AMERICAN CENTURY

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

AMERICAN CENTURY is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2015, most recently in February 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2022 and 2025.

Records from 2015 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 February 2026.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 10 February 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2022–2025
Inspected with: 2 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 10 February 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations9

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2015–2026)

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

1261315

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WDI3115

1342517

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1342517

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 · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 15 July 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 it239 - Simplified, Gross 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 · 2

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 3211 Tank Barge · MISLE 958899 · 15 August 2022 · activity 7534567 CHEM 3246 Tank Barge · MISLE 1234292 · 15 August 2022 · activity 7534567

Inspection history · 17

10 February 2026 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8308484

9 January 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8137430

8 January 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8060333

3 June 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7926871

5 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7874245

6 February 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7861719

8 September 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7547447

18 August 2022 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7537026

15 August 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7534567

11 August 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7530920

1 July 2022 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7492168

1 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7527020

4 November 2020 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7089876

24 February 2020 Liferaft Servicing

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6914706

8 March 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6644578

21 February 2018 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6359137

5 December 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5776211

Deficiency record · 4

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 8 January 2025 Resolved

The starboard main engine's head cracked. Make necessary repairs.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 13 January 2025
Resolution: Received objective evidence via TPO that proper repairs were made and tested satisfactorily.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 6 February 2024 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must: (2) Be suitable for route and service; and (3) Have suitable propulsion controls to provide the operator full control at each operating station. Conduct repairs and test of affected machinery to the satisfaction of the TPO. Provide TPO report attesting to the repairs and tests 46CFR143.205(c)(2)(3).

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 February 2024
Resolved 10 February 2024
Resolution: Objective evidence received attesting to the satisfactory repairs and tests of the port Z drive

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 12 August 2022 Resolved

Once properly relieved of its tow, Vessel is permitted to transit lite boat from MM 334 on the Tenn Tom river to National Shipyard - Paducah, Kentucky. Prior to departure from National Shipyard company must provide local OCMI with objective evidence (IAW the companies TSMS) attesting to satisfactory repair. 46CFR143.205(c)(1)(2)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 18 August 2022
Resolution: Provided objective evidence of satisfactoy repairs.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 11 August 2022 Resolved

Z Drive Inoperable. Propulsion Machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment must be maintained to ensure proper operation and be suitable for route and service. Vessel is restricted from movement until cleared by the CG. 143.205(c)(1)

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 12 August 2022
Resolution: Relieved of tow and allowed to transit lite boat to shipyard for repairs

Casualty record · 3

1 July 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7527020

15 August 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7534567

9 January 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8137430

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.