ROY MICHAEL

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

ROY MICHAEL is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2015, most recently in August 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2023.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 August 2025.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 21 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2017–2023

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 21 August 2025

Recorded inspections21

…physical examinations4

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded9

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2015–2025)

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

1263752

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WDI3791

1367012

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1367012

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)75.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 189 / net 151

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMAIN IRON WORKS LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 23 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 it189 - Simplified, Gross Ton
151 - 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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Inspection history · 21

21 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8215105

22 April 2024 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7897171

27 February 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7873685

13 February 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7865291

17 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8027238

22 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7514003

28 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7420298

19 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7415011

22 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7338347

11 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7283564

4 July 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6995220

10 July 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6744651

16 April 2019 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6663382

17 February 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6629549

28 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6572679

28 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6573415

8 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6438462

31 May 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · Administration

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6430208

27 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6362991

25 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6295454

6 October 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5739623

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 4 July 2020 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. While departing Southwest Shipyard Channelview, the vessel suffered a loss of steering. Vessel shall affect satisfactory repairs to the steering gear system and provide TPO report to local OCMI prior to movement.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 4 July 2020
Resolved 8 July 2020
Resolution: Received survey report attesting to battery replacement and operational test of steering gear system.

Casualty record · 4

25 October 2017Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 6295454

28 October 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6572679

28 October 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6573415

17 October 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8027238

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.