JOSEPH A

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named JOSEPH A

JOSEPH A is a 1957 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 1993, most recently in August 2020, along with 1 deficiency and 8 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2016.

Records from 1993 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 11 August 2020.

Built: 1957
Last inspected: 11 August 2020
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 25
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2001–2016
Inspected with: 20 other vessels

Identity

275040

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WDC8038

73470

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367080690 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-73470

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded16

Years with a record 16 calendar years (1993–2020)

The 25 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 6 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)60.3 ft × 17.2 ft × 6.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 55 / net 25

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDISEL SHIPBUILDING CO · JACKSONVILLE FL · built 1957

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMIAMI, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it25 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
55 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

WDI7573MMSI 367080690 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 26 April 2016, cancelled 27 June 2026

WDC8038MMSI 367080690 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 9 December 2005, cancelled 13 February 2016

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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 20

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 · 25

11 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7029778

5 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5791239

22 April 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4840961

17 April 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4290100

9 April 2012 Administration

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4290082

8 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4109611

16 May 2011 Administration

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4290105

17 February 2010 Administration

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3682244

2 October 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3338064

19 February 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3150024

6 August 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3022498

5 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2452441

15 July 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2427647

27 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2400136

28 May 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2108346

6 November 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1495064

17 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 186429

3 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 456

27 November 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 174459

27 November 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 218885

23 October 1998 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 808812

1 October 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel · MARPOL Annex V Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1119731

16 September 1996 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1269641

24 June 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 141261

6 February 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 135213

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 11 August 2020 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 50% of the vessels that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 November 2020
Resolved 11 August 2020
Resolution: Vessel has been sold to a company/individual in the Bahamas.

Casualty record · 8

3 February 2001Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at NW 5TH ST BRIDGE, MIAMI RI · activity 456

27 April 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2400136

15 July 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2427647

5 August 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at NW 5TH ST BRIDGE, MIAMI RIVER · activity 2452441

19 February 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3150024

2 October 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3338064

8 August 2011Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4109611

5 January 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 5791239

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.