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R. H. BAKER
R. H. BAKER is a 1947 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 1993, most recently in July 2021, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2013.
Records from 1993 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 1 July 2021.
- Built
- 1947
- Last inspected
- 1 July 2021
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2005–2013
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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
1 July 2021
…with no type recorded20
Deficiencies
6 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
18 calendar years (1993–2021)
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
253460
WDI6976
64698
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-64698
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)73.4 ft × 24.9 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 138 / net 94
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderST LOUIS SHPDG & STEEL CO · ST LOUIS MO, UNITED STATES · built 1947
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portCHATTANOOGA, TN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 20 May 2025 · expires 30 June 2026
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 it94 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
138 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
138 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.
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 · 5
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.
LONNY FUGATE Towing Vessel · MISLE 71656 · 27 May 2008 · activity 3219784TISCO Towing Vessel · MISLE 80531 · 27 May 2008 · activity 3219784QUEEN CITY Towing Vessel · MISLE 132168 · 28 September 2005 · activity 2503545KIRBY 21701 Tank Barge · MISLE 238929 · 28 September 2005 · activity 2503545T13974 Freight Barge · MISLE 462008 · 12 March 2000 · activity 7868Inspection history · 26
1 July 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7241268
24 February 2015
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5074575
20 February 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4541178
8 February 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · Administration · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4243315
5 August 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3556444
7 July 2009
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3530300
27 May 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3219784
30 June 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2696393
30 June 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2696458
28 September 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2503545
15 December 2004
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2259669
15 December 2004
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2262440
15 August 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1668775
12 April 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 289114
12 March 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7868
8 September 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 432637
5 January 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 155533
5 March 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 388604
12 February 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 753722
11 February 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 191008
11 February 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 387813
30 November 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 753717
28 November 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 191009
28 November 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 385409
19 March 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 145470
4 January 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 355469
Deficiency record · 6
Documentation
Issued 11 February 1996
Resolved
WORKBOAT ONBOARD VESSEL DID NOT HAVE THE STATE CERTIFICATE OF NUMBERS, AND WORKBOAT DID NOT HAVE NUMBERS STENCILED ON IT. VESSEL'S HOMEPORT IS TENNESSEE, PRINCIPAL USE STATE IS TENNESSEE.
Lifesaving
Issued 11 February 1996
Resolved
VESSEL HAD SEVEN PERSONS ONBOARD. VESSEL IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE TYPE ONE PFD READILY ACCESSIBLE PER PERSON. THREE OF THE SEVEN PFD'S ONBOARD THE VESSEL WERE LOCATED IN A CREWMANS CLOSET WITH PERSONNAL GEAR STOWED ON TOP OF THE PFD'S.
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 11 February 1996
Resolved
VESSEL WAS OPERATING IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OF THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT AN OPERABLE MARINE SANITATION DEVICE ONBOARD. MSD VALVES WERE IN THE BYPASS POSITION ALLOWING UNTREATED SEWAGE TO BE DISCHARGED OVERBOARD.
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 28 November 1995
Resolved
VESSEL WAS OPERATING IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY OF THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT AN OPERABLE MARINE SANITATION DEVICE. MSD VALVES WERE IN THE BYPASS POSITION ALLOWING UNTREATED SEWAGE TO BE DISCHARGED OVERBOARD.
Documentation
Issued 4 January 1993
Resolved
VESSEL DOCUMENT NOT UPDATED WITH CURRENT DECAL TO REFLECT MOST RECENT EXPIRATION DATE. DATE ON DOCUMENT REFLECTED JUNE 1991 EXPIRATION.
Documentation
Issued 4 January 1993
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
Casualty record · 2
28 September 2005Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 2503545
20 February 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4541178
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.