BILL STILE is a 1957 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 59 inspections since 1987, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 20 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2022.
Records from 1987 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 May 2026.
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.
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
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Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)115.2 ft × 27.0 ft × 9.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 253 / net 172
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)115.2 ft × 27.0 ft × 9.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 347 / net 104
BuilderST LOUIS SHIPBUILDING & STEEL CO · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1957
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPITTSBURGH, PA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 January 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it172 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 104 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 253 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 347 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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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Every recorded inspection, 1980 to
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and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this
hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when
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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.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 February 1987
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
24 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2633023
25 August 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3310354
17 February 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3419876
26 February 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3442883
8 March 2009Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3432093
7 June 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3513822
29 August 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3595537
3 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3602255
1 January 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3662467
17 February 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3680904
13 June 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3766366
23 September 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4448907
31 January 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4527881
29 May 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4606313
20 October 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4739022
27 November 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4760233
30 December 2016Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 6065950
25 April 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6429326
11 April 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6665434
5 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7393415
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.
Ownership record
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with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
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