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DEAF SMITH

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named DEAF SMITH · HIGMAN BARGE LINES, INC. operator of record, 2023

DEAF SMITH is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2011, most recently in March 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2020.

Records from 2011 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 18 March 2026.

Built
2009
Last inspected
18 March 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
14
Deficiencies
2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
3 investigations · 2019–2020
Inspected with
11 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
1222394
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDK8804
MISLE id
1032264
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
368097560
Maury page id
psix-1032264

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations3
…administrative events4
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record 10 calendar years (2011–2026)
The 14 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)72.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 144 / net 115
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2009
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUSTON, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 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 it144 - Simplified, Gross Ton
115 - Simplified, 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

WDK8804MMSI 368097560 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 June 2019, expires 5 June 2029
WDF2105MMSI 367424940 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 September 2009, cancelled 16 November 2019
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 · 11

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.

SAM L HAYS Towing Vessel · MISLE 8826 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937CORPORAL Unclassified · MISLE 11451 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937LTD 341 Freight Barge · MISLE 465536 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937PTC 631 Freight Barge · MISLE 1057150 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937PTC 642 Freight Barge · MISLE 1057161 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937LTD 15204 Freight Barge · MISLE 1371716 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937GENERAL PERSHING Unclassified · MISLE 1528500 · 20 November 2020 · activity 7105937KIRBY 28044 Tank Barge · MISLE 807368 · 3 March 2019 · activity 6637301KIRBY 28174 Tank Barge · MISLE 1108121 · 3 March 2019 · activity 6637301KIRBY 30026B Tank Barge · MISLE 611974 · 1 February 2019 · activity 6620871KIRBY 29056 Tank Barge · MISLE 1188343 · 1 February 2019 · activity 6620871

Inspection history · 14

18 March 2026 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8327960
29 July 2024 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7969776
28 March 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7419995
6 November 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7347020
23 May 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7205201
20 November 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7105937
18 October 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6837478
3 March 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637301
1 February 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6620871
4 October 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6555397
26 November 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6313009
23 May 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Administration
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6153530
16 April 2014 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4837428
20 January 2011 Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3932449

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 18 March 2026 Resolved
Starboard rudder sheered off when entangled in a line.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 18 April 2026
Resolved 20 March 2026
Resolution: Starboard rudder replaced. ABS report provided and uploaded in deficiency documents.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 18 October 2019 Resolved
Engine shutdown due to a clogged fuel filter. Required company to diagnose and repair.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 18 October 2019
Resolved 18 October 2019
Resolution: Company submitted a tech report diagnosing engine shutdown, and detailing repairs.

Casualty record · 3

1 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6620871
3 March 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6637301
20 November 2020Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7105937
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.

Recorded names · 1

LAVACA BAY (2019). 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.