SANDY B

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

SANDY B is a 1974 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1997, most recently in December 2025, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2019.

Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 December 2025.

Built: 1974
Last inspected: 16 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2009–2019

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 16 December 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations5

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded7

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 12 calendar years (1997–2025)

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

562531

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WDJ2318

132805

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-132805

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)61.2 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 116 / net 79

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderGENERAL MOTORS · FORKED ISLAND, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1974

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portCAPE GIRARDEAU, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 1 August 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it79 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
116 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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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Inspection history · 15

16 December 2025 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8284355

21 July 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8213962

17 December 2020 Initial Certification · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7113355

21 July 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6758396

21 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6758649

12 June 2018 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6442250

4 August 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4676911

24 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4449648

12 November 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3891753

1 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3426423

25 August 2006 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2761832

9 May 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2644577

8 December 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1962510

31 October 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 283906

24 October 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 513216

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 · 3

1 March 2009Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 3426423

4 August 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4676911

21 July 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6758396

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.