AMERICAN SKILL

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

AMERICAN SKILL is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2018, most recently in October 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 8 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2024.

Records from 2018 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 28 October 2024.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 28 October 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2019–2024
Inspected with: 6 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 28 October 2024

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations9

…with no type recorded11

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2018–2024)

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

1271964

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WDI9784

1409666

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1409666

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

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 15 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 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.

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 · 6

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 3209 Tank Barge · MISLE 958895 · 22 March 2024 · activity 7888652 CHEM 3231 Tank Barge · MISLE 1195735 · 23 February 2023 · activity 7641510 CHEM 3218 Tank Barge · MISLE 991130 · 24 February 2022 · activity 7405950 CHEM 3703 Tank Barge · MISLE 1216195 · 24 February 2022 · activity 7405950 CHEM 1237 Tank Barge · MISLE 1290287 · 5 November 2021 · activity 7354145 CHEM 174 Tank Barge · MISLE 435254 · 14 October 2021 · activity 7335662

Inspection history · 20

28 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8026100

22 October 2024 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8022698

22 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7883772

22 March 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7888652

15 March 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Port Aransas · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7883377

11 August 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7821630

23 February 2023 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7641169

23 February 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7641510

1 January 2023 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7616210

28 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7585609

4 August 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7527846

24 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7405950

5 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7354145

14 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7335662

21 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7128883

21 January 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7130135

7 October 2019 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6829751

25 September 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6821429

25 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6823159

14 June 2018 MTSA Verification · Administration · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6447951

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 23 February 2023 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. The starboard engine experienced a loss of propulsion. Work with your TPO (TVIB) to clear the deficiency IAW CG-CVC Policy Letter 17-10 prior to departure.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 23 February 2023
Resolution: Received objective evidence via TPO that proper repairs were made and tested satisfactorily. Also, received tech report from [name withheld] stating that the fuel transfer pump would not build fuel pressure and that the transfer pump was replaced with a Caterpi

Casualty record · 8

25 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6823159

21 January 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7128883

14 October 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7335662

5 November 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7354145

24 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7405950

23 February 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7641510

11 August 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7821630

22 March 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7888652

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.