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BETTENDORF
BETTENDORF is a 1994 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2008, most recently in September 2025, along with 11 deficiencies.
Records from 2008 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 September 2025.
- Built
- 1994
- Last inspected
- 10 September 2025
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 11 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
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 September 2025
…with no type recorded1
Deficiencies
11 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
5 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
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it352 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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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Inspection history · 7
10 September 2025
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8231851
10 September 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8378092
8 August 2024
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7977418
21 June 2023
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7719365
20 July 2015
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5190435
16 July 2015
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5190732
1 April 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3176958
Deficiency record · 11
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
Pressure vessels over 5 cubic feet... must be equipped with one or more spring-loaded relief valves....The total relieving capacity of such relief valves must prevent pressure from exceeding the MAWP. The pressure relief valve on pressure vessel in workshop is set to 200 PSI but the MAWP of the vessel is 175 PSI. 46 CFR 143.300(a)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry a combination of day and night visual distress signals indicated in Table 141.370 of § 141.370 for specified areas where the vessel operates. Vessel operates on rivers route, and is required to carry 3 day and 3 night visual distress signals or 6 acceptable hand held rocket propelled parachute red signals. Vessel only has 2 orange day signals and 3 red parachute signals on-board. 46 CFR 141.370
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
A carbon dioxide system... meets the requirements of 46 CFR subpart 76.15...Each control valve to branch lines must be marked to indicate the related space served. Control valve for CO2 system in steering space is not labeled for space served. 46 CFR 136.110
46 CFR 76.15-10(h)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
A carbon dioxide system... meets the requirements of 46 CFR subpart 76.15 shall be so mounted as to be readily accessible and capable of easy removal for recharging and inspection.46 CFR 136.110
46 CFR 76.15-20(e)
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Water level indicator
Issued 8 August 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The following alarms must be provided: (5) High bilge levels, and must be visible and audible at each operating station. The vessels high bilge level alarms were audible at the control station. Provide proof of proper operation.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear alarm
Issued 8 August 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. The following alarms must be provided: (6) Low hydraulic steering fluid levels and Alarms must be visible and audible at each operating station. The vessel does not have low hydraulic steering fluid level alarms installed. Install low hydraulic steering fluid level alarms and provide proof of proper operation.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 8 August 2024
Resolved
Each towing vessel must perform the applicable tests in Table 143.245(b) of this section. Alarm set points Twice every 5 years, with no more than 3 years elapsing. Vessel has not completed required machinery alarm set point testing. Test and submit results.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
Each Fire station must have a spanner wrench. Not all fire stations had a spanner wrench for the connection and disconnection of the fire hoses.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
Alarms must be visible and audible at each operating station. The alarm located at the operating station may be a summary alarm; if the alarm at the operating station is a summary alarm, the specific alarm condition must be indicated at the machinery or bilge location. The high water alarm was not audible in the pilot house.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid cabinet or kit, appropriate to the size of the crew and operating conditions. The eye wash found on board were expired. Remove and replace.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
All Bilge pumps must be tested at least every 3 months. Vessel had not tested the bilge piping system in the last 3 months. Test bilge pumps and piping capability of pumping water out of voids.
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.