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MIDWEST JR.
MIDWEST JR. is a 1946 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 1994, most recently in September 2025, along with 11 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2008.
Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 September 2025.
- Built
- 1946
- Last inspected
- 25 September 2025
- Documentation
- Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 11 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2008
Identity
250851
WCV9940
63713
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-63713
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record
13 calendar years (1994–2025)
The 21 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)42.5 ft × 12.0 ft × 4.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 15
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderPADUCAH MARINE WAYS INC · PADUCAH KY, UNITED STATES · built 1946
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portCHILLICOTHE, IL
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 it20 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
15 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
15 - 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
WCV9940MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 February 1996, cancelled 29 April 2006
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 · 21
25 September 2025
Exemption · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8240933
14 November 2024
Exemption · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8037980
5 October 2021
Administrative Inspection · Exemption
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7327117
30 September 2021
Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7324027
27 March 2018
Spot Check (Safety) · Administration · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6379639
28 March 2017
DAPI Audit · Administration · Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6113549
7 April 2016
Spot Check (Safety) · DAPI Audit · Administration
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5849830
4 March 2015
DAPI Audit · Administration · Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5078693
21 March 2014
DAPI Audit · Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4820346
11 April 2013
Administration · DAPI Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4567565
29 March 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4274817
5 May 2009
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3467739
8 July 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3261471
2 July 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3254885
17 April 2008
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3186359
26 March 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3255630
22 February 2008
DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs · Uninspected Other · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3151959
21 February 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3151938
22 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 659063
19 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 28942
19 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 86020
Deficiency record · 11
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 5 October 2021
Resolved
essel was granted a work site exclusion on May 12, 2009 which limited the vessel to daylight operation at Mile Marker 181 of the Illinois River. Vessel was relocated in 2019 to MM 190.3 of the Illinois River. This location has not been designated as a work site per 46 CFR §136.110 by the Cognizant Officer In Charge Marine Inspection(OCMI).
Submit a new detailed request for designation of the new work site at MM 190.3 ILR to the cognizant OCMI or, as an alternative submit an application for inspection CG-3752 under Subchapter M on or before October 12, 2021.
Failure to comply with either option will result in the vessel being ordered out of service.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Employee Coverage
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Ensure all Marine personnel have pre employment testing and are placed in the random pool.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Display Requirements
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Post EAP Hotline number on board the vessel.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Training Requirements
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Ensure all supervisory personnel and the vessel operator receives the required one hour supervisory training.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Employee Coverage
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Verify the Consortium has access to a local SAP.
Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Number
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Install a B-I fire extinguishers in the pilothouse.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Quantity
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Install (2) Type I PFD's.
Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Documentation (CG-1270)
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Ensure the vessel name and hauling port is clearly marked on the vessel stern.
Communications › Audible Communications › Bell
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Install a fog bell.
Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-reduction gear) › Piping (exhaust)
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Properly insulate the engine dry exhaust system.
Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Spark Producing Device
Issued 22 February 2008
Resolved
Replace the aft engineroom wooden steps with a non-flammable type.
Casualty record · 1
21 February 2008Routine · role: Suspected Pollution Source · activity 3151938
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.