COTTLE

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

COTTLE is a 2019 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2019, most recently in December 2024, along with 2 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2021.

Records from 2019 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 28 December 2024.

Built: 2019
Last inspected: 28 December 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2019–2021
Inspected with: 12 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 December 2024

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations7

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2019–2024)

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

1291739

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WDK6182

1541337

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1541337

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 INC · PORT ARTHUR, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2019

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 March 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it403 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
299 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.

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 · 12

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.

Inspection history · 17

28 December 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8056790

7 October 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8015406

5 August 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7974895

27 February 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871031

16 February 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7866599

13 January 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7621157

30 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7312001

30 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7312019

29 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7314669

16 November 2020 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7096018

14 November 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7097103

13 March 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6927588

8 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6622672

7 February 2019 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6621824

7 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6628174

7 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6750560

14 January 2019 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6609852

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 16 November 2020 Resolved

Steering systems must meet ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels. Vessel reported that it experienced a loss of steering when the rudder became jammed. Vessel rotated through pumps and regained steering. Cause of steering loss was not determined. Prior to vessel returning to service, all repairs must be completed to the satisfaction of ABS (class) and a tech report along with a statement from ABS attesting to the repairs be reviewed by a USCG Marine Inspector. 46 CFR 143.550

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 16 November 2020
Resolution: Technicians found loose connections, repaired and replaced impoper connections. Conducted opeational test, tech and ABS satisfied. Coast Guard MI approved Tech report.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 8 February 2019 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. Vessel experienced a loss of both generators which caused a loss of steering. Vessel must enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard or TPO prior to departure.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 8 March 2019
Resolved 9 February 2019
Resolution: REceived technical report from vessel rep. ABS Attneded vessel and witnessed succesful test of generators under load. Permanent repairs made to the satisfaction of the TPO.

Casualty record · 6

7 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6628174

7 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6750560

14 November 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7097103

29 August 2021Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7314669

30 August 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7312001

30 August 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7312019

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.