ERICH R. LUEDTKE

Towing Vessel · Built 1930s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Other hulls named ERICH R. LUEDTKE

ERICH R. LUEDTKE is a 1939 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2008, most recently in May 2020, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2009.

Records from 2008 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 13 May 2020.

Built: 1939
Last inspected: 13 May 2020
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2009
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

238302

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WB9331

60452

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367557990 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-60452

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2008–2020)

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 6 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)42.5 ft × 11.9 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 18 / net 12

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMANITOWOC SHIPBUILDING CO · MANITOWOC, WI, UNITED STATES · built 1939

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portFRANKFORT, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it18 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
12 - 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

WDG6529MMSI 367557990 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 4 January 2013, cancelled 11 March 2023

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: It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

DPS NO.24 Freight Barge · MISLE 331893 · 10 April 2009 · activity 3453043

Inspection history · 4

13 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6952697

19 February 2016 Liferaft Servicing

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5818436

10 April 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Field Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3453043

8 December 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Field Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3376650

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.

Casualty record · 1

10 April 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3453043

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.