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PRESTON JAMES

PRESTON JAMES is a 1960 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2002, most recently in July 2022, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 2002 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 1 July 2022.

Built
1960
Last inspected
1 July 2022
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 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 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 1 July 2022
…with no type recorded5
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 7 calendar years (2002–2022)
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

6400795
WDD7527
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-76224

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it196 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
133 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 3

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.

LLOYD HARBOR Freight Barge · MISLE 45677 · 12 November 2014 · activity 5022854SEAN C O'KEEFE Freight Barge · MISLE 400751 · 27 July 2014 · activity 4936548HUGHES 182 Freight Barge · MISLE 424262 · 27 July 2014 · activity 4936548

Inspection history · 12

1 July 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7492278
15 April 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7183222
8 October 2020 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7073745
23 July 2020 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7013822
24 November 2014 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5029050
12 November 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5022854
21 August 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4962261
27 July 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4936548
27 July 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5033995
15 April 2011 MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3986914
12 July 2004 Uninspected Other
Physical examination · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2130104
25 January 2002 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1481393

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 23 July 2020 Resolved
All owners or managing operators of one or more existing towing vessels required to have a COI by this subchapter must ensure that each existing towing vessel under their ownership or control is issued a valid COI according to the following schedule: By July 20, 2020, at least 50 percent of the towing vessels must have valid COIs on board. Vessel did not receive COI within required timeframe. Vessel must apply for and receive a COI within 90 days.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 21 October 2020
Resolved 1 July 2022
Resolution: Vessel scrapped.

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.