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JOHN "POPS" SETTOON
JOHN "POPS" SETTOON is a 2008 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2009, most recently in March 2026, along with 24 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 3 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2024.
Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 March 2026.
- Built
- 2008
- Last inspected
- 10 March 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 24 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2012–2024
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 recorded5
Deficiencies
24 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2009–2026)
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
1211267
WDP8625
945705
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-945705
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)48.1 ft × 20.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 51 / net 41
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBLANCHARD CONTRACTORS · GRAND ISLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2008
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portBELLE RIVER, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 28 October 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it51 - Simplified, Gross Ton
41 - Simplified, Net Ton
41 - Simplified, 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 2
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.
EMILEE ALEXIS Towing Vessel · MISLE 99180 · 1 October 2024 · activity 8036611KS1354 Freight Barge · MISLE 1218816 · 6 April 2012 · activity 4282442Inspection history · 15
10 March 2026
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8324396
4 February 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8131960
3 February 2025
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8073893
30 October 2024
Drydock Exam · In-Service Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8027317
1 October 2024
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8012626
1 October 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8036611
15 February 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7676946
7 February 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7633230
15 October 2021
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7336512
24 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7205492
24 March 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4555922
23 May 2012
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4319556
6 April 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4282442
20 March 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4279733
24 September 2009
Deficiency Check · Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3601994
Deficiency record · 24
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rigid liferafts
Issued 23 March 2026
Resolved
Each life float must be fitted with a floating electric water light. Observed that the existing light attached to the life float was burnt out.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Echo sounder
Issued 23 March 2026
Resolved
Towing vessel must be equipped with a fathometer. Observed that the vessel did not have a fathometer.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator
Issued 23 March 2026
Resolved
Machinery must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel. Observed the vessel was missing the port side rudder stop.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
All towing vessels must have at least one properly operating handheld VHF-FM radio in addition to the radios otherwise required. The vessel did not have a handheld VHF-FM radio on board at the time of inspection.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Sleeping room
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
Overnight accommodations must be provided for crewmembers if it is operated more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period, unless the crew is put ashore and the vessel is provided with a new crew. The vessel has a four-person crew required on the Certificate of Inspection. There were berthing for four members, however a mattress was not provided for one of the crew members.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
Each lifejacket must have a lifejacket light approved under approval series 161.012 or 161.112 securely attached to the front shoulder area of the lifejacket. One lifejacket was found with an inoperable lifejacket light.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions." [...] Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operation."
Port engine astern propulsion unsatisfactory.
Bilge piping needs maintenance for proper operation.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
A towing vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts, maps, and nautical publications for the intended
voyage. The vessel had Rosepoint electronic charts and
publications installed on board. However, the internet
was inoperable therefore the vessel is unable to keep
them up-to-date.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Control of discharge
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"When operating a vessel on a body of water where the discharge of untreated sewage is prohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency under 40 CFR 140.3, the operator must secure each Type III device in a manner which prevents discharge of sewage."
No locking device for overboard discharge sewage valve.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards"
Dryer vent tube not connected.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"The master must ensure that all hatches, doors, and other openings designed to be watertight or weather-tight function properly"
Port engine room and stbd galley door unsat.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"A vessel not under command shall exhibit: Two balls or similar shapes in a vertical line where they can best be seen."
Missing dayshapes required for vessel's route.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards."
Extension cord unsat on bridge.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"Each towing vessel must be fitted with a general alarm that: Has installed, in the engine room and any other area where background noise makes a general alarm hard to hear, a supplemental flashing red light that is identified with at sign [...]."
The flashing red light in the engine room was found inoperable during the test of the general alarm.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
The marine employer must have a sufficient number of alcohol testing devices readily accessible on board the vessel to determine the presence of alcohol in the system of each individual directly involved in a serious
marine incident within 2 hours from time of occurrence.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator
Issued 14 February 2025
Resolved
"Each towing vessel must have a means to monitor and control the amount of thrust, rudder angle, and (if applicable) direction of thrust, at each operating station."
Rudder angle indicator did not exhibit hard rudder.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 4 February 2025
Resolved
"The inspection will ensure that the vessel is in satisfactory condition and fit for the service for which it is intended, and that it complies with the applicable statutes and regulations for such vessels."
M.I. team attended vessel on 04FEB2025 for COI inspection and found the following items to be deemed "not inspection ready":
- Main Diesel Engine inoperable.
- Low hydraulic fluid level for steering gear.
- Live wires and loose cable connections in engine room.
- MSD vent hose clamps broken.
- Rosepoint not installed/ inoperable.
- Life jackets with previous vessel name.
- No P.E. letter for current fire detection system.
- Insufficient logs.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 4 February 2025
Resolved
"A towing vessel subject to this sub-chapter and choosing the Coast Guard inspection option, or required to have the Coast Guard inspection option, must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after the COI anniversary date."
Vessel failed to meet 26JAN2024 annual inspection deadline. Last annual inspection completed on 15FEB2023.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear
Issued 1 October 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced a loss of steering.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 7 February 2023
Resolved
"A towing vessel subject to this sub-chapter and choosing the Coast Guard inspection option, must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after the COI anniversary date."
Vessel has not had an annual inspection within the alloted window. Make vessel ready for inspection immediately.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Buoyant apparatus
Issued 1 June 2022
Resolved
"Each lifefloat and rigid buoyant apparatus must be fitted with a lifeline, pendants, a painter, and floating electric water light." Vessel did not have a painter or electric water light.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 October 2021
Resolved
Remote fuel shutoff valve must be fitted on any fuel line to propulsion engine or generator prime mover. Neither, starboard or portside propulsion engine had operable remote fuel shutoff valves.
46 CFR 143.260
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 October 2021
Resolved
Fuel shutoff valve must be installed in fuel piping directly outside of fuel oil supply tank. Vessel did not have shutoff valves in fuel piping directly outside of fuel oil supply tank.
46 CFR 143.260
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 24 May 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Casualty record · 3
6 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4282442
24 March 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4555922
1 October 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8036611
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.
Recorded names · 1
BLANCHARD 1 (2012–2024). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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.