ST. JUDE

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named ST. JUDE

ST. JUDE is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2012, most recently in April 2016, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2016.

Records from 2012 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 1 April 2016.

Built: 1956
Last inspected: 1 April 2016
Documentation: Invalid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2012–2016
Inspected with: 7 other vessels

Identity

272728

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WH5447

72402

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-72402

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2012–2016)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2012 and 2016, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1980–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

The 2 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 10 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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)52.1 ft × 18.3 ft × 6.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 56 / net 38

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

Builderbuilder not recorded · GOLDEN MEADOW LA · built 1956

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNot recorded

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationInvalid

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it56 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
38 - 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

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

A report is not offered for this hull: It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 7

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.

KIRBY 10040 Tank Barge · MISLE 52101 · 1 April 2016 · activity 5845180 TAYLOR MARIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 132293 · 1 April 2016 · activity 5845180 LADY OF LOURDES Towing Vessel · MISLE 949546 · 1 April 2016 · activity 5845180 KIRBY 10226 Tank Barge · MISLE 1063151 · 1 April 2016 · activity 5845180 KIRBY 10249 Tank Barge · MISLE 1230080 · 1 April 2016 · activity 5845180 KIRBY 10123 Tank Barge · MISLE 1324779 · 1 April 2016 · activity 5845180 SACRED HEART Towing Vessel · MISLE 908324 · 15 April 2012 · activity 4289702

Inspection history · 2

1 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5845180

15 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4289702

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 · 2

15 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4289702

1 April 2016Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 5845180

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.

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.