DAN ELDER

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

DAN ELDER is a 2011 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 2012, most recently in September 2024, along with 6 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2023.

Records from 2012 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 5 September 2024.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 5 September 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 23
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2013–2023
Inspected with: 17 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 5 September 2024

Recorded inspections23

…physical examinations6

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded11

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2012–2024)

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

1234601

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WDF9281

1135140

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1135140

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)157.0 ft × 48.0 ft × 11.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 825 / net 561

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)157.0 ft × 48.0 ft × 11.3 ft

ITC tonnagegross 1,095 / net 328

BuilderGULF ISLAND LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portLAKIN, WV

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 18 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it825 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1095 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
561 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
328 - 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.

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 · 17

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.

SMS 30202 Freight Barge · MISLE 403177 · 2 March 2017 · activity 6105917 THE MISS VANESSA Towing Vessel · MISLE 988649 · 2 March 2017 · activity 6105917 KIRBY 29159 Tank Barge · MISLE 1107317 · 2 March 2017 · activity 6105917 KIRBY 28086 Tank Barge · MISLE 1175821 · 2 March 2017 · activity 6105917 AEP 902 Freight Barge · MISLE 1075 · 17 July 2015 · activity 5205216 TONY ESPINOZA Towing Vessel · MISLE 122089 · 6 March 2015 · activity 5079460 KALEB DEAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 89339 · 5 November 2014 · activity 5019685 AEP 306 Freight Barge · MISLE 893990 · 5 November 2014 · activity 5019685 CHUCK ZEBULA Towing Vessel · MISLE 939632 · 5 November 2014 · activity 5019685 HAZEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 132605 · 26 November 2013 · activity 4760874 NEWPORT Towing Vessel · MISLE 206234 · 26 November 2013 · activity 4760874 LORI BLOCKER Towing Vessel · MISLE 1108981 · 26 November 2013 · activity 4760874 AUSTIN COLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 263508 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 ACL 9233 Freight Barge · MISLE 378521 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 J. CAROLE NEALE Towing Vessel · MISLE 680647 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 AEP 153 Freight Barge · MISLE 794806 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686 MIKE SANDERS Towing Vessel · MISLE 971823 · 11 July 2013 · activity 4747686

Inspection history · 23

5 September 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7996921

28 February 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871422

16 January 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7849949

11 July 2023 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7748144

12 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671438

24 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7583023

18 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7381923

14 May 2021 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7317995

1 March 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6634666

14 February 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6615794

31 August 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6528644

24 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6293866

13 September 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6271847

10 May 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6144565

2 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6105917

17 July 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5205216

6 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5079460

19 November 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5032860

5 November 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5019685

21 April 2014 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4842550

26 November 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4760874

11 July 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4747686

24 February 2012 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4250669

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 6

11 July 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4747686

2 March 2017Routine · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6105917

13 September 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6271847

24 October 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6293866

24 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7583023

12 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7671438

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.