SONNY J

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

SONNY J is a 1960 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2002, most recently in March 2021, along with 3 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2019.

Records from 2002 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 11 March 2021.

Built: 1960
Last inspected: 11 March 2021
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2009–2019
Inspected with: 46 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 11 March 2021

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations2

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded10

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2002–2021)

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

283841

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WP7811

77973

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-77973

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)58.9 ft × 21.0 ft × 6.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 86 / net 59

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBARBOUR METAL BOAT WORKS · OAKVILLE, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1960

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUnknown

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it86 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
59 - 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 · 46

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 · 14

11 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7154529

30 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6674577

6 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6099889

26 February 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6095608

14 July 2015 Administration · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5183568

9 April 2015 Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5100398

29 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5092808

21 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5094757

21 April 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4573453

11 July 2012 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4375712

21 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4351956

3 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4002153

27 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3426854

2 January 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1477193

Deficiency record · 3

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Training Requirements

Issued 9 April 2015 Resolved

Port Captain needs EAP 1 Hour Training IAW 46 CFR 16.500

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 April 2015
Resolved 24 April 2015
Resolution: Provided course completion certificate.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Recordkeeping

Issued 9 April 2015 Resolved

All non- negative/ positive results reports to Coast Guard IAW 46 CFR 16.210

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 April 2015
Resolved 24 April 2015
Resolution: Company provided copies of all non-negative/positive test results. MIS report was incorrect on number of positive results.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Testing, Random

Issued 9 April 2015 Resolved

Update Random Testing procedures and increase their random testing to 25% IAW 46 CFR 16.230

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 23 April 2015
Resolved 24 April 2015
Resolution: Discrepancy is MIS report. Company has met 25% requirement.

Casualty record · 6

27 February 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 3426854

3 May 2011Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4002153

21 June 2012Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4351956

21 April 2013Routine · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4573453

26 February 2017Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 6095608

30 April 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6674577

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.