STEPHEN FOSTER

Towing Vessel · Built 1940s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named STEPHEN FOSTER

STEPHEN FOSTER is a 1948 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 1999, most recently in November 2021, along with 2 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 1 casualty investigation in 2019.

Records from 1999 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 2 November 2021.

Built: 1948
Last inspected: 2 November 2021
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2019
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

255920

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WCU7491

65546

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367643360 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-65546

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

…past their stated due date1

Years with a record 5 calendar years (1999–2021)

The 6 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 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 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)98.1 ft × 28.1 ft × 9.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 285 / net 193

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderST LOUIS SHIPBUILDING & STEEL CO · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1948

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · 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 it285 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
193 - 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

WDH6963MMSI 367643360 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 October 2014, cancelled 14 December 2024

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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

BRUCE GIBSON Towing Vessel · MISLE 86472 · 12 June 1999 · activity 34900

Inspection history · 6

2 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7344187

3 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7275902

31 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6617997

26 April 2018 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6400652

6 January 2012 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4213265

12 June 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 34900

Deficiency record · 2

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 2 November 2021 No resolution recorded

Vessel was issued a CG-835V from CVC-1 allowing 90 days to obtain a COI. Vessel did not meet the 90 day requirement. A code 60 Prior to Movement has been issued. 46 CFR 136.202 Certificate of Inspection phase in period.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 2 November 2021 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 3 August 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet 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 changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 1 November 2021
Resolved 2 November 2021
Resolution: Per CVC-1, changed code 705 to code 60.

Casualty record · 1

31 January 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 6617997

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.