BLUE WING

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

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 24 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 31
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 18 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

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 24 March 2026

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations9

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded19

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 13 calendar years (2011–2026)

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

1234448

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WDF9252

1132175

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1132175

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)92.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 354 / net 288

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)92.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 394 / net 118

BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP INC · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portGIBSON, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

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 it354 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
394 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
288 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
118 - 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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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 · 18

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 · 31

24 March 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8331280

16 January 2026 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8288350

8 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8107971

4 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8087819

19 April 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671461

19 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7724292

3 April 2023 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7661544

9 December 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7607106

18 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7561273

15 March 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7416084

15 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7416095

5 January 2022 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7376183

21 September 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7318445

21 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7328627

12 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7284873

12 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7289606

5 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7278449

2 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7149263

22 February 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7144216

3 November 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7093238

1 March 2018 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6364266

22 September 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6275597

24 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5089791

20 January 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5055835

9 January 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5053719

28 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4872704

7 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4831406

8 October 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4751886

18 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4486049

29 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4162303

16 September 2011 MARPOL · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4147128

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 19 April 2023 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide safe operation of the towing vessel. Vessel experienced loss of propulsion in port main engine and unresponsive steering and flanking rudders. Vsl is allowed onetime transit to repair facility with an approved transit plan to repair port main engine and rudders in accordance with plan developed by TPO. In accordance with CVC Policy Letter 17-10, the above deficiency may be cleared by the operating company's TPO. TPO must submit a report to the cognizant OCMI within 72 hours of clearing the deficiencies.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 27 April 2023
Resolved 27 April 2023
Resolution: TPO reviewed and approved reapirs to damaged propulsion shaft.

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

Issued 5 January 2022 Resolved

Machinery systems must be designed and maintained to provide safe operation of the towing vessel. Vessel reported unexpected loss of maneuverability on port rudder.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 5 February 2022
Resolved 8 January 2022
Resolution: Repaired to the satisfaction of TPO.

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

Issued 12 August 2021 Resolved

Machinery must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel. While towing two barges IWO Houston Ship Channel, vessel lost propulsion of it's starboard engine.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 14 August 2021
Resolution: Recieved ABS preliminary report. Technichian diagnosed both engine systems and replaced the distribution panel on SME.

Recorded names · 2

SHIRLEY P SETTOON (2011–2015), SAVAGE INSIGHT (2017). 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

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