LAFITTE

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

LAFITTE is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2013, most recently in July 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2022.

Records from 2013 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 July 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 9 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2019–2022
Inspected with: 2 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 9 July 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2013–2026)

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

1242386

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WDK9355

1207130

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1207130

Documentation record

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

Registered tonnagegross 98 / net 67

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 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 2

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 27729 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227417 · 31 October 2019 · activity 6846956 KIRBY 27730 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227418 · 31 October 2019 · activity 6846956 KIRBY 27729 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227417 · 19 September 2019 · activity 6816555 KIRBY 27730 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227418 · 19 September 2019 · activity 6816555

Inspection history · 13

9 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8433704

13 May 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8135013

11 August 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7978504

19 March 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7881399

31 January 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7629891

1 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7549094

30 August 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7549100

21 March 2022 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7415688

31 October 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6846956

19 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6816555

13 September 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6540645

17 November 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6042885

29 October 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4742441

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc

Issued 30 August 2022 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must Be maintained to ensure proper operation; Be suitable for route and service. Portside Generator failed due to thermostat failure. Repair to factory and to the satisfaction of the TPO and the MI. 46CFR143.205(C)(1)(2)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 1 September 2022
Resolution: Received TPO report attesting to the satisfactory repairs and test of the vsls generator. All SAT.

Casualty record · 3

19 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6816555

31 October 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6846956

1 September 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7549094

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.