SANDPIPER

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

SANDPIPER is a 2011 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 2012, most recently in November 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2018 and 2025.

Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 13 November 2025.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 13 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 23
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2018–2025
Inspected with: 3 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 13 November 2025

Recorded inspections23

…physical examinations9

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2012–2025)

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

1237330

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WDG2173

1163097

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1163097

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)78.0 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 177 / net 142

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it177 - Simplified, Gross Ton
142 - 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 · 3

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.

KIRBY 29086 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227410 · 7 September 2022 · activity 7553639 KIRBY 29042 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227429 · 7 September 2022 · activity 7553639 KIRBY 29166 Tank Barge · MISLE 1234024 · 9 July 2020 · activity 7005028

Inspection history · 23

13 November 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8268304

17 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8236315

2 July 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8173650

2 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8173931

1 May 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8126574

21 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7986352

13 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7980596

12 August 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7979311

5 August 2024 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7975026

9 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7892493

2 August 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7758786

7 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7553639

6 September 2022 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7553511

14 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7032946

9 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7005028

20 November 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6859420

17 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6828443

20 March 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6646114

20 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6584882

18 January 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6339599

11 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6336654

9 January 2015 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5050866

9 February 2012 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4241237

Deficiency record · 3

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)

Issued 2 July 2025 Resolved

The owner, managing operator, or master of each towing vessel must maintain the required navigational-safety equipment in a fully-functioning, operational condition. Vessel reported striking the underside of the North Claiborne Bridge with its stern mast. Vessel is allowed a one-time transit to FMT to conduct repairs, and must provide a TPO report attesting to satisfactory repairs prior to departure from FMT. 46 CFR 140.620(b)

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 3 July 2025
Resolution: Vessel rep provided TPO report attesting to satisfactory repairs of damages caused by bridge allision.

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

Issued 21 August 2024 Resolved

Vessel reported a temporary loss of propulsion after port engine shut down while underway in the ICW by MM 260. Immediately brought starboard engine online and regained control

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 21 October 2024
Resolved 21 August 2024

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

Issued 5 August 2024 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 loss of propulsion casualty on stbd main due to a leak on the stbd reduction gear. Vessel shall enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the TPO.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 6 August 2024
Resolution: Received report from ABS attesting to proper operation of reduction gear.

Casualty record · 5

20 October 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6584882

17 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6828443

9 July 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7005028

7 September 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7553639

2 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8173931

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.