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RANDY HOPSON

Built
2014
Last inspected
8 October 2024
Documentation
Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

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 8 October 2024
…with no type recorded3
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 6 calendar years (2016–2024)
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

WDH6840
1316877
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1316877

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)109.4 ft × 35.5 ft × 12.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 573 / net 171
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)109.4 ft × 35.5 ft × 12.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 573 / net 171
BuilderBOCONCO INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2014
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHOUSTON, TX
Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un
DocumentationValid · issued 11 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it573 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
171 - Convention (Subpart B), 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 3

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.

BELL Towing Vessel · MISLE 819976 · 17 January 2018 · activity 6348536HTCO 3104 Tank Barge · MISLE 1224380 · 17 January 2018 · activity 6348536HSM 3146 Tank Barge · MISLE 1350218 · 17 January 2018 · activity 6348536

Inspection history · 12

8 October 2024 In-Service Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8016131
2 April 2024 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7889968
24 June 2023 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7722367
24 June 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7723806
17 May 2022 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7452942
23 December 2019 In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6878306
16 December 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6880657
26 January 2019 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6616340
26 January 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6616369
9 May 2018 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6410254
17 January 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6348536
22 January 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5805980

Deficiency record · 3

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)
Issued 23 December 2019 Resolved
Missing port steering rudder and 3 bent flukes on port wheel. Vessel is allowed to transit light boat to Amherst Madison Marine Repair in Gallipolis, OH for repair and/or replacement.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 January 2020
Resolved 27 December 2019
Resolution: Replaced port steering rudder and both screws
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Shipboard Marine Pollution emergency operations
Issued 16 December 2019 Resolved
Vessel operating with expired/de-activated Non-tank Vessel Response Plan (NTVRP). Plan #13725 expired and was de-activated on July 19, 2109.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 17 May 2022
Resolution: Application submitted to CG-MER-1, to added orphaned towing vessels to KIRBY Plan #13322.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 26 January 2019 Resolved
Steering pump failure
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 30 January 2019
Resolved 27 January 2019
Resolution: Repairs made to Steering Pump. Engineer found a wire was loose and became diconnected.

Recorded names · 1

HIGMAN LEADER (2018–2019). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.