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BRUCE GIBSON
BRUCE GIBSON is a 1965 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 1999, most recently in July 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2012.
Records from 1999 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 3 July 2024.
- Built
- 1965
- Last inspected
- 3 July 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2010–2012
Identity
298567
WDK6735
86472
Flag
UNITED STATES
368077540
Maury page id
psix-86472
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded4
Years with a record
6 calendar years (1999–2024)
The 9 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)48.0 ft × 20.0 ft × 5.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 54 / net 37
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · EAST CARONDELET, IL, UNITED STATES · built 1965
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portCALVERT CITY, KY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 28 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 it54 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
37 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
37 - 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
WDK6735MMSI 368077540 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 February 2019, expires 20 February 2029
WDH6961MMSI 367643340 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 October 2014, cancelled 14 December 2024
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.
Inspected as a tow unit · 6
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.
ACBL 4327 Freight Barge · MISLE 167347 · 23 February 2012 · activity 4250259DM 3037 Freight Barge · MISLE 202411 · 23 February 2012 · activity 4250259JILL CAROLYN Towing Vessel · MISLE 188680 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865981MISS SHEILA Towing Vessel · MISLE 190500 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865981JULIEN DUBUQUE Towing Vessel · MISLE 198393 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865981STEPHEN FOSTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 65546 · 12 June 1999 · activity 34900Inspection history · 9
3 July 2024
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7948191
3 March 2022
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7417798
2 November 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7344141
3 August 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7275907
23 February 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4250259
4 January 2012
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4213273
7 October 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3865981
8 September 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 658951
12 June 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 34900
Deficiency record · 2
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 2 November 2021
Resolved
Vessel was issued a CG-835V from CVC-1 allowing 90 days to obtain a COI. Vessel did not meet the 90 day requirement. A code 60 Prior to Movement has been issued.
46 CFR 136.202 Certificate of Inspection phase in period.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 3 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.
Casualty record · 2
7 October 2010Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3865981
23 February 2012Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4250259
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.
Recorded names · 1
CAPTAIN VAL (2010–2012). 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.