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.
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.
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
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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 shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
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
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.
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Every recorded inspection, 1980 to
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and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this
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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.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 10 December 2023Resolved
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.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 11 December 2023
Resolved 15 December 2023
Resolution: TPO provided technician report and cleared vessel.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 September 2022Resolved
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.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 29 September 2022
Resolved 17 September 2022
Resolution: Received objective evidence of repair and sat ops test.
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 · 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. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Ownership record
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