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RUFFIAN
RUFFIAN is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1993, most recently in July 2024, along with 2 casualty investigations in 2013.
Records from 1993 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 July 2024.
- Built
- 1978
- Last inspected
- 12 July 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2013
Identity
590798
WDG6810
156924
Flag
UNITED STATES
367560890
Maury page id
psix-156924
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded6
Years with a record
9 calendar years (1993–2024)
The 12 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)56.0 ft × 22.1 ft × 8.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 107 / net 73
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLOUIS G ORTIS BOAT CO INC · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1978
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 16 July 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it107 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
73 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
73 - 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 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDG6810MMSI 367560890 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 November 2022, expires 29 January 2033
WDF4000MMSI 367446720 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 9 April 2010, cancelled 13 June 2020 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDC3013MMSI 367001430 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 December 2004, cancelled 21 February 2015 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
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.
OKALOOSA Towing Vessel · MISLE 131541 · 6 December 2013 · activity 4766192CBC 762 Freight Barge · MISLE 485887 · 6 December 2013 · activity 4766192Inspection history · 12
12 July 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7972120
20 June 2024
MTSA Verification · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7928796
19 October 2020
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7107666
29 May 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5144238
6 December 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4766192
5 September 2013
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4707113
31 January 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4529891
19 May 2010
DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3742084
16 September 2009
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3604522
26 January 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2863360
13 June 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC CUTTYHUNK (WPB 1322) · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1523147
3 December 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 39191
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 · 2
31 January 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4529891
6 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4766192
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.