JOSEPHINE ANNE

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

JOSEPHINE ANNE is a 2007 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2008, most recently in July 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2022.

Records from 2008 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 22 July 2025.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 22 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2010–2022
Inspected with: 36 other vessels

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 22 July 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations12

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2008–2025)

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

1197679

9455947

WDD9858

878010

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-878010

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)91.4 ft × 34.0 ft × 14.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 189 / net 128

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)91.4 ft × 34.0 ft × 14.8 ft

ITC tonnagegross 281 / net 84

BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP INC · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2007

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 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 it281 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
189 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
84 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
128 - 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 · 36

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.

Inspection history · 19

22 July 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8157063

27 August 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7987598

20 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7985389

11 August 2024 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7946874

12 October 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813425

28 July 2023 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7739947

23 January 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection · Hull Examination · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7626238

27 October 2022 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7564411

23 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7566613

22 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7484317

9 August 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7281666

27 July 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7017754

16 August 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6785144

17 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6692725

24 July 2018 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6489006

26 June 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5190500

28 October 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3880171

23 March 2010 MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3701753

1 February 2008 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3136518

Deficiency record · 3

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 20 August 2024 Resolved

Each towing vessel certificated under the provisions of this subchapter must be in full compliance with the terms of the COI. Vessel transited after suffering a marine casualty to main propulsion system, prior to OCMI dead ship tow transit plan authorization.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 23 August 2024
Resolution: Conducted full sea trial; All sat.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 11 August 2024 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel representative heard audible grinding noise in starboard gear box after underway transit. Visually inspected starboard engine gear box and metal shavings found present. Vessel to enact repairs and test starboard propulsion to the satisfaction of attending marine inspector. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 23 August 2024
Resolution: Conducted full sea trial; all sat.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for radio personnel

Issued 27 October 2022 Resolved

Except as provided in 80.177 and 80.179, operation of transmitters of any ship station must be performed by a person holding a commercial radio operator license or permit of the class required below. The operator is responsible for the proper operation of the station. Master did not possess a radio operator license. 47 CFR 80.155

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 10 November 2022
Resolved 1 November 2022
Resolution: Received proof of FCC radio operator license.

Casualty record · 4

28 October 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 3880171

17 May 2019Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6692725

22 June 2022Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7484317

23 September 2022Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7566613

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.

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.