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BOBBY JONES
BOBBY JONES is a 1966 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 65 inspections since 1990, most recently in March 2026, along with 8 deficiencies and 19 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2025.
Records from 1990 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 March 2026.
- Built
- 1966
- Last inspected
- 10 March 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 19 investigations · 2007–2025
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
10 March 2026
…with no type recorded50
Deficiencies
8 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
26 calendar years (1990–2026)
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
502672
WX5233
88945
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-88945
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)114.5 ft × 35.0 ft × 7.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 380 / net 258
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderGREENVILLE MFG & MACHINE · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1966
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 6 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it380 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
258 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
258 - 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 · 30
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.
SD 13 Tank Barge · MISLE 45118 · 11 October 2022 · activity 7613624SD 15 Tank Barge · MISLE 45726 · 30 May 2022 · activity 7469938AMAZING GRACE Towing Vessel · MISLE 74750 · 30 May 2022 · activity 7469938MEM 233 Freight Barge · MISLE 398958 · 30 May 2022 · activity 7469938VPF 404 Tank Barge · MISLE 428169 · 7 January 2022 · activity 7377801APOLLO Towing Vessel · MISLE 99572 · 14 July 2020 · activity 7012456SD 1 Tank Barge · MISLE 280255 · 14 July 2020 · activity 7012456CF-103-L Tank Barge · MISLE 45238 · 9 May 2017 · activity 6143714STC 2701B Tank Barge · MISLE 46782 · 25 June 2016 · activity 5960783STC 2602 Tank Barge · MISLE 50827 · 14 March 2016 · activity 5833688MAGGIE LEAVELL Towing Vessel · MISLE 93086 · 3 March 2015 · activity 5077534RTI 455 Freight Barge · MISLE 918150 · 3 March 2015 · activity 5077534FMT 2704 Tank Barge · MISLE 41367 · 18 June 2013 · activity 4623629STC 180B Tank Barge · MISLE 46697 · 18 June 2013 · activity 4623629HMS 290 Tank Barge · MISLE 47772 · 18 June 2013 · activity 4623629CITY OF BUFFALO Towing Vessel · MISLE 75597 · 18 June 2013 · activity 4623629MMI 603 Tank Barge · MISLE 342835 · 18 June 2013 · activity 4623629CAROL MCMANUS Towing Vessel · MISLE 101347 · 31 August 2012 · activity 4464354ING 2196 Freight Barge · MISLE 471120 · 31 August 2012 · activity 4464354FMT 2704 Tank Barge · MISLE 41367 · 28 July 2012 · activity 4395309MABEL C ETHERIDGE Towing Vessel · MISLE 94649 · 28 July 2012 · activity 4395309SL 31 Freight Barge · MISLE 1052452 · 18 May 2010 · activity 3789905DBL 16 Tank Barge · MISLE 35477 · 9 April 2008 · activity 3180873LUCY WEPFER Towing Vessel · MISLE 218343 · 28 July 2007 · activity 3115677FRI 619 Freight Barge · MISLE 804053 · 28 July 2007 · activity 3115677A F 12 Tank Barge · MISLE 45097 · 10 June 2003 · activity 1814011SER 201 Freight Barge · MISLE 129873 · 12 October 1997 · activity 74112RANDALL D CHAMNESS Towing Vessel · MISLE 126455 · 14 February 1997 · activity 67154A F 11 Tank Barge · MISLE 44702 · 14 November 1996 · activity 116232A F 12 Tank Barge · MISLE 45097 · 14 May 1996 · activity 123489CTCO 129B Tank Barge · MISLE 46136 · 13 May 1996 · activity 76388A F 12 Tank Barge · MISLE 45097 · 13 February 1996 · activity 58189SHARIN K Towing Vessel · MISLE 136485 · 13 February 1996 · activity 58189A F 12 Tank Barge · MISLE 45097 · 17 March 1995 · activity 99914A F 12 Tank Barge · MISLE 45097 · 20 February 1994 · activity 154151Inspection history · 65
10 March 2026
Damage Survey · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8324076
15 April 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8116967
4 November 2024
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8028971
4 November 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090110
13 February 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7864864
3 January 2024
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7843412
17 August 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7770751
11 October 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7613624
30 May 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7469938
7 January 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7377801
14 January 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7124827
26 October 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7084082
18 August 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7038417
22 July 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7013082
16 July 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7007735
15 July 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7006758
14 July 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7012456
13 September 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6811309
2 September 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6802083
24 July 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6761569
7 January 2019
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6611723
31 October 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6574886
24 October 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6573237
9 May 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6143714
10 August 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5968634
26 July 2016
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5955450
25 June 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5960783
22 April 2016
MTSA Verification · Administration · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5860204
14 March 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5833688
3 March 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5077534
23 January 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5059063
19 September 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4813430
18 June 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4623629
9 February 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4764224
31 August 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4464354
28 July 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4395309
24 May 2012
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Administration
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4320567
24 May 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3754573
18 May 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3789905
8 April 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3716589
9 April 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3180873
28 July 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3115677
13 June 2006
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2678491
8 May 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2644397
5 September 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2484765
25 July 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2456820
4 June 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2386144
1 April 2005
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2324477
1 December 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2254342
22 December 2003
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1969240
10 June 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1814011
8 January 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1757697
12 October 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 74112
14 February 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 67154
14 November 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 116232
17 August 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 64730
30 July 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 79299
14 May 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 123489
13 May 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 76388
31 March 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 117185
13 February 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 58189
17 March 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 99914
20 February 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 154151
19 February 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 59432
12 July 1990
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 97008
Deficiency record · 8
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 4 November 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. Starboard propulsion engine experienced a failure, which required shutdown. Troubleshoot and repair IAW manufacturer's direction or replace as required.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 4 November 2024
Resolved
All fire-suppression and detection equipment and systems onboard a towing vessel must be maintained in accordance with the attached nameplate, manufacturer's approved design manual, or as otherwise provided in any TSMS applicable to the vessel. The vessel believe that there was a fire in the engine room and release CO2. Recharge and re-certify system.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 4 November 2024
Resolved
A 40-B portable fire extinguisher must be located near the storageroom or cabinet. This is in addition to the portable fire extinguishers required by table 142.230(a). There is 1 40-B between the two forward flam lockers there is not one near the aft flam locker, by the small boat. Install 1 additional 40-B near the flam locker, notify local OCMI through TPO for amended COI.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 4 November 2024
Resolved
Paints, coatings, or other flammable or combustible products onboard a towing vessel must be stored in a designated storage room or cabinet. There was multiple aerosol cans on engine room workbenches, cans of paint stored on engine room catwalk, portable gas buddy with gas stored out on deck, open buckets of grease and oil, etc.... Conduct a through walk-through of the entire vessel and properly stow hazardous items.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine
Issued 4 November 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safeoperation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Both generators had cardboard shielding wire moused in place around the genset fan screen to minimize oil spray on the bulkhead, creating a fire hazard. Remove cardboard from the genset.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 4 November 2024
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operation. The vessel’s starboard engine cooling water piping (forward and outboard) adjacent the water pump, was missing one of four bolts at a flange. A C-clamp was being utilized in place of the inadequate bolt. Remove C-clamp and install appropriate bolt for the flange.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Water, pipes, tanks
Issued 4 November 2024
Resolved
The owner or managing operator must implement procedures to identify and mitigate health and safety hazards, including but not limited to sanitation. The vessel’s installed marine sanitation device was leaking sewage into the vessel’s bilge. Identify the source of the leak and make permanent repairs to the system ensuring it’s free from leaks.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 15 July 2020
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: (1) Be maintained to ensure proper operation.
Vessel experienced a loss of propulsion while outbound on the Houston Ship Channel after both main propulsion engines shut down.
Once determination of cause, and satisfactory repairs are made to the satisfaction of the Third Party Organization (Sabine Surveyors), submit TPO report to Texas City OCMI.
46 CFR 143.205(C)
Casualty record · 19
28 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3115677
9 April 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 3180873
18 May 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3789905
24 May 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3754573
28 July 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4395309
31 August 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 4464354
9 February 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4764224
18 June 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4623629
19 September 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4813430
23 January 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5059063
14 March 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5833688
25 June 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5960783
9 May 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6143714
14 July 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7012456
7 January 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7377801
30 May 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7469938
11 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7613624
4 November 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8090110
15 April 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8116967
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.