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SIR JAMES
SIR JAMES is a 1965 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1997, most recently in December 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2012.
Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 December 2025.
- Built
- 1965
- Last inspected
- 15 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2007–2012
Identity
299338
WDI2963
86934
Flag
UNITED STATES
367683550
Maury page id
psix-86934
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record
13 calendar years (1997–2025)
The 16 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)50.5 ft × 18.0 ft × 4.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 45 / net 30
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · ST. LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1965
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Outdrive
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it45 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
30 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
30 - 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
WDI2963MMSI 367683550 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 May 2025, expires 14 July 2035
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 · 10
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.
PRAIRIE DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 95294 · 21 October 2012 · activity 4535907ART 195 Freight Barge · MISLE 185331 · 21 October 2012 · activity 4535907ACL 01145 Freight Barge · MISLE 34711 · 19 November 2010 · activity 3894620MARK DULEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 86337 · 19 November 2010 · activity 3894620WTT 861 Freight Barge · MISLE 199959 · 19 November 2010 · activity 3894620D DWAINE STEPHENS Towing Vessel · MISLE 146368 · 10 April 2009 · activity 3454746SCNO 7910 Freight Barge · MISLE 166410 · 10 April 2009 · activity 3454746ACBL 6047 Freight Barge · MISLE 184323 · 10 April 2009 · activity 3454746ING 4616 Freight Barge · MISLE 198922 · 15 July 2007 · activity 2999555NEIL N. DIEHL Towing Vessel · MISLE 200188 · 15 July 2007 · activity 2999555Inspection history · 16
15 December 2025
Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8276855
5 May 2025
Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8129427
2 April 2024
Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7888059
31 January 2023
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7630228
16 March 2022
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7417564
17 March 2021
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7159306
21 October 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4535907
22 February 2011
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3946727
19 November 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3894620
10 April 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3454746
15 July 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2999555
2 December 2005
MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other
Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2544969
23 August 2005
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2471981
2 September 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 420079
17 September 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 408055
8 August 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 406755
Deficiency record · 5
Personnel › Certificates/Documents/Licenses › License, Master
Issued 2 December 2005
Resolved
Captain/Pilot of vessel must carry onboard original license.
Lifesaving
Issued 2 September 1998
Resolved
LIGHTS IN ENGINE ROOM MISSING GUARDS.
Lifesaving
Issued 2 September 1998
Resolved
GENERATOR BATTERY MISSING TERMINAL COVER.
Documentation
Issued 2 September 1998
Resolved
ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION NOT ONBOARD (COPY).
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 8 August 1997
Resolved
MARINE SANITATION DEVICE CERTIFICATION LABEL MISSING
Casualty record · 4
15 July 2007Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · at LOCK AND DAM 18 · activity 2999555
10 April 2009Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · 1 injured · at L&D 19 · activity 3454746
19 November 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3894620
21 October 2012Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4535907
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.