CHIPPER

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CHIPPER

CHIPPER is a 1954 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1987, most recently in August 2021, along with 4 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2003.

Records from 1987 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 11 August 2021.

Built: 1954
Last inspected: 11 August 2021
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2003
Inspected with: 11 other vessels

Identity

266986

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WDF7888

69923

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367489190 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-69923

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 12 calendar years (1987–2021)

The 15 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

Tonnage as PSIX records it41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
27 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Radio station licence

WDF7888MMSI 367489190 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 May 2011, cancelled 17 July 2021

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 · 11

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.

Inspection history · 15

11 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7283818

7 March 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637788

14 February 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6356170

28 May 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4605102

24 September 2012 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4450417

13 December 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4209396

11 April 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3986519

24 December 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1982296

4 December 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1958700

28 August 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1667995

18 April 1998 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 789255

30 August 1995 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 875588

7 June 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 659211

6 June 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 367502

26 October 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 319090

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 3 September 2019 Resolved

Vessels structural and watertight integrity shall be made to prevent water from entering the vessel. Main weatherdeck has several areas that are cracked or holed, superstructure is wasted in numerous areas where it connects to the main deck. Many areas of the superstructure also has holes, openings, inoperable/broken windows, and penetrations allowing water to freely enter and collect on interior decks, spaces, and bilges. Vessel is not fit for route and service. Owner to haul vessel and place on blocks. Provide an independent 3rd party structural survey report attesting to the satisfactory structural and watertight integrity. Surveyor shall meet the requirements of 46 CFR 144.140.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 3 September 2019
Resolution: At Companies request, vessel taken out of service pending decision to scrap.

Documentation

Issued 6 June 1994 Resolved

VESSEL HAD DOCUMENTATION ONBOARD, BUT IT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT STICKER.

Condition: Unknown
Due 7 June 1994
Resolved 7 June 1994

Navigation

Issued 6 June 1994 Resolved

VESSELS WHISTLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE AIR COMPRESSOR THAT SUPPLIED THE AIR WAS BROKEN. NO HAND HELD OR OTHER MEANS ONBOARD._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 6 July 1994
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past

Navigation

Issued 6 June 1994 Resolved

VESSEL WAS PUSHING AHEAD TWO STANDARD BARGES, END TO END. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON THE HEAD OF THE BARGES.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 June 1994
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past

Casualty record · 1

4 December 2003Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 1958700

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.