ELGERCLIFF

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ELGERCLIFF is a 1960 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2008, most recently in June 2025, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 2008 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 June 2025.

Built: 1960
Last inspected: 18 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 18 June 2025

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations7

…administrative events5

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2008–2025)

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

280603

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WDJ2370

76250

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-76250

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.1 ft × 22.0 ft × 5.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 64 / net 44

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderST LOUIS MO · built 1960

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portRACINE, OH

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, Bowaters

DocumentationValid · issued 1 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 it64 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
44 - 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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Inspection history · 12

18 June 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8162048

9 April 2024 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7892214

3 August 2023 Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7768129

4 August 2022 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7525328

13 September 2021 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7269491

24 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7205427

7 December 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7107878

7 January 2015 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5059003

22 June 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4054458

8 December 2010 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3921231

6 October 2009 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3921282

10 December 2008 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3921299

Deficiency record · 5

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 9 April 2024 Resolved

Each lifebuoy with a floating electric light must have a lanyard of at least 3ft, but not more than 6ft, securing it around the body of the lifebuoy. The floating light for the bow lifebuoy was not properly secured around the body of the lifebuoy. Vessel operator must secure the floating light around the body of the lifebuoy.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 18 April 2024
Resolution: Lifebuoy light secured properly

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm

Issued 9 April 2024 Resolved

Generator jacket water alarm inoperable. Prove proper operation of alarm.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 18 April 2024
Resolution: Alarm operable

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room

Issued 9 April 2024 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards and to ensure the following: (a) All bilges and void spaces are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials and liquids insofar as practicable. Remove oily water from bilges.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 18 April 2024
Resolution: Bilges pumped

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Manholes/flush scuttles

Issued 9 April 2024 Resolved

Closure devices must be provided for deckhouse or hull penetrations, which open to the exterior of the vessel and which may allow water to enter the vessel. These devices must be suitable for the expected route. Aft deck hatch on the port wing void needs bolted down.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 18 April 2024
Resolution: Hatch bolted down

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

Issued 24 May 2021 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 associated fleet 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.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 August 2021
Resolved 13 September 2021
Resolution: Issued COI

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.