CREOLE CHIEF

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 1998 and 2006, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1980–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

The 2 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 20 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)132.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 525 / net 357

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

Builderbuilder not recorded · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNot recorded

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationInvalid

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it357 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
525 - 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 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

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.

GONSOULIN 201 Tank Barge · MISLE 437707 · 6 June 2006 · activity 2672121 T C NUGENT III Towing Vessel · MISLE 807518 · 6 June 2006 · activity 2672121 GONSOULIN 201 Tank Barge · MISLE 437707 · 13 May 1998 · activity 112404

Inspection history · 2

6 June 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2672121

13 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 112404

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.

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.