RUTH E

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

RUTH E is a 1960 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2009, most recently in July 2026, along with 2 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2013.

Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 July 2026.

Built: 1960
Last inspected: 10 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2013
Inspected with: 27 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 10 July 2026

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2009–2026)

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

284399

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WDQ8270

78270

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-78270

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.1 ft × 17.8 ft × 4.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 39 / net 26

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHUMBOLDT BOAT SERVICE · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1960

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portFLORENCE, AL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it39 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
26 - 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 · 27

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 · 9

10 July 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8434353

18 May 2026 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8373571

1 December 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7832232

5 December 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7601943

5 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7277809

16 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7007534

8 July 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4649989

23 May 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4599714

29 September 2009 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3609286

Deficiency record · 2

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 1 December 2023 Resolved

For a towing vessel utilizing the TSMS option, the COI is invalid upon the revocation of the owner or managing operator’s TSMS certificate. ITOW has rescinded TSMS certificate ITOW-20230401. Owner and/or managing operator must submit form CG-3752 “Application for Inspection of U.S. Vessel”. The vessel shall not operate until the vessel obtains a new COI in accordance 136.210.

Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 18 May 2026
Resolution: Vessel was issued new COI by MSD Nashville. Refer to Act#8373571

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

Issued 5 August 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 2 November 2021
Resolved 7 September 2021
Resolution: Placed in Laid-up status.

Casualty record · 1

8 July 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4649989

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.