WILLIAM E STRAIT

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

WILLIAM E STRAIT is a 1955 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 35 inspections since 1985, most recently in September 2024, along with 19 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2024.

Records from 1985 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 23 September 2024.

Built: 1955
Last inspected: 23 September 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 35
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 19 investigations · 2005–2024
Inspected with: 50 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

270550

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WDG4318

71431

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367535290

Maury page id

psix-71431

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…with no type recorded31

Years with a record 17 calendar years (1985–2024)

The 35 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.

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)184.4 ft × 45.1 ft × 11.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,103 / net 750

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDRAVO CORP · NEVILLE ISLAND PA, UNITED STATES · built 1955

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portPADUCAH, KY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 15 December 2025 · expires 31 December 2026

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 it1103 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
750 - 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

WDG4318MMSI 367535290 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 26 March 2022, expires 16 June 2032

WDC3746MMSI 367013460 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 22 January 2005, cancelled 5 July 2012

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 · 50

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 · 35

23 September 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8009163

10 December 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7838295

1 February 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7134313

12 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5879450

25 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5821791

14 December 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5782124

13 December 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5787894

22 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5726111

29 October 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5014962

4 March 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4543121

22 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4448733

24 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4235852

14 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4145234

1 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4102106

6 April 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3981344

28 March 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3973925

21 January 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3931556

28 September 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3858852

25 April 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3731361

30 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3705317

21 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3443034

4 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3501744

20 January 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3530335

16 January 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2859698

24 June 2006 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2702082

24 June 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2783596

9 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2649652

14 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2633718

5 September 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2493162

14 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2522489

27 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2301579

13 December 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2258437

21 December 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 28367

1 May 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 217447

18 May 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1290629

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 19

14 April 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2522489

5 September 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2493162

14 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2633718

9 May 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2649652

24 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 2783596

16 January 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2859698

20 January 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3530335

4 March 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3501744

21 March 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3443034

30 March 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3705317

25 April 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3731361

21 January 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3931556

6 April 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3981344

1 August 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4102106

24 December 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4235852

13 December 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5787894

14 December 2015Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5782124

10 December 2023Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7838295

23 September 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8009163

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.

Recorded names · 1

HANK TULODZIESKI (2005–2011). 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.