S.W. HUGHES

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

S.W. HUGHES is a 1962 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2009, most recently in April 2026, along with 7 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2023.

Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 April 2026.

Built: 1962
Last inspected: 2 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 7 investigations · 2009–2023
Inspected with: 8 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 2 April 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations2

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded8

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 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

289262

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WDI4785

80986

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-80986

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)60.8 ft × 21.1 ft × 6.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 110 / net 75

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHILLMAN BARGE & CONSTRUCTION CO · BROWNSVILLE, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1962

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPITTSBURGH, PA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 23 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 it75 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
110 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 8

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.

C.J. QUEENAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 97476 · 3 September 2023 · activity 7844670 WHITE HOUSE Towing Vessel · MISLE 98191 · 3 September 2023 · activity 7844670 MPC 96 Freight Barge · MISLE 356148 · 3 September 2023 · activity 7844670 CTC 9606 Freight Barge · MISLE 446663 · 3 September 2023 · activity 7844670 CTC 9650 Freight Barge · MISLE 447027 · 3 September 2023 · activity 7844670 LIZZIE LANE PEUS Towing Vessel · MISLE 1710939 · 3 September 2023 · activity 7844670 ALLEGHENY Towing Vessel · MISLE 119658 · 19 November 2010 · activity 3898969 SANDY Towing Vessel · MISLE 76260 · 11 December 2009 · activity 3648754 SANDY Towing Vessel · MISLE 76260 · 9 December 2009 · activity 3647948

Inspection history · 13

2 April 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8340704

3 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7844670

24 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7690824

2 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7591405

1 February 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7389032

26 July 2021 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7269105

13 September 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6824803

16 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4294181

19 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3898969

2 September 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3841063

11 December 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3648754

9 December 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3647948

19 November 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3639468

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 7

19 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3639468

9 December 2009Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3647948

19 November 2010Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3898969

16 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4294181

2 November 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7591405

24 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7690824

3 September 2023Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7844670

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.

Recorded names · 1

LAURA S (2009–2012). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.