RED FISH

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

RED FISH is a 2010 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2010, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 7 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2025.

Records from 2010 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 22 October 2025.

Built: 2010
Last inspected: 22 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 7 investigations · 2010–2025
Inspected with: 15 other vessels

Identity

1225042

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WDL5734

1053142

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1053142

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded11

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2010–2025)

The 21 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)78.0 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 167 / net 133

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2010

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 29 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it133 - Simplified, Net Ton
167 - Simplified, Gross 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 15

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 · 21

22 October 2025 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8257296

22 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8164421

22 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8166211

28 May 2025 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8146707

7 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7787490

24 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7735823

1 February 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7389102

14 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7033024

15 July 2020 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7007034

1 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6992452

1 July 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6992706

14 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6939898

5 March 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637979

19 May 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6576272

5 June 2017 Administration · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6166226

3 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5749327

16 April 2014 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4837377

15 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4287738

12 April 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3990697

4 December 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3904506

8 November 2010 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3889075

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 1 July 2020 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced a reduction in steering capability due to a ruptured hydraulic pipe. Repairs are to be made to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard prior to departure or movement of any barges. 17C

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 2 July 2020
Resolution: Cut out wasted sections of piping and replaced with new piping. MIs inspected repairs. All sat.

Casualty record · 7

4 December 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 3904506

15 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4287738

3 August 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 5749327

19 May 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6576272

1 July 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6992452

24 June 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7735823

22 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8166211

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.