JASPER BLESSEY

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

JASPER BLESSEY is a 2004 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 33 inspections since 2004, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2021.

Records from 2004 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 May 2026.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 4 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 33
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2013–2021
Inspected with: 8 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 4 May 2026

Recorded inspections33

…physical examinations13

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded13

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 17 calendar years (2004–2026)

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

1161199

8992144

WDB9187

710375

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-710375

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)66.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 132 / net 106

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderVERRET SHIPYARD · PLAQUEMINE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2004

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 July 2026 · expires 31 July 2027

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 it132 - Simplified, Gross Ton
106 - Simplified, 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 · 8

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.

WEB 401 Tank Barge · MISLE 507305 · 10 October 2021 · activity 7330903 CBR 2023 Tank Barge · MISLE 1249511 · 10 October 2021 · activity 7330903 CBR 2024 Tank Barge · MISLE 1249512 · 10 October 2021 · activity 7330903 MISS CATHERINE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1605080 · 10 October 2021 · activity 7330903 IB 916 Tank Barge · MISLE 40998 · 30 June 2015 · activity 5169158 WEB 118 Tank Barge · MISLE 52497 · 22 November 2013 · activity 4757835 TAYLOR MARIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 97810 · 22 November 2013 · activity 4757835 JOE RAY BEAUBOUEF Towing Vessel · MISLE 800032 · 22 November 2013 · activity 4757835

Inspection history · 33

4 May 2026 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8361299

8 September 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8229247

25 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8218790

27 May 2025 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8145679

11 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806749

14 December 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7608839

28 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7387787

14 October 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7333603

10 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7330903

10 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7331935

10 May 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7193688

1 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7173170

15 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7156254

21 January 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7128090

11 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6974252

5 March 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637977

1 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6553594

18 February 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5817839

30 June 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5169158

22 November 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4757835

7 February 2013 Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4529909

4 June 2010 MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3760123

5 February 2009 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3412876

28 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3368600

15 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2962563

26 January 2007 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2861622

6 July 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2418778

24 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2406169

13 April 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET EAST BANK DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2333038

3 January 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2268778

10 December 2004 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2256829

18 November 2004 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2244576

8 September 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2190264

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 10 October 2021 Resolved

Vessel reported to have backed into sandbar possibly pushing rudder into port propeller and securing the port engine. Provide damage assessment and repair proposal to attending USCG Marine Inspector prior to the commencement of repairs.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 14 October 2021
Resolution: Recieved TPO report from ABS.

Casualty record · 2

22 November 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4757835

10 October 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7330903

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.

Recorded names · 1

JERRY W. TICHENOR (2013). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.