BRADY DAWSON

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

Built: 2018
Last inspected: 18 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
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 18 August 2025

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2018–2025)

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

1289289

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WDK4438

1525598

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1525598

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)84.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 299 / net 203

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)84.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 403 / net 120

BuilderVESSEL REPAIR · PORT ARTHUR · built 2018

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it403 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
299 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
299 - Dead Weight, Ton
120 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
203 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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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Vessel history report

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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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.

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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.

KIRBY 28745 Tank Barge · MISLE 975960 · 3 December 2020 · activity 7139995 KIRBY 28746 Tank Barge · MISLE 975961 · 3 December 2020 · activity 7139995

Inspection history · 11

18 August 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8214002

9 December 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8045365

4 April 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7889695

5 September 2023 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7784837

30 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7630139

16 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622628

11 May 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7448459

11 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7449950

7 February 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7136922

3 December 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139995

31 August 2018 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6528442

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 4 April 2024 Resolved

Propulsion Loss on the Starboard engine due to high temp alarm caused by a water leak in the water jacketing system. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 4 April 2024
Resolution: DMI received ABS Report of repairs.

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

Issued 7 February 2021 Resolved

While Transiting north at MM 101, tug Brady Dawson experienced a loss of propulsion on their port engine. 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. Duty Marine Inspector will accept an ABS report that satisfies the requirements of this deficiency. Upon satisfaction of repairs by ABS, any codes for Action that limit vessel operations may be removed, and the DMI is to be formally notified by ABS.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 11 February 2021
Resolution: Discrepancy was fixed and ABS report was provided.

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.