USS LAFAYETTE

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named USS LAFAYETTE

USS LAFAYETTE is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2015, most recently in November 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2018 and 2025.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 19 November 2025.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 19 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2018–2025
Inspected with: 10 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1263238

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WDK6108

1362344

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368071270

Maury page id

psix-1362344

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2015–2025)

The 12 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 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)74.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 95 / net 76

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderINTERCOASTAL MARINE FAB LLC · LAROSE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 17 November 2025 · expires 30 November 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 - Simplified, Gross Ton
76 - Simplified, Net 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

WDK6108MMSI 368071270 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 December 2018, expires 27 December 2028

WDI3929MMSI 367693420 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 24 September 2015, cancelled 7 March 2026

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

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.

Inspection history · 12

19 November 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8285309

31 October 2024 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8027716

30 October 2024 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8042081

5 November 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6849953

29 October 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6845704

17 September 2018 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6544722

16 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6533346

15 August 2018 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6514306

18 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6214343

26 January 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5801694

17 December 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · MARPOL · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5783872

3 December 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5779437

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 16 August 2018 Resolved

All towing vessels must be operated in a manner that minimizes the risk of down flooding. Vessel involved in collision resulting in 8 inch hole in stbd rudder compartment upper corner, 1 1/2 feet above water line. 46CFR140.610(a) 16c.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 30 August 2018
Resolved 17 September 2018
Resolution: Witnessed satisfactory repairs to hull

Casualty record · 2

16 August 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6533346

19 November 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8285309

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 1

TIM LANDRY (2018). 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.