WILLIAM E STRAIT

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

Built: 1955
Last inspected: 23 September 2024
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 35
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 49 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 23 September 2024

Recorded inspections35

…physical examinations4

…with no type recorded31

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

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

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

270550

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WDG4318

71431

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-71431

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 shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPADUCAH, KY

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

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 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.

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Behind this panel: 35 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 0 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; operational controls, none recorded without a removal date; 49 other vessels inspected with it; 1 other recorded name; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port and endorsements. Every line is a record the Coast Guard wrote; the counts above are the same counts as in the summary, and they are free.

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Vessel history report

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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 49

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.

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.