BROWN WATER XIV

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

Built: 1971
Last inspected: 13 May 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 38
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 23 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 13 May 2025

Recorded inspections38

…physical examinations11

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded22

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 16 calendar years (2003–2025)

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

535570

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WDC3257

111394

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-111394

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)73.7 ft × 27.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 200 / net 136

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLOREAUVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1971

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portROCKPORT, TX

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 16 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 it136 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
200 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.

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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 23

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 · 38

13 May 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8135161

7 January 2025 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8059507

14 June 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7935122

10 January 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7848011

28 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7828385

4 August 2023 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7760197

14 May 2023 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7688312

14 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7691503

14 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7477736

3 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7361983

31 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7342889

21 July 2021 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7263666

13 May 2021 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7196139

4 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7189450

12 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7173655

31 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7166352

8 January 2021 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7121958

8 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7122714

31 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6933901

27 January 2020 COI Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6897143

10 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6871371

6 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6868923

21 July 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6757258

1 June 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6751192

24 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6669843

17 July 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6483053

13 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Port OConnor · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6444025

21 May 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6435250

26 July 2017 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6222051

5 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5937940

11 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4801632

10 April 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4566452

15 March 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4552210

10 February 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3943023

29 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3838478

22 April 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2050236

19 March 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2031856

5 November 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2158074

Deficiency record · 6

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 21 July 2021 Resolved

A TOWING VESSEL MUST BE MAINTAINED AND OPERATED SO THE WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY AND STABILITY OF THE VESSEL ARE NOT COMPROMISED. CRACKED WELD WAS FOUND, STARBOARD AFT UPPER OUTBOARD CORNER OF THE LAZERETTE AND DAYLIGHT WAS OBSERVED THROUGH THE CRACK. REPAIR TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. 46 CFR 140.605(b)

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 6 August 2021
Resolved 26 July 2021
Resolution: 16"x96"x5/16th insert installed and tested sat.

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

Issued 13 May 2021 Resolved

Vessel found to have rudder damage to the starboard rudder and prevents vessel from conducting operations. Permanent repairs must be completed to the attending Third party inspector satisfaction prior to operation of the date of this CG835V.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 66 - Prior to drilling or production operations
Resolved 13 May 2021
Resolution: Please see TPO for clearance of 835 located in documents section

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 4 May 2021 Resolved

Structure- An existing vessel may be deemed by the OCMI, or TPO, to be in compliance... The vessel has been both in satisfactory service insofar as structural adequacy is concerned and does not cause the structure of the vessel to be questioned by either the OCMI or TPO. Vessel currently has a 1"x4" fracture approximately 6" above the waterline in way o the STBD stern shell plate. Vessel owner was permitted to effect temporary repair with a doubler plate until 31 August 2021 at which time the vessel will effect permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspector or Vessels TPO surveyor at owner choice. TPO must submit report of repair to clear def.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 31 August 2021
Resolved 23 July 2021
Resolution: Insert plate installed and tested sat with LDP.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 12 April 2021 Resolved

1"x4" fracture, 6" above the waterline, in way of stern starboard shell plate.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 12 May 2021
Resolved 4 May 2021
Resolution: Cleared existing CG-835V and re-issued with additional standards and clearance instructions.

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

Issued 8 January 2021 Resolved

Vessel lost RAM

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 January 2021
Resolved 9 January 2021

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 18 February 2020 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be equipped with navigation lights, shapes, and sound signals in accordance with the International Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) or 33 CFR part 84 as appropriate to its area of operation. Vessel does not meet 33 CFR 83.27(b) three all-around lights in a vertical line (red, white, red) and 33 CFR 83.27(b)(ii) four day shapes (3 balls, 1 diamond) to exhibit all combinations of required signals. Vessel will meet this requirement within 5 years of the issuance of the COI, unless required earlier by USCG OCMI.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 February 2025
Resolved 7 April 2021
Resolution: Def cleared from D8 decision on appeal. Special note added in file.

Recorded names · 1

JACOB B (2004–2010). 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.