JAMES S DIXON

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s

JAMES S DIXON is a 1968 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1993, most recently in August 2021, along with 1 deficiency, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2012.

Records from 1993 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 5 August 2021.

Built: 1968
Last inspected: 5 August 2021
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2012
Inspected with: 10 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 5 August 2021

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (1993–2021)

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

515557

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WDI7182

97390

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-97390

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it116 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
79 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 10

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.

SCF 24119B Freight Barge · MISLE 671848 · 13 February 2012 · activity 4244064 ACBL 5017 Freight Barge · MISLE 184286 · 11 October 2000 · activity 13920 KIRBY 16700 B Tank Barge · MISLE 48104 · 8 September 1995 · activity 77305 ATC 705 Freight Barge · MISLE 98313 · 8 September 1995 · activity 77305 NELL WOMACK Towing Vessel · MISLE 133529 · 8 September 1995 · activity 77305 KTC 20 Tank Barge · MISLE 52169 · 6 August 1993 · activity 144034 HALLIE B Towing Vessel · MISLE 131197 · 6 August 1993 · activity 144034 PTC-165 Freight Barge · MISLE 155823 · 6 August 1993 · activity 144034 PTC-166 Freight Barge · MISLE 155824 · 6 August 1993 · activity 144034 PTC-167 Freight Barge · MISLE 155825 · 6 August 1993 · activity 144034

Inspection history · 12

5 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7277819

16 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7007524

8 July 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5179714

15 April 2015 Spot Check (Safety)

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5103874

5 September 2013 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4707751

26 July 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4403610

13 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4244064

20 January 2009 Administration

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3397186

18 October 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2802886

11 October 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 13920

8 September 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 77305

6 August 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 144034

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 5 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 2 November 2021
Resolved 7 September 2021
Resolution: Placed in Laid-up status.

Casualty record · 1

13 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4244064

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.

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.