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CAPTAIN BILLY WATSON

Towing Vessel · Built 1940s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

CAPTAIN BILLY WATSON is a 1940 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 48 inspections since 1994, most recently in December 2006, along with 1 deficiency, 2 operational controls and 4 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2006.

Records from 1994 to 2006. Most recent: inspection, 27 December 2006.

Built
1940
Last inspected
27 December 2006
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
48
Deficiencies
1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
4 investigations · 2005–2006
Inspected with
11 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 20 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 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 27 December 2006
Recorded inspections48
…physical examinations3
…administrative events1
…with no type recorded44
Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 12 calendar years (1994–2006)
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

US Official No.
239996
IMO number
8836223
Call sign
WB4535
MISLE id
61005
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-61005

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it677 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
563 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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 · 11

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.

KIRBY 29600B Tank Barge · MISLE 48845 · 27 December 2006 · activity 2847198AMERICAN HERITAGE Towing Vessel · MISLE 142194 · 27 December 2006 · activity 2847198ART 198 Freight Barge · MISLE 185334 · 27 December 2006 · activity 2847198CUSTOM FUEL NO. 3 Freight Barge · MISLE 49446 · 28 November 2006 · activity 2831301DELOS CASE Towing Vessel · MISLE 9855 · 20 June 2005 · activity 2406250NOMA 235 Freight Barge · MISLE 181994 · 6 April 2001 · activity 76123OR 6650 * Freight Barge · MISLE 117155 · 8 October 1996 · activity 147153ALH 12 Freight Barge · MISLE 178215 · 8 October 1996 · activity 147153PTT 8326 Freight Barge · MISLE 430942 · 12 August 1995 · activity 88279PTT 9031 Freight Barge · MISLE 430943 · 12 August 1995 · activity 88279R 6011 Freight Barge · MISLE 424366 · 27 April 1995 · activity 150721

Inspection history · 48

27 December 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2847198
30 November 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2831866
28 November 2006 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2830504
28 November 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2831301
4 October 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2793686
3 October 2006 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2792764
29 September 2006 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2789892
29 September 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2790199
29 September 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2790208
5 August 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2743115
28 June 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2694276
28 June 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2694489
15 June 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2681379
20 June 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2406250
14 October 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2221114
18 June 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1670624
23 June 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 368
6 April 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 76123
25 July 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 26701
7 June 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 114398
8 May 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 27706
25 October 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 434182
6 August 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 421208
11 January 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 26666
31 July 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 406897
27 June 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 405325
26 June 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 405322
7 June 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 153244
8 October 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 147153
31 May 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4644
12 April 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 681512
28 March 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 91738
10 January 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 386727
22 December 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 681511
21 December 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 178594
26 October 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 115372
12 August 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88279
17 July 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 681513
11 July 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 135832
11 July 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 380650
27 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 150721
20 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 681505
19 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 681510
6 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 39634
5 April 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 188278
30 January 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 374751
5 December 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 373663
29 November 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 166324

Deficiency record · 1

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell
Issued 28 November 2006 Resolved
Side Shell - Wasted
Due 28 December 2006
Resolved 28 November 2006

Casualty record · 4

20 June 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2406250
15 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2681379
5 August 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2743115
27 December 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2847198
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.

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.