IVAN JOSEPH

Towing Vessel · Built 1940s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

IVAN JOSEPH is a 1943 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 1998, most recently in May 2024, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 1998 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 8 May 2024.

Built: 1943
Last inspected: 8 May 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 3 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 8 May 2024

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations4

…administrative events5

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (1998–2024)

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

284428

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WR3929

78289

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-78289

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)42.3 ft × 12.5 ft × 5.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 14

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderPORT HOUSTON IRON WORKS · HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1943

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portBEAVER ISLAND, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 30 July 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it20 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
14 - 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 · 9

8 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7955369

19 September 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7794331

10 August 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7530167

1 July 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7241123

5 February 2018 Liferaft Servicing

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6561891

3 October 2016 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6027993

11 August 2016 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5987298

12 December 2011 Administration

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4207326

1 May 1998 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO SAULT STE MARIE · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1455576

Deficiency record · 3

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 10 August 2022 Resolved

High water alarm in the lazzarette is inoperable.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 August 2022
Resolved 10 August 2022

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 10 August 2022 Resolved

Batteries in the wheelhouse need to be chocked and secured.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 August 2022
Resolved 10 August 2022

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

Issued 19 July 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of existing towing vessels must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the 75% of the companies vessels and has not obtained a valid COI. This vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard inspection for certification within 90 days.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 19 October 2021
Resolved 7 October 2021
Resolution: Completed inspection for certification.

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.