ALEX D

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

ALEX D is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2013, most recently in October 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2020.

Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 October 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 28 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2013–2020
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 28 October 2025

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations7

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded10

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2013–2025)

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

1231404

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WDG6475

1107415

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1107415

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)76.8 ft × 29.3 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 158 / net 126

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderC & J MARINE SERVICES INC · BAYOU VISTA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portBERWICK, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 September 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it158 - Simplified, Gross Ton
126 - Simplified, 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.

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 · 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 · 20

28 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8260030

2 July 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8172575

24 April 2025 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8118256

14 January 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7849354

14 July 2023 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7742617

5 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7590057

17 June 2020 Damage Survey · Permit to Proceed

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6979520

17 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6981405

24 October 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6843907

13 August 2018 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7738736

25 May 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6423354

20 February 2018 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6357953

1 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6581274

14 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6018493

23 February 2016 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5880375

8 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5100261

23 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4774185

13 August 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4684732

20 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4596571

7 February 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4537616

Deficiency record · 3

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 24 April 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel suffered a steering casualty. Vessel shall enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the TPO and Coast Guard. 46CFR143.205(a)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 24 April 2025

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 24 April 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Starboard main propulsion engine found with active crankcase pressure diagnostic code, code indicated engine was in derate condition. Vessel shall enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the TPO 46CFR143.205(a)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 24 April 2025

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc

Issued 24 April 2025 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: Be maintained to ensure proper operation. Both port and starboard generator digital gauge clusters indicating voltage and frequency observed inoperable. Vessel shall enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the TPO. 46 CFR 143.205(c)(1)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 24 April 2025

Casualty record · 5

23 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4774185

8 April 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5100261

14 May 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6018493

1 February 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6581274

17 June 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6981405

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.