CAPTAIN DONALD LOWE SR

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

CAPTAIN DONALD LOWE SR is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2021 and 2022.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 17 June 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 17 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2021–2022
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

1243309

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WDG6405

1217347

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1217347

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2026)

The 10 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)116.1 ft × 42.0 ft × 22.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 294 / net 200

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)116.1 ft × 42.0 ft × 22.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 949 / net 284

BuilderSIGNAL INTERNATIONAL LLC · ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 30 June 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it294 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
949 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
200 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
284 - 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.

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 · 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.

PENSACOLA Towing Vessel · MISLE 179226 · 6 August 2022 · activity 7535412 MARGO DALE Tank Barge · MISLE 1217352 · 6 August 2022 · activity 7535412 MARGO DALE Tank Barge · MISLE 1217352 · 26 April 2021 · activity 7189793

Inspection history · 10

17 June 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8407279

11 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7932778

6 March 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7875220

20 September 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7801947

6 August 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7525900

6 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7535412

8 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7347377

26 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7189793

13 September 2018 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6636496

22 September 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6000527

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 · 2

26 April 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7189793

6 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7535412

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.