HELEN R

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named HELEN R

HELEN R is a 1961 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1995, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2019.

Records from 1995 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 October 2025.

Built: 1961
Last inspected: 14 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2019

Identity

286240

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WDI7063

79310

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367724990 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-79310

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1995–2025)

The 12 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)48.2 ft × 18.0 ft × 4.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 42 / net 28

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHUMBOLDT BOAT SERVICE · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1961

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMCKEESPORT, PA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 27 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 it42 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
28 - 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 September 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.

Radio station licence

WDI7063MMSI 367724990 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 April 2016, cancelled 6 June 2026

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspection history · 12

14 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253339

30 April 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8123452

15 May 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7912678

18 April 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671109

13 May 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7478478

3 May 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7443195

26 January 2021 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7135399

15 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6626665

8 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6777953

4 April 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5847104

7 March 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4563018

17 August 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 382073

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 10 May 2022 Resolved

A towing vessel of at least 26' but less than 79' in length must carry a minimum of 2 lifebuoys. Provide a 2nd lifebuoy of at least 24" in diameter, properly marked and fitted with a floating electric water light (approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110).

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 June 2022
Resolved 13 May 2022
Resolution: Properly marked/retro ring buoy onboard, water light purchased & enroute.

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

Issued 10 May 2022 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards and to ensure all bilges and void spaces are kept free from accumulation of combustible and flammable materials and liquids insofar as practicable. Clean excess oil from bilges.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 June 2022
Resolved 10 July 2022
Resolution: Oil removed from bilges

Casualty record · 1

8 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6777953

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.