WILLIAM JAMES

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

WILLIAM JAMES is a 2007 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2008, most recently in August 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2013.

Records from 2008 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 August 2025.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 18 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2008–2013
Inspected with: 37 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 18 August 2025

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations6

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 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

1200873

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AEAB

892448

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-892448

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)138.2 ft × 40.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 583 / net 396

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)138.2 ft × 40.0 ft × 11.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 814 / net 244

BuilderCONRAD SHIPYARD LLC · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2007

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portVICKSBURG, MS

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 15 November 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it814 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
583 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
244 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
396 - 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 · 37

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 · 11

18 August 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8212823

18 July 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7953918

28 July 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7754898

25 May 2023 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7686189

23 May 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Administration

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5887759

31 October 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4745609

2 May 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4582482

1 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4477076

10 September 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3853424

24 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3833985

18 August 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3310229

Deficiency record · 5

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

Radio stations in the maritime service must be licensed by the FCC either individually or by fleet. The vessel's radio station authorization is expired. Obtain a new authorization from the FCC.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 June 2023
Resolved 30 May 2023
Resolution: The FCC no longer issues radio station licenses to public vessels.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

All fixed-firefighting systems must be tested at least once every 12 months. The fixed-firefighting system for gally's range was last inspected in 2017.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 June 2023
Resolved 28 July 2023
Resolution: Galley fire system was inspected on June 6, 2023.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

Emergency lighting sources must provide for sufficient illumination under emergency conditions to facilitate egress from each space. There are multiple inoperable emergency lighting fixtures throughout the inside and outside the vessel. Make repairs to all emergency lighting.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 June 2023
Resolved 28 July 2023
Resolution: Emergency lighting was inspected SAT.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

To stop the flow of fuel in the event of of a fire or break in the fuel line, a remote fuel shutoff valve must be fitted on any fuel line that supplies fuel directly to a generator prime mover. The valve must be fitted directly outside the fuel supply tank, must be operable from a safe place outside the space, and must be marked with legible letters at least 1 inch high. The day tank for the generator engines are fitted with ball valves but are not capable of remote actuation. Install in accordance with the regulation.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 June 2023
Resolved 28 July 2023
Resolution: The SSDG fuel system emergency stop was installed, SAT.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 25 May 2023 Resolved

Each lifebuoy must be approved under 46 CFR 160.05 or 160.150 and be marked in block capital letters with the name of the vessel. Several lifebuoys have deteriorated retro reflective tape and the life buoy on the work skiff is not marked with the towing vessel's name. Replace retro-reflective tape on all lifebouys and add the name of the towing vessel onto the work skiff's lifebouy.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 June 2023
Resolved 28 July 2023
Resolution: New SOLAS retro tap was installed on all the life rings, SAT.

Casualty record · 5

18 August 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3310229

24 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3833985

10 September 2010Routine · role: Subject to Marine Inspection · activity 3853424

1 November 2012Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4477076

31 October 2013Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4745609

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.