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AMERICAN SPIRIT
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named AMERICAN SPIRIT · AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES operator of record, 2023
AMERICAN SPIRIT is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 27 inspections since 2018, most recently in December 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 11 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2025.
Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 December 2025.
- Built
- 2014
- Last inspected
- 15 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 11 investigations · 2019–2025
Identity
1252998
WDH4653
1281812
Flag
UNITED STATES
367619920
Maury page id
psix-1281812
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded15
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2018–2025)
The 27 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 × 34.0 ft × 11.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 239 / net 191
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSTEINER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2014
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 7 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 it239 - Simplified, Gross Ton
191 - Simplified, Net Ton
191 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDH4653MMSI 367619920 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 17 February 2024, expires 9 May 2034
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspected as a tow unit · 12
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.
MARK GLAAB Towing Vessel · MISLE 1540425 · 14 November 2025 · activity 8268760CHEM 3255 Tank Barge · MISLE 1283834 · 11 May 2025 · activity 8139595MPX 403 Tank Barge · MISLE 1609080 · 22 January 2023 · activity 7625662MPX 404 Tank Barge · MISLE 1609081 · 22 January 2023 · activity 7625662CHEM 3261 Tank Barge · MISLE 1301492 · 1 September 2021 · activity 7301806AMERICAN RELIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1393296 · 1 September 2021 · activity 7301806CHEM 3256 Tank Barge · MISLE 1283835 · 26 February 2021 · activity 7148288CHEM 3247 Tank Barge · MISLE 1234293 · 6 January 2020 · activity 6883390JEFF KINDL Towing Vessel · MISLE 1377387 · 6 January 2020 · activity 6883390CHEM 3209 Tank Barge · MISLE 958895 · 18 September 2018 · activity 6547514CHEM 3220 Tank Barge · MISLE 1101982 · 18 September 2018 · activity 6547514APOLLO.GR Freight Ship · MISLE 1422617 · 18 September 2018 · activity 6547514Inspection history · 27
15 December 2025
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8283345
14 November 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8268760
11 May 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8139595
19 March 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7882281
11 December 2023
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7831854
15 August 2023
Damage Survey · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7769129
15 August 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7774061
8 April 2023
Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7665672
8 April 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7720866
22 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7625152
22 January 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7625662
19 September 2022
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7563019
30 August 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7548775
28 July 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7518447
22 January 2022
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7384645
20 January 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7429362
1 September 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7301806
26 February 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7148288
19 August 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7043380
9 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6971867
6 February 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6906953
6 January 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6883390
25 September 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6821510
25 September 2019
Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6821612
15 February 2019
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6575616
18 September 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6547514
30 May 2018
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6419976
Deficiency record · 3
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine
Issued 11 December 2023
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. Starboard generator exhaust pipe flexible coupling was found leaking. Fix known exhaust leak. Remove remaining lagging up to the engine room overhead and verify no other exhaust leaks are in the pipe.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 8 April 2023
Resolved
Machinery must be designed and maintained to provide safe operation of the towing vessel under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced equipment failure to starboard Z-drive. Have technician repair starboard z-drive and ensure all machinery is operating as designed to the satisfaction of TPO (TVIB) prior to conducting towing operations.
In accordance with CVC Policy Letter 17-10, the above deficiencies may be cleared by the operating company's TPO. TPO must submit a report to the cognizant OCMI within 72 hours of clearing the deficiencies.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery
Issued 22 January 2022
Resolved
Damage to the starboard cort nozzle interferes with the proper operation of vessel propulsion.
Casualty record · 11
25 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6821510
6 January 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6883390
26 February 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at I-24 HIGHWAY BRIDGE · activity 7148288
1 September 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7301806
20 January 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7429362
30 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at NAHEOLA BRIDGE · activity 7548775
22 January 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7625662
8 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7720866
15 August 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7774061
11 May 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at NED R. MCWHERTER BRIDGE · activity 8139595
14 November 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8268760
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.