SWEET LAKE

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

SWEET LAKE is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2015, most recently in July 2026, along with 1 operational control and 2 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2022.

Records from 2015 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 17 July 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 17 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2017–2022
Inspected with: 6 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 17 July 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations6

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded8

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2015–2026)

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

1243599

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WDL4535

1219290

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1219290

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 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 January 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 it98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
67 - 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.

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 · 6

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.

BUBBA GATES Towing Vessel · MISLE 215261 · 30 May 2017 · activity 6160704 KIRBY 29174 Tank Barge · MISLE 779500 · 30 May 2017 · activity 6160704 KIRBY 27019 Tank Barge · MISLE 1235335 · 30 May 2017 · activity 6160704 KIRBY 27020 Tank Barge · MISLE 1235336 · 30 May 2017 · activity 6160704 KIRBY 29084 Tank Barge · MISLE 1219809 · 18 August 2015 · activity 5227804 KIRBY 29085 Tank Barge · MISLE 1219810 · 18 August 2015 · activity 5227804

Inspection history · 17

17 July 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8440469

7 August 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8204700

8 May 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8131260

24 March 2025 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8088030

22 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8023033

21 September 2024 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8006972

13 March 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7651135

30 August 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7547081

5 April 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7426799

1 May 2020 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6946740

18 March 2020 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6933759

20 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6629664

7 July 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6200774

30 May 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6160704

18 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5227804

16 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5104508

19 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5071548

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

30 May 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6160704

5 April 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7426799

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.

Recorded names · 1

FONSE CENAC (2017). 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.