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J. O. BRADFORD

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named J. O. BRADFORD

J. O. BRADFORD is a 1967 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 49 inspections since 1992, most recently in July 2025, along with 10 deficiencies, 2 operational controls and 16 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2025.

Records from 1992 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 July 2025.

Built
1967
Last inspected
29 July 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
49
Deficiencies
10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
16 investigations · 2006–2025
Inspected with
26 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
511615
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDC3552
MISLE id
94841
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367010030
Maury page id
psix-94841

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10
…administrative events7
…with no type recorded32
Years with a record 21 calendar years (1992–2025)
The 49 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)75.7 ft × 30.2 ft × 7.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 183 / net 124
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBIG RIVER SHIPBUILDING · VICKSBURG, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1967
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portVICKSBURG, MS
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 2 January 2026 · expires 31 December 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 it183 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
124 - 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 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

WDC3552MMSI 367010030 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 30 January 2025, expires 11 January 2035
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 · 26

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.

MISS PEYTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 195329 · 29 July 2025 · activity 8199482CMT 274 Freight Barge · MISLE 965807 · 29 July 2025 · activity 8199482ACL 10117 Freight Barge · MISLE 1052406 · 29 July 2025 · activity 8199482HBM 3016 Freight Barge · MISLE 870920 · 26 July 2025 · activity 8195385BKM 3534B Freight Barge · MISLE 1108111 · 26 July 2025 · activity 8195385TED KAYSER Towing Vessel · MISLE 1221605 · 26 July 2025 · activity 8195385HBM 4799B Freight Barge · MISLE 1758383 · 26 July 2025 · activity 8195385MTC 1322 B Freight Barge · MISLE 1317889 · 11 June 2025 · activity 8202402CBC 212 Freight Barge · MISLE 401441 · 22 April 2021 · activity 7181386MTC 276B Freight Barge · MISLE 383231 · 19 April 2020 · activity 6944088GS 908 Tank Barge · MISLE 934151 · 19 February 2016 · activity 5821365LELAND SPEAKES Towing Vessel · MISLE 94991 · 2 September 2015 · activity 5233404RAYMOND GRANT ECKSTEIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 195098 · 2 September 2015 · activity 5233404JPR 1201B Freight Barge · MISLE 1221803 · 2 September 2015 · activity 5233404LTD 903B Freight Barge · MISLE 1225905 · 2 September 2015 · activity 5233404LTD 14203 Freight Barge · MISLE 1322750 · 2 September 2015 · activity 5233404SCF 24011 Freight Barge · MISLE 669890 · 20 July 2015 · activity 5191755SCF 28002 Freight Barge · MISLE 941555 · 20 July 2015 · activity 5191755HONEST BOB Towing Vessel · MISLE 106721 · 25 August 2014 · activity 4990969CBC 4504 Freight Barge · MISLE 45902 · 1 May 2014 · activity 4860323LADY EDWINA Towing Vessel · MISLE 334380 · 1 May 2014 · activity 4860323BIG 308 B Freight Barge · MISLE 1112521 · 1 May 2014 · activity 4860323MISS DOROTHY Towing Vessel · MISLE 144490 · 4 June 2009 · activity 3495961CH 9959 Freight Barge · MISLE 496257 · 4 June 2009 · activity 3495961MTC 666B Freight Barge · MISLE 801934 · 4 June 2009 · activity 3495961ROBYNE Unclassified · MISLE 64845 · 26 September 2006 · activity 2787825

Inspection history · 49

29 July 2025 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8199482
26 July 2025 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8195385
11 June 2025 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8202402
24 March 2025 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8099020
9 September 2024 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8016722
5 January 2024 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7845585
5 January 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7845606
25 April 2023 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7675477
17 October 2022 COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7601306
29 July 2022 Initial Certification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7488827
16 April 2022 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7432064
14 September 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7312138
2 August 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7275266
22 April 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7181386
13 September 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7058799
5 May 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6977335
19 April 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6944088
25 March 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6649702
25 March 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6703282
20 May 2017 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6151311
19 February 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5821365
2 September 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5233404
20 July 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5191755
28 April 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5125376
30 August 2014 Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4972269
25 August 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4990969
1 May 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4860323
30 November 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4201836
19 July 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4088318
19 July 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4102782
2 June 2011 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4035941
8 October 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3869631
28 June 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3529961
4 June 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3495961
18 February 2009 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3427443
21 January 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3397396
29 November 2006 MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2830970
26 September 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2787825
5 October 2004 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2213944
11 May 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2066691
26 February 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 34210
27 August 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 419805
10 April 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 28916
28 September 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 752806
22 September 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195902
21 February 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 147570
18 November 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 645216
7 October 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 145726
15 February 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 39531

Deficiency record · 10

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 5 January 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. The fuel system valves were miss-aligned which caused a loss of propulsion on two main diesel engines. Correct the valve alignment to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 5 January 2024
Resolved 5 January 2024
Resolution: The Port Engineer attended the vessel and corrected the valve alignment.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Machinery must be maintained for safe operation of the vessel under normal operating conditions. The vessel's starboard main engine is currently inoperable.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 22 September 2022
Resolution: Received information that the stbd main engine was rebuilt. Witnessed satisfactory operation of the engine.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Machinery must be maintained for safe operation of the vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. The vessels 3 main engine fuel filters are not fitted with flame bulbs.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 16 September 2022
Resolution: Received pictures on installation of flame bulbs on fuel filters.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Main engines must be fitted with gauges for lubricating oil pressure and cooling water temperature at the machinery location. The gauges for all three main engines are inoperable.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 15 August 2022
Resolution: Operator replaced guagues with new.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Pressure vessels over 5 cubic feet in volume and over 15 psi MAWP must be equipped with one or more spring-loaded relief valves. Both pressure vessels in the engine room do not have relief valves on the pressure vessel.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 15 August 2022
Resolution: Operator installed 200 psi relief valves on both pressure vessels in engine room.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Electrical systems must be maintained for safe operation of vessel and persons under normal operating conditions. The port 208V panel in the engine room is missing a blank, exposing the bus bar to personnel.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 1 August 2022
Resolution: Operator installed blanks on 208V panel.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Guards - fencing around dangerous machinery parts
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Gears and rotating machinery must be protected by cover, guard or rail. The center and port main engine counterweight does not have an adequate guard.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 22 September 2022
Resolution: Verified the company fitted guards over the counter-weights.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for radio personnel
Issued 29 July 2022 Resolved
Each ship subject to the Bridge-to-Bridge Act must have on board a radio operator who holds a restricted radiotelephone operator permit or higher class license. The master of the vessel was unable to show their FCC radio operator permit.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 August 2022
Resolved 1 August 2022
Resolution: Operator sent proof of masters FCC license.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 16 April 2022 Resolved
A vessel must be operated in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and in such a manner as to afford protection against hazards to life, property, and the environment. Vessel allided with NAHEOLA Bridge fendering system and one of four gravel barges in tow is taking on water. Vessel is not permitted to depart from current location until cleared by the CG to do so. 46 CFR 140.205
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 1 March 2023
Resolution: Cleared - vessel has since rcvd COI
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 2 August 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.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 31 October 2021
Resolved 14 September 2021
Resolution: Deficiency has been moved to another vessel IAW CG-CVC Policy Letter 20-01

Casualty record · 16

26 September 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2787825
4 June 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3495961
28 June 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3529961
8 October 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3869631
19 July 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4102782
30 November 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4201836
1 May 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4860323
20 July 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at U.S. HIGHWAY 190 - BATON ROUGE, LA · activity 5191755
25 March 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6703282
19 April 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6944088
13 September 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7058799
22 April 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 7181386
5 January 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7845606
11 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8202402
26 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8195385
29 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8199482
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.