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BORN AGAIN

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

BORN AGAIN is a 1974 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 45 inspections since 1994, most recently in October 2025, along with 28 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 7 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2022.

Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 October 2025.

Built
1974
Last inspected
28 October 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
45
Deficiencies
28 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
7 investigations · 2005–2022
Inspected with
10 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

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 28 October 2025
Recorded inspections45
…physical examinations11
…administrative events5
…with no type recorded29
Deficiencies 28 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 23 calendar years (1994–2025)
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

US Official No.
562776
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDI5865
MISLE id
133004
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-133004

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)61.2 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 140 / net 95
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHARVEY INDUSTRIES, INC · HARVEY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1974
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHENDERSON, KY
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 24 January 2026 · 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 it95 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
140 - 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 10

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.

ELEANOR HADLEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 1386735 · 17 June 2022 · activity 7484086GM 7002 Tank Barge · MISLE 1442817 · 17 June 2022 · activity 7484086POULE D'EAU Freight Barge · MISLE 209410 · 23 July 2017 · activity 6220220LEVIATHAN Freight Barge · MISLE 47048 · 17 August 2010 · activity 3947479GRACIE LEE Towing Vessel · MISLE 132352 · 3 November 2009 · activity 3628090CC 97124 Freight Barge · MISLE 458142 · 15 December 2004 · activity 2261115VICTOR GUZMAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 187430 · 5 December 1995 · activity 2323KIRBY 28708 Tank Barge · MISLE 384996 · 5 December 1995 · activity 2323KIRBY 28709 Tank Barge · MISLE 384998 · 5 December 1995 · activity 2323CH 9378 Freight Barge · MISLE 391353 · 5 December 1995 · activity 2323

Inspection history · 45

28 October 2025 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8254446
4 October 2024 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8016050
13 December 2023 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7838761
16 November 2022 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7595375
17 June 2022 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7484086
6 February 2022 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7391398
11 January 2022 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7378709
20 January 2021 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7127802
6 January 2020 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6883565
5 November 2019 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6849774
5 November 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6850000
24 October 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6843959
9 October 2019 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6833033
10 May 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6688488
21 December 2018 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6601625
21 December 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6608073
23 July 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6220220
24 March 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5840123
13 March 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5832314
26 February 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5822959
6 January 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5791792
21 November 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4761124
14 February 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4533564
7 January 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4515757
7 January 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4516658
22 October 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4470174
18 September 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4444493
27 September 2011 DAPI Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4155585
24 September 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4154771
17 September 2010 Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3855861
17 August 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3947479
3 November 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3628090
21 January 2009 Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3398012
16 November 2008 Administration
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3364290
8 March 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2305861
25 January 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2301602
25 January 2005 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2565590
15 December 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2261115
19 December 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1981116
16 October 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1690680
2 October 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1690666
8 March 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 153496
5 December 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2323
8 September 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 370480
10 August 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 169425

Deficiency record · 28

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 11 October 2024 Resolved
Vessel COI has expired, you are not allows to operate in a commercial service until you submit 3752 Application for Inspection and complete a renewal COI inspection.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 October 2024
Resolved 30 October 2024
Resolution: Inspection Completed.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 4 October 2024 Resolved
During Dry-Dock and ISE it was noticed that the vessel has a transducer located the FWD bow hold that penetrates the hull. The space did not have a bilge alarm.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 20 November 2024
Resolution: Bilge alarm installed and verified to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Each towing vessel must be maintained and operated so as to minimize fire hazards. Found stbd and port generator windings excessively dirty.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 10 January 2024
Resolved 15 January 2024
Resolution: Photos and receipt sent for generator winding cleaning
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
The owner, managing operator, or master of each towing vessel must maintain the required navigational-safety equipment in a fully-functioning, operational condition. Nav lights were dim.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photos sent showing the lights working properly
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Sanitary Facilities
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Each device must use a chemical that is specified or provided by the manufacturer for use in the operation of a device. Found chlorine tablets for use in the Type II MSD that do not follow the instructions supplied by the manufacturer.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photo sent showing proper tablets
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Electrical connections must be suitably installed to prevent them from coming loose through vibration or accidental contact. Found battery installations for both generator prime movers not secured to vessel.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photos sent showing the batteries were secured
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Each towing vessel must be equipped with an industrial type first aid cabinet or kit. Vessel's first aid kit contained expired items and had missing items.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 15 January 2024
Resolution: Recevied receipt of medical supplies that were purchased for the med cabinet.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
A 40–B portable fire extinguisher must be located near the storage room or cabinet. The fire extinguisher gauge was in the recharge range.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 26 January 2024
Resolution: Photo sent of charge fire extinguisher.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Multiple exposed wires were found near both engines.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photo with wires conencted properly received.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Pipes, wires (insulation)
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Each exhaust pipe from an internal combustion engine which is within reach of personnel must be insulated or otherwise guarded to prevent burns. Found exposed pipe withing reach of personnel above upper engine room walkway.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photo of pipe with lagging received.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Lighting (Accommodation)
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. Emergency lighting sources must provide for sufficient illumination under emergency conditions to facilitate egress from each space. Emergency lighting was not found in the berthing or heads.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photos of berthing with glow int he dark tape received.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Buoyant apparatus
Issued 10 January 2024 Resolved
Survival craft and stowage locations must be marked in accordance with the requirements of §§ 199.176 and 199.178 of this chapter. Vessel name and port was not marked on life float.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 January 2024
Resolved 19 January 2024
Resolution: Photo of life float with name received.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 21 January 2021 Resolved
Vessel is currently operating at times beyond 1 NM from shore, which is beyond the allowable route on the COI. The vessel does not have any survival craft onboard, the skiff does not meet the requirements of table 141.305, note 2, and the vessel does not meet 46 CFR 141.305(d)(3) as they do not carry a 406 MHz Cat 1 EPIRB. Provide appropriate EPIRB or Survival Craft so the route can be adjusted to 1.5 NM from shore.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 26 January 2021
Resolved 28 January 2021
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 21 January 2021 Resolved
The vessel’s COI requires 10 life preservers and only 9 life preserves were available. Provide an additional life preserver in accordance with 46 CFR 141.340. Vessel’s is restricted to carrying 7 persons onboard until an additional life preserver is provided.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 4 February 2021
Resolved 28 January 2021
14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Other (MARPOL Annex I)
Issued 21 January 2021 Resolved
One of the four main engine fuel filters is leaking fuel and is in need of repair in accordance w/46 CFR 143.305.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 4 February 2021
Resolved 28 January 2021
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 21 January 2021 Resolved
On all of the vessel’s navigation lights, the bulbs were changed with LED bulbs that were not tested to provide the appropriate visibility. Change all navigation light bulbs back to the manufactures original bulbs in accordance with 46 CFR 143.415.
Condition: Improper Installation
Due 4 February 2021
Resolved 28 January 2021
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 21 January 2021 Resolved
Vessel has the capacity and carries more than 10,500 gallons of fuels; however, no fuel transfer procedures were onboard in accordance with 33 CFR 155.720, 730, 740, and 750.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 4 February 2021
Resolved 28 January 2021
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 21 January 2021 Resolved
Vessels AIS is not transmitting all of the required data for the antenna distances as required by 33 CFR 164.46
Condition: Improper Installation
Due 4 February 2021
Resolved 28 January 2021
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 5 November 2019 Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be maintained to ensure proper operation. Vessel's starboard shaft seal failed allowing excess water ingress to the engine room. Vessel is authorized a one-way light boat transit to A and Z Marine to complete repairs. Repairs must be completed to the satisfaction of attending USCG Marine Inspector prior to any further operations.
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 5 November 2019
Resolved 12 November 2019
Resolution: Replaced to satisfaction of USCG.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 21 December 2018 Resolved
46CFR144.105(C) ITV BORN AGAIN sustained hull damage from a submerged object in thw waterway, approximate location mid ship engine room. Owner/Operator shall submit transit plan to MSU Lake Charles for approval.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 15 October 2019
Resolution: see narrative, activity 6833033.
Documentation
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION NOT ON BOARD.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994
Lifesaving
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
THREE WORKVESTS TORN AND MISSING RETRO.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994
Fire Fighting
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
ALL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON BOARD UNSERVICED.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
MSD HAS NO LABELING OR DOCUMENTATION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Documentation
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
OIL POLLUTION PLACARD MISSING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
MARPOL PLACARD NOT ON BOARD.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994
Navigation
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
NAVRULES OUT DATED.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994
Navigation
Issued 8 September 1994 Resolved
IMPROPER NAVLIGHTS(HOUSEHOLD BULBS).
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 September 1994
Resolved 13 September 1994

Casualty record · 7

25 January 2005Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2301602
3 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3628090
17 August 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 3947479
23 July 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6220220
21 December 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6608073
5 November 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6850000
17 June 2022Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7484086
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.

Recorded names · 1

JOHN 1:1 (2005). 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.