ERVIN S. COOPER

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

ERVIN S. COOPER is a 1958 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 1991, most recently in February 2025, along with 9 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2021.

Records from 1991 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 February 2025.

Built: 1958
Last inspected: 3 February 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 31
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 9 investigations · 2004–2021
Inspected with: 75 other vessels

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 3 February 2025

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded23

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 22 calendar years (1991–2025)

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

276460

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WCZ9222

74159

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-74159

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)92.5 ft × 25.6 ft × 11.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 156 / net 106

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJOHN H MATHIS CO · CAMDEN, NJ, UNITED STATES · built 1958

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMOBILE, AL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 17 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it156 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
106 - 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 · 75

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. Towing vessels are barely present in the record before 1992, so tow-unit membership for activities older than that is recorded only partially.

Inspection history · 31

3 February 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8075140

22 May 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7744951

19 April 2022 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7433972

18 March 2022 TPO Audit · ISM SMC Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7414154

12 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7253511

19 January 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7127183

25 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7064982

19 August 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6247576

27 June 2012 MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4366294

7 March 2012 MARPOL · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4258727

7 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4142781

13 January 2010 Administration

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3663154

21 September 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3602875

19 June 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3242280

2 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2806279

8 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2334822

5 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2327897

25 February 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2042713

14 April 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1794384

16 July 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1653725

28 November 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 22326

10 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 280423

14 August 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 104894

6 August 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 124129

15 July 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 29737

18 March 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 127692

11 February 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 425675

11 April 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 404138

10 June 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 64248

7 April 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 188035

18 December 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 26552

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 · 9

25 February 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2042713

5 April 2005Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2327897

8 April 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2334822

2 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2806279

19 June 2008Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · 1 injured · activity 3242280

21 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3602875

7 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4142781

19 August 2017Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6247576

12 July 2021Major Marine Casualty · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7253511

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

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.