MISS DOROTHY

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

Built: 1956
Last inspected: 1 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 30
Deficiencies: 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 66 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 1 July 2025

Recorded inspections30

…physical examinations4

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded25

Deficiencies 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 15 calendar years (1992–2025)

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

271680

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WDC8946

71930

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-71930

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)155.8 ft × 36.1 ft × 10.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 743 / net 599

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDRAVO CORPORATION · NEVILLE ISLAND PA, UNITED STATES · built 1956

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPADUCAH, KY

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 28 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it743 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
599 - 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: 30 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 10 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; operational controls, none recorded without a removal date; 66 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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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 · 66

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 · 30

1 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8188188

17 March 2021 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7158177

17 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7158585

5 February 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6903376

21 October 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6839153

23 April 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6679027

28 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6545254

4 May 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6443207

6 May 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6141577

16 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6065681

8 June 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5901845

22 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5860502

11 August 2015 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5218820

12 February 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4534092

26 June 2012 Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4375538

2 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4284420

28 March 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4274100

22 October 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3620388

23 June 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3246569

1 April 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3178796

12 May 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 277856

12 May 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 277923

14 April 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 696065

3 March 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 129785

3 March 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 275977

2 June 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 89700

30 April 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6464

27 April 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 140924

15 April 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 100806

10 March 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 100291

Deficiency record · 10

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 9 July 2019 Resolved

Fire-detection system requirements. The system is arranged and installed so a fire in the engine room automatically sets off alarms on a fire detection control panel at the operating station. 46CFR142.330 Fire detection system is in machinery control room not at operating station.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 August 2019
Resolved 10 August 2019

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm

Issued 9 July 2019 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The following alarms must be provided: (a) 1-7 and (b) 1-4 of 46CFR143.230 Alarms are missing at operating station.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 August 2019
Resolved 10 August 2019

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm

Issued 9 July 2019 Resolved

Alarms and monitoring. The following systems must be equipped with gauges at the machinery location: 46CFR143.230(c) 1-5 Main engines and aux engines are missing some gauges.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 August 2019
Resolved 10 August 2019

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 23 April 2019 Resolved

46CFR143.400 Electrical systems, general. (a) Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Electrical panel board does not have isolation bar for generators to operate in parallel when system is not designed for that operation.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 August 2019
Resolved 10 August 2019

Fire Fighting

Issued 3 March 2000 Resolved

Vessel has portable fire extinguishers that are not in proper working order.