BRUCE GIBSON

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

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 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2010–2012
Inspected with: 6 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 3 July 2024

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations3

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (1999–2024)

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

298567

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WDK6735

86472

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-86472

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

BuilderEAST CARONDELET, IL, UNITED STATES · built 1965

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

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

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 · 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 4250259 DM 3037 Freight Barge · MISLE 202411 · 23 February 2012 · activity 4250259 JILL CAROLYN Towing Vessel · MISLE 188680 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865981 MISS SHEILA Towing Vessel · MISLE 190500 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865981 JULIEN DUBUQUE Towing Vessel · MISLE 198393 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865981 STEPHEN FOSTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 65546 · 12 June 1999 · activity 34900

Inspection 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.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 2 November 2021
Resolved 3 November 2021
Resolution: Owner of vessel is OKIE Moore Diving and Salvage and Managing Operator is WEPFER Marine. Vessel meets the 75% compliance requirement IAW 46 CFR 136.202.

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.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 1 November 2021
Resolved 2 November 2021
Resolution: Per CVC-1 direction, changed the code 705 to a code 60.

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. 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.