HOUSTON-BENTON COUNTY FERRY

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named HOUSTON-BENTON COUNTY FERRY

HOUSTON-BENTON COUNTY FERRY is a 1957 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 1988, most recently in June 2025, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 1988 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 26 June 2025.

Built: 1957
Last inspected: 26 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

274057

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WDK 6935

72993

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368079570

Maury page id

psix-72993

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 8 calendar years (1988–2025)

The 10 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)38.6 ft × 12.0 ft × 4.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 21 / net 14

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHUMBOLDT BOAT SERVICE · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1957

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 17 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it21 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
14 - 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

WDK6935MMSI 368079570 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 March 2019, expires 5 March 2029 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

WCY5754MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 20 July 1998, cancelled 20 September 2008

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.

Inspection history · 10

26 June 2025 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8160994

11 June 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7899685

1 August 2023 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7758732

28 July 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7519665

14 June 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7477633

20 July 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7261470

7 July 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7261127

28 January 2011 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3943444

5 January 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922701

22 February 1988 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 321558

Deficiency record · 5

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 26 June 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Missing exhaust lagging on Generator. Repair/replace. 46CFR143.205

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 10 July 2025
Resolved 19 August 2025
Resolution: Received photographic evidence of satisfactory repairs. Uploaded to def docs.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 26 June 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Found small fuel leak on Generator. Repair/replace. 46CFR143.205

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 July 2025
Resolved 10 September 2025
Resolution: Received photographic evidence of satisfactory repairs.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 1 August 2023 Resolved

HAND-HELD RED FLARE DISTRESS SIGNALS, APPROVED UNDER APPROVAL SERIES 160.021 OR 160.121 AND HAND HELD ROCKET PROPELLED PARACHUTE RED FLARES, APPROVED UNDER APPROVAL SERIES 160.036 OR 160.136, ARE ACCEPTABLE AS BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SIGNALS. THE FLARES ONBOARD DID NOT FALL UNDER THE APPROVAL NUMBERS LISTED. PROVIDE REGULATORY REQUIRED DISTRESS SIGNALS. 46 CFR 141.375(b)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 August 2023
Resolved 21 August 2023
Resolution: Received objective evidence of rectified deficiency. Replaced flares with approved type.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 1 August 2023 Resolved

HIGH BILGE ALARMS MUST BE VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE AT EACH OPERATING STATION. THE ENGINE ROOM BILGE ALARM DID NOT SOUND OR HAVE A VISIBLE LIGHT IN THE PILOT HOUSE. INSTALL HIGH BILGE ALARM THAT HAS A VISIBLE LIGHT AND AUDIBLE INDICATOR FROM THE OPERATING STATION. VESSEL IS PERMITTED TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS PROVIDED THAT ENGINE ROOM BILGE CHECKS ARE CONDUCTED AND LOGGED EVERY 15 MINUTES. 46 CFR 143.230

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 1 August 2023
Resolution: Received confirmation via video that bilge alarm from engine room sounded in operating station.

18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)

Issued 1 August 2023 Resolved

CHEMICAL DRUG TESTING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE IN PLACE. THE VESSEL FAILED TO PROVIDE CREW WITH APPROPRAITE DRUG TESTING RESOURCES AND DOCUMENTATION. 46 CFR 16.113

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 1 August 2023
Resolution: Vessel provided list of contact for D&A reporting.

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.