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JOSEPH F. MORRISON

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named JOSEPH F. MORRISON · BLESSEY MARINE SERVICES, INC. operator of record, 2023

JOSEPH F. MORRISON is a 2008 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 28 inspections since 2008, most recently in May 2024, along with 1 operational control and 7 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2019.

Records from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 31 May 2024.

Built: 2008
Last inspected: 31 May 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 28
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 7 investigations · 2010–2019
Inspected with: 13 other vessels

Identity

1211000

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WDE4209

944571

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367350190

Maury page id

psix-944571

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded18

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2008–2024)

The 28 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)81.6 ft × 30.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 224 / net 152

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)81.6 ft × 30.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 352 / net 105

BuilderSNEED SHIPBUILDING INC · CHANNELVIEW, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2008

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 1 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it152 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
105 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
224 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
352 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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

WDE4209MMSI 367350190 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 February 2018, expires 18 April 2028

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 · 13

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 · 28

31 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7925639

8 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7875977

19 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7538403

17 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7413545

27 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7183944

6 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7090762

13 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6783833

15 June 2019 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6716570

15 June 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6726561

11 March 2019 Initial Certification · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6640365

30 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6547692

18 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6127927

10 November 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5761226

21 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5724627

29 June 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5169258

4 June 2015 MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5143723

3 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4828938

9 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4782863

5 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4764907

5 November 2012 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4479324

11 March 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4140457

17 December 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3984985

17 May 2010 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3741128

5 May 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3731953

7 March 2010 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3693068

7 March 2010 Damage Survey · Administration

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3694144

7 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3694628

26 June 2008 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3249632

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 7

7 March 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3694628

17 December 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3984985

11 March 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4140457

5 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4764907

9 December 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4782863

21 August 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5724627

15 June 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6726561

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.