RESPONDER

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

Built: 1972
Last inspected: 28 May 2024
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 60
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 43 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 28 May 2024

Recorded inspections60

…physical examinations12

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded42

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 28 calendar years (1987–2024)

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

543900

8842234

WDN5073

117903

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-117903

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)69.9 ft × 24.0 ft × 9.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 149 / net 101

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBURTON SHIPYARD INC · PORT ARTHUR, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1972

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 23 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 it149 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
101 - 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.

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Behind this panel: 60 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 1 deficiency with the resolution recorded against each; operational controls, none recorded without a removal date; 43 other vessels inspected with it; 1 other recorded name; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port and endorsements. Every line is a record the Coast Guard wrote; the counts above are the same counts as in the summary, and they are free.

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Vessel history report

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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 · 43

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 · 60

28 May 2024 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7922017

28 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7941419

28 January 2023 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7628351

28 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7644289

27 December 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7613425

18 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7579654

6 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7247523

3 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7351912

3 June 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7218340

2 September 2020 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7048606

17 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6944940

29 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6699183

6 January 2019 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6606611

19 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6450185

3 April 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6445085

27 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6381908

25 February 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5826975

26 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5803964

4 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5066208

25 June 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4899652

4 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4837464

12 April 2013 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4567755

28 February 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4541139

25 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4390273

2 May 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4300625

17 April 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4289065

13 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4208422

8 February 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3942139

31 August 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3839461

29 July 2010 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3809134

3 June 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3505408

22 April 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3525709

23 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3439447

12 February 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3416952

14 January 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3393931

14 January 2009 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3394163

21 January 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3176044

24 April 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2914830

24 April 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2914843

24 April 2007 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2914861

14 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3397016

4 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2793770

28 September 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2789111

26 September 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2788865

13 May 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2357042

8 March 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2306161

21 September 2004 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2201116

24 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1996329

15 August 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1889738

11 December 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1476547

26 October 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 31002

2 January 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 13647

26 April 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1395

24 January 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 441766

15 January 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 148237

7 June 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 684322

8 April 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 447828

16 January 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 51211

21 September 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 134377

23 March 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 315073

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 28 January 2023 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engine, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be suitable for route and service. Vessel sustained steering casualty.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 27 February 2023
Resolved 7 February 2023
Resolution: Rec'd TPO report attesting to satisfactory repairs.

Recorded names · 1

POSEIDON (2006–2021). 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.