RALPH RENFRO

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

RALPH RENFRO is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2012, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 6 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2024.

Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 October 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 8 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2017–2024
Inspected with: 11 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1243956

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WDG6346

1220937

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1220937

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations8

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2012–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)83.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 295 / net 200

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)83.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 384 / net 115

BuilderSNEED SHIPBUILDING INC · CHANNEL VIEW, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portGIBSON, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 29 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it384 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
295 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
115 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
200 - 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

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Inspected as a tow unit · 11

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 · 20

8 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8249341

30 July 2025 Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8179387

14 March 2025 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8093774

9 December 2024 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8044906

9 December 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8046064

24 October 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8024354

22 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7986940

24 February 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7641537

4 January 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7375448

15 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7313931

22 June 2020 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6984052

13 December 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6873507

12 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6874557

29 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6798885

15 May 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6415205

23 March 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6377576

4 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6335486

28 November 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6314869

18 January 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6072950

17 December 2012 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4525193

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 13 December 2019 Resolved

Vessel's port main engine turbo caught on fire due to a high pressure oil leak and the fire advanced 20 feet up inside the exhaust stack. All seals and gaskets must be properly maintained to prevent leaks of flammable or combustible liquid. Identify source of fire and determine root cause comprising of manufactures recommended hours of use and overhaul requirements. Conduct repairs to turbo and burnt lagging on exhaust stack to the satisfaction of the attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 16 December 2019
Resolution: Received technician report from Marine Systems Inc. attesting to the satisfactory correction of the port main engine turbo.

Casualty record · 6

28 November 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6314869

4 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6335486

29 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6798885

12 December 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6874557

15 September 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7313931

9 December 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8046064

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

SAVAGE SPIRIT (2017–2019). 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.