BEN HAYS

Towing Vessel · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BEN HAYS is a 2021 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2021, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2021 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 27 May 2026.

Built: 2021
Last inspected: 27 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022
Inspected with: 5 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 27 May 2026

Recorded inspections6

…physical examinations2

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2021–2026)

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

1312114

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WDM3545

1653776

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1653776

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)76.0 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 162 / net 130

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderVERRET SHIPYARD INC · PLAQUEMINE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2021

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portBATON ROUGE, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 June 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it162 - Simplified, Gross Ton
130 - Simplified, 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 · 5

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.

CHALLENGE Tank Ship · MISLE 53002 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794 DENIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 695207 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794 GAS NORDSEE Tank Ship · MISLE 1036126 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794 CCL 408 Tank Barge · MISLE 1225383 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794 BANGLAR AGRAGOTI Tank Ship · MISLE 1603184 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794

Inspection history · 6

27 May 2026 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8381907

1 November 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8028310

7 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7652554

12 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7625794

27 December 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7373296

9 June 2021 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7219243

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 1 November 2024 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 vessel experienced a reduction in propulsion on the starboard main diesel engine. Vessel permitted a one time assisted transit dockside and is required to enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the TPO and submit a satisfactory TPO report to the Coast Guard. 46 CFR 143.205 (a)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 18 May 2026

Casualty record · 1

12 March 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7625794

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.