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JAMES M HEWGLEY
JAMES M HEWGLEY is a 2003 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2004, most recently in September 2025, along with 26 deficiencies.
Records from 2004 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 17 September 2025.
- Built
- 2003
- Last inspected
- 17 September 2025
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 26 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
1143164
WDJ4566
626734
Flag
UNITED STATES
367778940
Maury page id
psix-626734
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
9 calendar years (2004–2025)
The 12 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.
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)51.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 75 / net 60
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderVERRET SHIPYARD INC · PLAQUEMINE · built 2003
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Direct
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portPORT OF CATOOSA, OK
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 it60 - Simplified, Net Ton
75 - Simplified, Gross Ton
75 - Simplified, Gross 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
WDJ4566MMSI 367778940 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 March 2017, expires 24 March 2027
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.
Inspection history · 12
17 September 2025
COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8213186
11 November 2024
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8033430
19 September 2024
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8004845
23 August 2023
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7774386
21 September 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7563126
1 April 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7422230
30 June 2020
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6984701
19 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6981352
25 July 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6490555
29 January 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6083945
8 December 2010
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Ft. Smith · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3910261
30 January 2004
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Commandant (CG-FAC) · Activity 2000442
Deficiency record · 26
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with gauges at the machinery location for auxiliary generators to include an RPM gauge. The vessel did not have an RPM gauge at the machinery location. RPM gauge must be fitted at the machinery station.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 19 September 2024
Resolved
Electrical equipment and electrical cables must be suitable protected from we and corrosive environments. The vessels battery installations were not protected and were exposed to the environment in the engine room and the dog house under the bridge of the vessel. The vessel must install battery boxes to properly protect the installations and cables associated with them.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm
Issued 23 August 2023
Resolved
Machinery alarms were not available for the vessel's generator (low lube oil pressure & high water temp) and steering system (low hydraulic fluid level).
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 23 August 2023
Resolved
Records were not available indicating that all portable fire extinguishers were annually inspected.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 21 September 2022
Resolved
Of the vessel's 02 lifebuoys; only 01 had a floating electric light with the other needing one installed.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 21 September 2022
Resolved
Pressure relief valve on the air receiver was not tested twice every 5 years with no more than 3 years between tests.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 1 April 2022
Resolved
General alarm indicating light in the engine room was located in the forward bulkhead on the starboard corner and was found to not be of adequate flash intensity to alert a crewmember working within the space.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
The following list of items must be recorded in the TVR, official logbook, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel:
(1) Personnel records, in accordance with §140.400; (specifically who is filling positions)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
The following list of items must be recorded in the TVR, official logbook, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel:
(3) Record of drills and instruction, in accordance with §140.420; (Fire, abandon ship and man overboard functional drills)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
The following list of items must be recorded in the TVR, official logbook, or in accordance with the TSMS applicable to the vessel:
(6) Navigation assessment, in accordance with §140.635;
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Life jacket marking, lights and whistle missing
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Radar
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Vessel has a radar exemption letter that prohibits night time operations, however vessel was operating at night.
Request new radar exemption with night operation provision or cease night time operation
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Location of emergency installations
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Post Emergency Duties List on Bridge
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Abandon ship drills
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Conduct Drills with new crew-members within 24 hours
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Provdie Fall Overboard Prevention Policy
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Replace Alcohol Testing strips
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Buoyant apparatus
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
[name withheld] rings with vessel name, attach lights and lifeline around body of the lifering
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Provide hotwork policy IAW NFPA 306 on board
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Relocate fire extinguisher in engine room and galley near exits permanently mounted with proper bracket
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Warning notices
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Post Oil Placard
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Warning notices
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Post Garbage Placard
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Provide Health and Safety Manual
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Post fuel shut off instructions and make available for use without tools
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Remove dead end wires on Starboard main diesel engine
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 30 June 2020
Resolved
Install metal cable hanger supports with chaffing protection every 48 inches in battery room below the wheelhouse
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 19 June 2020
Resolved
All owners & operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is on of the 25% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days*. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changes to a CODE 60(Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.
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.