BILLY GENE

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

BILLY GENE is a 1953 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1995, most recently in January 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2024.

Records from 1995 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 13 January 2024.

Built: 1953
Last inspected: 13 January 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2006–2024
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

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 13 January 2024

Recorded inspections22

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded15

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1995–2024)

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

265225

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WDC2236

69171

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-69171

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)58.8 ft × 17.5 ft × 6.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 68 / net 46

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBARBOUR METAL BOAT WORKS · OAKVILLE, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1953

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUnknown

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 15 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it68 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
46 - 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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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.

R 8800 Freight Barge · MISLE 301414 · 7 January 2023 · activity 7623911 THE ADMIRAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 74556 · 14 July 2016 · activity 5941829 L-1106 Freight Barge · MISLE 629613 · 8 January 2008 · activity 3141455 RICHARD J DEVALL Towing Vessel · MISLE 156243 · 27 March 2006 · activity 2610448 L 343 Freight Barge · MISLE 354047 · 15 April 1995 · activity 134305

Inspection history · 22

13 January 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7848960

12 January 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7849340

7 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7623911

23 February 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7402061

28 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7270602

1 August 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5959429

18 July 2016 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam · Administration · Spot Check (Safety)

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5945246

14 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5941829

6 June 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5922314

27 November 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5771008

21 September 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3854195

13 July 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3797031

29 May 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3489779

8 January 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3141455

12 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2799187

27 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2610448

22 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2316759

21 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2315796

15 March 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1522382

25 July 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195731

25 July 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 763406

15 April 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 134305

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 13 January 2024 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems must: (1) be maintained to ensure proper operation. The BILLY GENE's port drive train suffered a mechanical failure that led to a loss of propulsion. The mechanical failure is believed to be a failed shaft but has not been confirmed. Troubleshoot and repair the mechanical failure to the satisfaction of the TPO. Provide objective evidence of the failure to the Coast Guard.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 26 January 2024
Resolution: The shaft and associated components were replaced.

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

Issued 28 July 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 26 October 2021
Resolved 7 October 2021
Resolution: Co at 75%. 17 of 23.

Casualty record · 6

27 March 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2610448

12 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2799187

8 January 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3141455

14 July 2016Major Marine Casualty · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · 2 injured · activity 5941829

7 January 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7623911

12 January 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7849340

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.