KIT JONES

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1930s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named KIT JONES

KIT JONES is a 1939 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 1987, most recently in May 2005, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2010.

Records from 1987 to 2010. Most recent: casualty investigation, 17 July 2010.

Built: 1939
Last inspected: 17 May 2005
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2010
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

238323

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WTP3733

60461

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367168480 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-60461

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1987–2005)

The 9 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 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Research Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)58.0 ft × 15.7 ft × 6.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 34 / net 23

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderH SPARRE · SAPELO ISLAND, GA, UNITED STATES · built 1939

Hull materialWood

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portBILOXI, MS

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 22 June 2011 · expires 31 July 2012

Service, as the file records itResearch Vessel

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it34 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
23 - 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

WTP3733MMSI 367168480 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 23 February 2007, cancelled 22 July 2017

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.

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.

JOLEEN Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 65825 · 25 September 2000 · activity 40814

Inspection history · 9

17 May 2005 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2360359

11 March 2003 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1755992

29 May 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1066231

25 September 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 40814

26 March 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1099793

9 July 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 846856

8 July 1991 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 933735

7 July 1989 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1042259

29 April 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1020903

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

17 July 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3809984

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.