553

8 June 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 167575

19 May 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 109043

23 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 640082

21 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 214385

31 December 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 131617

17 May 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 151637

7 December 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 125978

5 November 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 67333

8 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 771640

4 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 209825

9 May 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 429602

Deficiency record · 3

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 8 April 2025 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must:(1) Be maintained to ensure proper operation;(2) Be suitable for route and service; and(3) Have suitable propulsion controls to provide the operator full control at each operating station. Excessive vibration while operating the vsl led to a reduction in propulsion. Identify cause of the vibration, conduct approved repairs, and perform tests of the affected vsl components, and to the satisfaction of the TPO. Provide TPO report to the CG.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 19 April 2025
Resolution: Received TPO report attesting to satisfactory repairs and tests of the affected machinery.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 16 January 2024 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard during normal and emergency situations. The [name withheld] E STOKES' starboard main engine's turbo clutch is inoperable. The TPO, TVIB, is authorized to review and accept repairs and tests in accordance with CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-10.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 23 January 2024
Resolution: Received objective evidence via TPO that proper repairs were made and tested satisfactorily.

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

Issued 10 March 2022 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Flanking rudders jammed to one side, further inspection found broken steering ram connection. Vessel to proceed to nearest dock for permanent repairs. Performed work to the satisfaction of the companies TPO.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 March 2022
Resolved 14 March 2022
Resolution: Objective evidence sent and reviewed.

Casualty record · 38

24 August 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 103234

16 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1736437

9 October 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 1932881

18 February 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2008487

27 June 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2123485

28 June 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2415401

7 August 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2506577

27 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2709630

19 July 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2765055

16 August 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2756037

11 June 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2974467

10 May 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3205759

14 March 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3434493

29 July 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3815383

30 January 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3943797

26 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4253759

19 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4311178

26 July 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4391599

10 November 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4754749

11 April 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4850999

13 February 2015Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5073952

7 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5848945

16 December 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6065681

7 January 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6080995

30 January 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6080439

15 September 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6270406

20 March 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6386823

7 June 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6437030

28 August 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6525270

4 August 2019Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6773506

22 October 2020Routine · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7082523

2 September 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7311143

18 September 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7321627

11 January 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7378385

10 March 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7409468

19 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7629356

17 May 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7954238

28 April 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8148418

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 · 4

JOY ANNE KELLER (2001–2011), MICHAEL G. MORRIS (2012–2019), MICHAEL G MORRIS (2020–2021), RODNEY STOKES (2022). 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

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.