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FRANCES M DEVALL
FRANCES M DEVALL is a 1974 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 32 inspections since 1993, most recently in May 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2022.
Records from 1993 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 3 May 2024.
- Built
- 1974
- Last inspected
- 3 May 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2003–2022
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
3 May 2024
…with no type recorded14
Deficiencies
4 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
17 calendar years (1993–2024)
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
558691
WQZ6719
129768
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-129768
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)65.0 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 149 / net 101
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderUNITED SHIPBUILDING & REP · PORT ARTHUR, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1974
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHACKBERRY, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 8 August 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it149 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
101 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
101 - 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 · 5
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.
SD 53 Tank Barge · MISLE 729238 · 14 October 2015 · activity 5742612RED RIVER Towing Vessel · MISLE 1235306 · 14 October 2015 · activity 5742612NICOLE V MILLER Towing Vessel · MISLE 95101 · 19 May 2005 · activity 2362734CAPT CALVIN DEVALL Towing Vessel · MISLE 177139 · 19 May 2005 · activity 2362734SD 53 Tank Barge · MISLE 41056 · 18 March 1994 · activity 187757SD 53 Tank Barge · MISLE 41056 · 11 March 1994 · activity 155235SD 53 Tank Barge · MISLE 41056 · 17 June 1993 · activity 129050Inspection history · 32
3 May 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7906038
4 February 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7860391
13 December 2023
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7838416
26 November 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7829641
26 October 2023
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7814816
17 September 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7793208
10 August 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7765247
10 August 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7766111
29 March 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7659147
5 February 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7632135
1 February 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7630192
20 December 2022
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7611196
20 December 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7700348
28 September 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7567734
28 May 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6963263
15 April 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6662820
19 March 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6645476
14 November 2018
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6421505
14 October 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5742612
18 February 2015
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5071460
17 May 2010
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3735026
8 September 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3052472
29 September 2006
Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2790220
19 May 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2362734
24 December 2003
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1979111
13 September 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1932282
5 January 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 273532
30 July 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 406363
2 December 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 398124
18 March 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 187757
11 March 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 155235
17 June 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 129050
Deficiency record · 4
Communications › Alarms/Indicators › General Alarm
Issued 29 September 2006
Resolved
46CFR27.201
Description: Failure to meet the requirements for a general alarm on a towing vessel. No red light or placard in engine room
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Lights
Issued 29 September 2006
Resolved
46CFR25.25-13(b)
Description: An approved personal flotation device light was not provided for each immersion suit, life preserver, marine buoyant device, and buoyant vest.
Lifesaving
Issued 2 December 1996
Resolved
FOUND TWO LIFE JACKETS INSERVICABLE AND THREE TO BE BOARDERLINE.
Construction/Loadline
Issued 2 December 1996
Resolved
OFFICIAL NUMBER NOT MARKED ON HULL BY PERMINANT MEANS.
Casualty record · 3
13 September 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 1932282
14 October 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5742612
20 December 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7700348
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.