JOHN MICHAEL

The 3 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 14 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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)55.4 ft × 15.1 ft × 7.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 41 / net 28

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCOWLES SHIPYARD CO · BUFFALO, NY, UNITED STATES · built 1913

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portTRAVERSE CITY, MI

Trade endorsementsRecreational

DocumentationValid · issued 8 August 2025 · expires 31 August 2030

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 it41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
28 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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

WCS5871MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 June 1995, cancelled 20 August 2005

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 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 · 3

31 October 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4475880

2 August 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4398815

24 October 1995 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 876721

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.