DENNIS FROMENTHAL

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

DENNIS FROMENTHAL is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2015, most recently in January 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2015 and 2017.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 3 January 2025.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 3 January 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2015–2017
Inspected with: 13 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 3 January 2025

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations5

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2015–2025)

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

1255956

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WDH6560

1312498

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1312498

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)78.0 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 195 / net 156

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMASTER MARINE INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 September 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 it195 - Simplified, Gross Ton
156 - Simplified, 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 · 13

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 · 13

3 January 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8056974

29 July 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7969439

14 June 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7934595

10 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7409525

11 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6951559

22 January 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6893887

3 August 2019 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6772114

6 December 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6319677

6 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5933291

18 November 2015 MARPOL · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5766549

16 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5104491

7 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5100382

6 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5065319

Deficiency record · 1

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)

Issued 3 August 2019 Resolved

A vessel must be operated in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and in such a manner as to afford protection against hazards to life, property, and the environment. Vessel experienced an allision and collision within the past 24 hours, one of which involved the failure of towing gear lines/wires releasing the barges in tow. When requested by the USCG, the vessel was unable to provide the specific logbook entires for towing gear recordkeeping: “A record of the type, size, and service of each towline, face wire, and spring line, used to make the towing vessel fast to her tow. The following minimum information is required in the record: The dates when examinations were performed, the identification of each item of towing gear examined, and the name(s) of the person(s) con- ducting the examinations.” Make the vessel available for a USCG inspection, vessel restricted of movement until conducted. 46 CFR 140.820

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 4 August 2019
Resolution: Attended vessel for inspection. Completed satisfactory post-casualty inspection, and viewed logs for towing gear.

Casualty record · 2

7 April 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 5100382

6 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6319677

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.