CAPT. KIRBY DUPUIS

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

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 14 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 15 other vessels

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 14 October 2025

Recorded inspections18

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded11

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2011–2025)

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

1229999

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WDM7597

1098783

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1098783

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)116.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 436 / net 297

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)116.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 546 / net 163

BuilderHORIZON SHIPBUILDING INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 27 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it436 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
546 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
163 - Convention (Subpart B), Net 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.

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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 · 18

14 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8251698

21 April 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8116051

9 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7748252

15 December 2022 TPO Audit · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7631286

8 July 2022 Initial Certification · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7478260

28 June 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7485332

10 November 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7349057

9 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7348396

3 February 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6906862

29 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6078367

18 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5728645

28 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4826531

7 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4480352

15 June 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4047621

29 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4028352

24 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4021558

20 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4021551

22 February 2011 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3951749

Deficiency record · 8

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

Issued 15 July 2022 Resolved

An external audit must be conducted no later than 6 months after the issuance of the initial COI for vessels subject to the owner or managing operator's TSMS that have been owned or operated for fewer than 6 months prior to receiving the initial COI. Vessel must conduct external vessel audit within 6 months from COI issuance date.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 8 January 2023
Resolved 2 February 2023
Resolution: Received satisfactory audit report that noted a satisfactory engineroom fire was conducted.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 8 July 2022 Resolved

All crew-members must be familiar with their fire-fighting duties, and, specifically how to fight a fire in the engine room and elsewhere on board the towing vessel. Fire drills were not conducted as per company policy. Conduct drills to the satisfaction of TPO approved surveyor.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 8 July 2022
Resolution: Additional training on watch station bill and company policy was given to the crew.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 8 July 2022 Resolved

Existing equipment and installations, of a type not required, or in excess of that required by this part, not meeting the applicable requirements of this part may be continued in service so long as they are in good condition and accepted by the local OCMI or TPO. The installed fixed-fire extinguishing system onboard is not ready for use and is tagged out due to parts availability for the system after servicing.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 8 August 2022
Resolved 14 July 2022
Resolution: The fixed fire fighting system was serviced by Hiller and brought back into service.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Division - decks, bulkheads and penetrations

Issued 8 July 2022 Resolved

Each vessel must be designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards insofar as reasonable and practicable. The MI observed above the watertight door on the bulkhead between the machinery space and the space for storing the fixed fire-fighting agent tanks, the penetration of cables through the bulkhead is not watertight allowing smoke, air and agent to pass freely. Repair bulkhead penetration accordingly.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 8 August 2022
Resolved 14 July 2022
Resolution: The bulkhead penetration was filled with fire stop to the satisfaction of the TPO.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Warning notices

Issued 8 July 2022 Resolved

Each escape hatch and emergency exit used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”. The escape hatch from the fixed fire suppression system space to the FWD marine storage space was not labeled.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 July 2022
Resolved 14 July 2022
Resolution: The emergency escape hatch was labeled.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings

Issued 8 July 2022 Resolved

The master must ensure that all hatches, doors, and other openings designed to be watertight or weather-tight function properly. The water-tight door in the machinery space is fitted with a foam gasket and not a rubber gasket.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 July 2022
Resolved 14 July 2022
Resolution: A rubber gasket was installed on the water tight door to the satisfaction of the TPO.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 8 July 2022 Resolved

Prior to getting underway for the first time on a particular towing vessel, each crew-member must receive a safety orientation. There were no records of crew-members onboard having received a safety orientation.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 8 July 2022
Resolution: All crew conducted saety orientation.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 10 November 2021 Resolved

The majority of the major propulsion and power generation equipment suffered significant damage from an engine room fire. Vessel will need to rebuild all equipment compromised by the fire prior to operation.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 November 2021
Resolved 28 June 2022
Resolution: Conducted repair check by operating all new & refurbished machinery. Received new stability and eng test data (uploaded in documents in vessel profile).

Ownership record

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