SIR JOSEPH

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SIR JOSEPH is a 1951 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1997, most recently in July 2021, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 1997 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 15 July 2021.

Built: 1951
Last inspected: 15 July 2021
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 15 July 2021

Recorded inspections7

…physical examinations1

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (1997–2021)

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

262850

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WXV8732

68190

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-68190

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)42.2 ft × 16.9 ft × 4.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 25 / net 16

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWALKER BOAT YARD · PADUCAH, KY, UNITED STATES · built 1951

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

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 it25 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
16 - 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 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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Inspection history · 7

15 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7257073

11 June 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4330456

28 November 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2541680

23 August 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2471986

1 September 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 420077

16 September 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 408052

7 August 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 406744

Deficiency record · 4

Lifesaving

Issued 1 September 1998 Resolved

AFFIX MISSING RETRO REFLECTIVE TAPE TO WORK VESTS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 8 December 1998
Resolved 10 December 1998

Lifesaving

Issued 1 September 1998 Resolved

INSTALL MISSING MACHINERY GUARDS IN ENGINEROOM ON M/E AND GEN.

Condition: Unknown
Due 8 December 1998
Resolved 10 December 1998

Documentation

Issued 1 September 1998 Resolved

PLACE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION ONBOARD, NOT COPY.

Condition: Unknown
Due 8 December 1998
Resolved 10 December 1998

Lifesaving

Issued 1 September 1998 Resolved

INSTALL MISSING BATTERY TERMINAL COVERS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 8 December 1998
Resolved 10 December 1998

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.