DONNIE SONIER

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

DONNIE SONIER is a 2011 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2011, most recently in November 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2025.

Records from 2011 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 November 2025.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 18 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2012–2025
Inspected with: 11 other vessels

Identity

1235354

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WDF9285

1146276

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1146276

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded10

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2011–2025)

The 19 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)68.9 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 95 / net 64

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)68.9 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderINTRACOASTAL IRON WORKS INC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 August 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 it95 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
64 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 11

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 · 19

18 November 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8271199

18 November 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8285426

10 March 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8092178

2 April 2024 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7885651

6 March 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7883159

11 June 2022 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7474311

10 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7486143

7 April 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7426987

1 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6935947

10 April 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6659726

6 December 2018 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6591857

9 March 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6369083

24 January 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6076083

21 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6006122

2 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5850135

2 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4850735

2 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4857370

25 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4251742

15 September 2011 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4145691

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 11 June 2022 Resolved

A towing vessel must be maintained and operated so the watertight integrity and stability of the vessel are not compromised. Vessel struck obstruction in waterway while navigating that caused water intrusion from a 3 inch fracture in front starboard hold. Vessel is restricted from movement until front hold fracture is repaired to the satisfaction of attending CG Marine Inspector or TPO.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 11 June 2022
Resolved 14 June 2022
Resolution: TPO (Sabine Surveoyrs) witnessed satisfactory air test of repairs and cleared 835.

Casualty record · 4

25 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4251742

2 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5850135

10 June 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7486143

18 November 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8285426

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.