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AMERICAN HERO
AMERICAN HERO is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2017, most recently in November 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2024.
Records from 2017 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 14 November 2024.
- Built
- 2015
- Last inspected
- 14 November 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 5 investigations · 2017–2024
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
14 November 2024
…with no type recorded10
Deficiencies
2 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2017–2024)
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
1258726
WDH8807
1328092
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1328092
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 2015
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 4 June 2026 · expires 30 June 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 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 · 7
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.
CHEM 3208 Tank Barge · MISLE 868092 · 6 July 2022 · activity 7499937CHEM 3222 Tank Barge · MISLE 1141990 · 6 July 2022 · activity 7499937CHEM 3238 Tank Barge · MISLE 1220275 · 9 February 2021 · activity 7146036CHEM 3239 Tank Barge · MISLE 1220276 · 9 February 2021 · activity 7146036LAURENCE M GONSOULIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 1280462 · 23 January 2017 · activity 6076906MM 800 Tank Barge · MISLE 1329652 · 23 January 2017 · activity 6076906MM 802 Tank Barge · MISLE 1329653 · 23 January 2017 · activity 6076906Inspection history · 17
14 November 2024
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8019143
20 May 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7916777
26 January 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7858789
26 January 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871131
2 September 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7782834
2 September 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7790344
6 December 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7605050
6 July 2022
Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7498435
6 July 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7499937
14 April 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7431329
1 August 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7274437
9 February 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7138529
9 February 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7146036
6 December 2019
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6850584
29 September 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6823822
21 February 2018
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6357975
23 January 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6076906
Deficiency record · 2
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 6 July 2022
Resolved
Loss of both engines reported.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 9 February 2021
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearing, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operations.
Vessel received unknown Z-drive alarms on the port engine and shut down the engine to protect the equipment. The cause of the casualty must be determined and repairs made to the satisfaction of the third-party organization prior to departure from the Captain of the Port Zone. The vessel should a report from the Third-Party Organization to the Coast Guard once the CG-835 is cleared.
The vessel is authorized a one-time, lightship transit from its location in the vicinity of Freeport, TX to Brady Island in order to drydock and conduct repairs.
Casualty record · 5
23 January 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6076906
9 February 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7146036
6 July 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7499937
2 September 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7790344
26 January 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7871131
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
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