RALPH SYKES

Towing Vessel · Built 1930s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named RALPH SYKES

RALPH SYKES is a 1939 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1995, most recently in February 2018, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2011.

Records from 1995 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 16 February 2018.

Built: 1939
Last inspected: 16 February 2018
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2011
Inspected with: 6 other vessels

Identity

239198

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60733

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-60733

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 5 calendar years (1995–2018)

The 7 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 8 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)61.0 ft × 18.3 ft × 5.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 47 / net 23

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSTURGEON BAY SHIPBUILDING · STURGEON BAY, WI, UNITED STATES · built 1939

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portPITTSBURGH, PA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

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 it47 - 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

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspected as a tow unit · 6

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.

TOM G Towing Vessel · MISLE 96713 · 7 September 2011 · activity 4139427 SAM M FLEMING Towing Vessel · MISLE 156278 · 7 September 2011 · activity 4139427 KIMBERLY JOHNSON Towing Vessel · MISLE 241907 · 7 September 2011 · activity 4139427 JOE T Towing Vessel · MISLE 99229 · 29 October 1996 · activity 68537 MISS MACKENZIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 120010 · 29 October 1996 · activity 68537 SARAH ANNE JUDD Towing Vessel · MISLE 145696 · 29 October 1996 · activity 68537

Inspection history · 7

16 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6356171

7 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4139427

2 March 2011 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3956430

19 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 156980

6 November 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 674567

29 October 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 68537

19 May 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 20998

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

7 September 2011Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 4139427

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.