DANNY ETHERIDGE

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

DANNY ETHERIDGE is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1992, most recently in February 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 8 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2026.

Records from 1992 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 February 2026.

Built: 1956
Last inspected: 2 February 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2006–2026
Inspected with: 21 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 2 February 2026

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations6

…with no type recorded13

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 12 calendar years (1992–2026)

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

271681

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WDC8945

71931

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-71931

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 CORP · NEVILLE ISLAND PA, UNITED STATES · built 1956

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPADUCAH, KY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 21 April 2026 · expires 31 May 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.

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 · 21

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 · 19

2 February 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8325132

8 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8243567

23 May 2024 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7917644

13 May 2024 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7911634

30 June 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7240271

18 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7158720

4 February 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7137644

21 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6819552

19 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6348506

18 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5858527

9 December 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5040243

9 October 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5002591

21 August 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4972573

1 December 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4495393

13 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4208379

4 January 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3920501

20 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2607332

1 May 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 140432

8 April 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 98312

Deficiency record · 1

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 23 May 2024 Resolved

Fire hoses must be fited with a nozzle made of corrosion resistan material, capable of providing solid and spray patterns. Nozzels did not fit the fire hoses properly. Corrected before the inspection was over.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 23 May 2024
Resolution: Corrected before inspection was completed.

Casualty record · 8

20 March 2006Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 2607332

13 December 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4208379

1 December 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4495393

18 March 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 5858527

19 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6348506

21 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6819552

8 September 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8243567

2 February 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8325132

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

WESTERN (2006–2012). 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.