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AMERICAN LIFE
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named AMERICAN LIFE · AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES TRANSPORTATION SERVICES operator of record, 2023
AMERICAN LIFE is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2018, most recently in December 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2018 and 2024.
Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 December 2025.
- Built
- 2016
- Last inspected
- 15 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 5 investigations · 2018–2024
Identity
1268290
WDI7069
1382891
Flag
UNITED STATES
367725060
Maury page id
psix-1382891
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded8
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2018–2025)
The 19 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)75.8 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 354 / net 106
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)75.8 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.3 ft
ITC tonnagegross 354 / net 106
BuilderSTEINER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2016
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, charter
DocumentationValid · issued 13 May 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it354 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
106 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
106 - Convention (Subpart B), 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
WDI7069MMSI 367725060 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 January 2026, expires 2 April 2036
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 · 3
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 3700 Tank Barge · MISLE 13013 · 12 May 2024 · activity 7938989CHEM 3214 Tank Barge · MISLE 972726 · 12 May 2024 · activity 7938989CHEM 3249 Tank Barge · MISLE 1234295 · 6 April 2018 · activity 6389057Inspection history · 19
15 December 2025
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8283352
30 October 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8031861
12 May 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7938989
24 January 2024
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7853731
10 December 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7836990
9 December 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7840065
8 December 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7837998
20 January 2023
Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7624729
15 September 2022
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7559777
14 September 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7566277
4 May 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7444064
1 April 2022
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7423107
14 May 2021
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7196995
3 June 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6703333
16 May 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6685382
17 January 2019
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6637075
6 April 2018
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6387980
6 April 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6389057
21 February 2018
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Administration
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6358633
Deficiency record · 2
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 10 December 2023
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel's starboard z-drive has an oil leak. through a seal on the keel of the vessel. Vessel must submit a transit plan for review prior to getting underway. Once the transit plan is reviewed the vessel will be allowed one time transit in accordance with accepted transit plan to shipyard to affect repairs.
In accordance with CVC Policy Letter 17-10, the above deficiencies may be cleared by the operating company's TPO. TPO must submit a report to the cognizant OCMI within 72 hours of clearing the deficiencies.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 September 2022
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. Vessels port engine experienced a casualty. Identify and repair port engine and associated Z-drive and provide objective evidence in accordance with your TSMS.
Casualty record · 5
6 April 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6389057
14 September 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7566277
8 December 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7837998
12 May 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at MEMPHIS HIGHWAY BRIDGE · activity 7938989
30 October 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8031861
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.
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.