BEN STRAFUSS

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

BEN STRAFUSS is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 2014, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 8 casualty investigations between 2014 and 2023.

Records from 2014 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 5 June 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 5 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 26
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2014–2023
Inspected with: 13 other vessels

Identity

1243634

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WDH6685

1219376

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1219376

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded11

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2014–2026)

The 26 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)75.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 189 / net 151

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNEW GENERATION SHIPBUILDING LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 13 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 it189 - Simplified, Gross Ton
151 - 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.

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 · 13

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 · 26

5 June 2026 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8392622

13 February 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8078196

15 November 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8031309

8 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7931012

11 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806679

1 July 2023 Permit to Proceed

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7727844

30 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7740586

31 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7552594

13 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7411484

6 December 2021 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7363028

6 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7363565

3 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7332879

24 May 2021 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7205218

17 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7199377

11 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7173458

8 January 2020 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6885216

15 March 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6643342

15 January 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6610453

30 March 2018 Administration

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6381952

12 October 2017 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6286422

13 August 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6239330

28 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6063289

20 December 2016 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6060340

23 October 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6031036

16 December 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5040804

27 October 2014 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5012673

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 24 May 2021 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced smoke in the starboard engine, shutdown the engine as a precautionary measure. Vessel is to complete repairs to the satisfaction of a USCG Marine Inspector. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 24 May 2021
Resolution: Engine repaired to satisfaction of ABS. Preliminary report submitted as objectiv eevidence.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 15 January 2019 Resolved

Port rudder missing.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 29 January 2019
Resolved 5 February 2019
Resolution: Received repair report following satisfactory test, per activity summary

Casualty record · 8

16 December 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5040804

23 October 2016Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6031036

28 December 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6063289

3 October 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7332879

6 December 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7363565

31 December 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7377769

31 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7552594

30 June 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7740586

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.