THE CHIEF

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Other hulls named THE CHIEF

THE CHIEF is a 1968 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 34 inspections since 1992, most recently in June 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 17 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2025.

Records from 1992 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 1 June 2025.

Built: 1968
Last inspected: 1 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 34
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 17 investigations · 2008–2025
Inspected with: 20 other vessels

Identity

514987

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WDC5829

97015

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367047080

Maury page id

psix-97015

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded24

Years with a record 20 calendar years (1992–2025)

The 34 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)114.5 ft × 40.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 575 / net 365

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBRENT TOWING COMPANY, INC · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1968

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portBOARDMAN, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, charter

DocumentationValid · issued 22 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it575 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
365 - 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

WDC5829MMSI 367047080 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 March 2025, expires 3 June 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 · 20

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 · 34

1 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8149196

19 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7929532

4 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7662842

3 May 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7436214

1 October 2021 Deficiency Check · Uninspected Other · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7324774

4 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7276928

14 June 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6450489

27 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6050404

8 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5968527

1 August 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4943702

19 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4884324

24 September 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4722663

30 June 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4731170

14 January 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4516811

7 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4370128

4 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4203643

17 October 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4171477

14 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4131179

16 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3893290

29 January 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3671723

26 January 2010 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3669606

9 July 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3530351

26 May 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3487985

16 July 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3278991

5 June 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3231756

19 May 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3219495

19 May 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3219528

6 October 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Portland · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2799886

11 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1964452

9 February 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1742035

1 August 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 175193

18 February 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 60742

28 October 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 153648

28 November 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3208

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 4 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 1 November 2021
Resolved 21 September 2021
Resolution: The TSMS option towing vessel OUTLAW (O.N. 561814) was issued a COI on 21Sep21, bringing Tidewater Barge Lines INC. towing vessel inspection percentage to 76.92%

Casualty record · 17

19 May 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3219495

19 May 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3219528

5 June 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3231756

16 July 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3278991

9 July 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3530351

16 November 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3893290

14 August 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4131179

17 October 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4171477

4 December 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4203643

7 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4370128

30 June 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4731170

24 September 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4722663

19 April 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4884324

8 August 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5968527

27 November 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6050404

19 May 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7929532

1 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 8149196

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.