GARY REED

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

GARY REED is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2013, most recently in June 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2014 and 2025.

Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 5 June 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 5 June 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2014–2025
Inspected with: 8 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 5 June 2025

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations6

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2013–2025)

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

1244890

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WDG6997

1225835

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1225835

Documentation record

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

Registered tonnagegross 297 / net 202

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

ITC tonnagegross 387 / net 116

BuilderSNEED SHIPBUILDING INC · CHANNELVIEW, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it387 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
116 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
202 - 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 · 8

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.

GAZAP Industrial Vessel · MISLE 388123 · 5 June 2025 · activity 8155712 MMI 3042 Tank Barge · MISLE 670236 · 5 June 2025 · activity 8155712 KIRBY 29116 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227435 · 5 June 2025 · activity 8155712 KIRBY 27712 Tank Barge · MISLE 639516 · 2 September 2014 · activity 4974213 KIRBY 27714 Tank Barge · MISLE 639518 · 2 September 2014 · activity 4974213 ROBERT G STONE JR Towing Vessel · MISLE 841251 · 2 September 2014 · activity 4974213 KIRBY 27712 Tank Barge · MISLE 639516 · 14 March 2014 · activity 4816693 KIRBY 27720 Tank Barge · MISLE 713861 · 14 March 2014 · activity 4816693 ROY DEVALL Towing Vessel · MISLE 961668 · 14 March 2014 · activity 4816693

Inspection history · 17

5 June 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8152491

5 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8155712

11 July 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7999914

20 May 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7915915

8 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7891779

17 January 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622615

21 December 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7371262

20 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7178809

13 April 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6938917

20 November 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6859210

6 May 2019 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6677863

4 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6619648

28 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6364407

22 January 2015 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5057719

2 September 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4974213

14 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4816693

20 May 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4596331

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 5 June 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced a shutdown of their Port MDE after running over a dredge pipeline. Vessel is to transit to Cenac bend and have divers survey the vessel. Notify CG upon completion and provide CG a divers report and class report.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 5 June 2025
Resolved 5 June 2025
Resolution: Survey was performed remotely by ABS, utilizing data and information provided by the Client representatives, Vessel Crew, and/or other information and communication technology platforms.

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

Issued 20 April 2021 Resolved

The owner and managing operator must ensure that the towing vessel is in compliance with this subchapter and other applicable laws and regulations at all times. vessel experienced loss of STBD main engine. Provide repair proposal prior to departure from East Magnolia fleet and proof of proper repairs prior to departure from repair facility to the attending marine inspector.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 24 April 2021
Resolution: Received TPO report.

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

Issued 13 April 2020 Resolved

ropulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: (1) Be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel experienced a reduction in propulsion on port main engine due to a loss of oil pressure. Once repairs are made to the satisfaction of the Third Party Organization (ABS), submit TPO report to Houston-Galveston OCMI. 46 CFR 143.205(c) 17cd

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 April 2020
Resolution: Cleared def via satisfactory submission of tech report attesting to repairs.

Casualty record · 2

14 March 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4816693

5 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8155712

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.