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AVERY JAMES
AVERY JAMES is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 1998, most recently in October 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2008.
Records from 1998 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 October 2025.
- Built
- 1975
- Last inspected
- 15 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2008
Identity
566396
WDQ5880
135981
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-135981
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded12
Years with a record
15 calendar years (1998–2025)
The 20 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.
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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)53.6 ft × 20.0 ft × 8.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 95 / net 64
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLOUIS G ORTIS BOAT CO INC · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1975
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portCHAUVIN, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 9 September 2025 · expires 30 September 2026
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), Gross Ton
64 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
64 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.
One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.
Inspected as a tow unit · 6
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.
CAPT. TIMMY Towing Vessel · MISLE 191202 · 3 January 2008 · activity 3134124CHOPS Towing Vessel · MISLE 197222 · 3 January 2008 · activity 3134124SCNO 1329-B Tank Barge · MISLE 49932 · 5 September 2001 · activity 96182COASTAL 2019-L Tank Barge · MISLE 49186 · 4 February 1999 · activity 94952CORI WEILAND Towing Vessel · MISLE 171376 · 4 February 1999 · activity 94952KIRBY 10432 Tank Barge · MISLE 53170 · 27 October 1998 · activity 24378Inspection history · 20
15 October 2025
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8249637
4 August 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7277190
22 August 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6794993
2 August 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6505875
10 August 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6237227
25 September 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5729053
27 February 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4807283
4 February 2014
Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4791750
17 November 2008
Administration
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3364399
3 January 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3134124
1 August 2006
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2732587
28 July 2006
Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2727727
30 December 2004
Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2266517
25 November 2003
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2009391
22 August 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1673578
5 September 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 96182
22 November 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 435009
4 February 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 94952
27 October 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 24378
14 October 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 421507
Deficiency record · 5
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 4 August 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Quantity
Issued 22 November 1999
Resolved
UNINSPECTED TOWING VESSEL FOREST EAGLE IS MISSING 2 TYPE TWO LIFE PRESERVERS ONBOARD. THIS MUST BE CORRECTED PRIOR TO NEXT DEPARTURE.
Construction/Loadline › Markings › Vessel Name/Home Port
Issued 14 October 1998
Resolved
OFFICAL NUMBER NOT PERMANATELY AFFIXED TO HULL.
Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Coast Guard Light List
Issued 14 October 1998
Resolved
COAST GUARD LIGHT LIST NOT ON BOARD.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Quantity
Issued 14 October 1998
Resolved
NOT ENOUGH PFD FOR ENTIRE CREW.
Casualty record · 1
3 January 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3134124
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
DELTA MALLARD (2008). 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.