LAURA B

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

LAURA B is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2017, most recently in February 2026, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 6 February 2026.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 6 February 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2021
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

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 6 February 2026

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations3

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2017–2026)

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

1271640

9794214

WDI9376

1407240

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1407240

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)73.2 ft × 38.2 ft × 16.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 199 / net 135

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)73.2 ft × 38.2 ft × 16.7 ft

ITC tonnagegross 319 / net 95

BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP INC · Panama City, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 December 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 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
135 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
319 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
199 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

BW MALACCA Tank Ship · MISLE 1426226 · 4 December 2021 · activity 7365225 COUGAR Tank Ship · MISLE 1347705 · 25 July 2019 · activity 6768639

Inspection history · 10

6 February 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8307191

6 November 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8265249

16 April 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8112631

18 June 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7934969

18 November 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7597018

4 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7365225

25 July 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6768639

10 July 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6745170

18 September 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6269108

10 July 2017 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6203999

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 1

4 December 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7365225

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.