FREEDOM

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

FREEDOM is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2013, most recently in July 2026, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2015.

Records from 2013 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 July 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 10 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2015
Inspected with: 2 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 10 July 2026

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations5

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2013–2026)

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

1249555

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WDG9866

1267089

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1267089

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)82.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 283 / net 194

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)82.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 367 / net 110

BuilderJOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 10 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 it367 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
283 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
110 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
194 - 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 · 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.

EMS 362 Tank Barge · MISLE 871431 · 18 August 2015 · activity 5225410 EMS 365 Tank Barge · MISLE 871437 · 18 August 2015 · activity 5225410 EMS 362 Tank Barge · MISLE 871431 · 26 May 2015 · activity 5136462 EMS 365 Tank Barge · MISLE 871437 · 26 May 2015 · activity 5136462

Inspection history · 11

10 July 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8434936

4 August 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8200231

26 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7600208

16 August 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7535029

25 March 2022 Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7616475

16 July 2020 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7007727

13 October 2016 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6026443

18 August 2015 Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5219971

18 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5225410

26 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5136462

26 November 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4760142

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 · 1

18 August 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5225410

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.