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BEN HAYS
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 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2022
Identity
1312114
WDM3545
1653776
Flag
UNITED STATES
368198210
Maury page id
psix-1653776
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded3
Years with a record
5 calendar years (2021–2026)
The 6 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)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
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 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
WDM3545MMSI 368198210 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 May 2021, expires 12 May 2031
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 · 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 7625794DENIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 695207 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794GAS NORDSEE Tank Ship · MISLE 1036126 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794CCL 408 Tank Barge · MISLE 1225383 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794BANGLAR AGRAGOTI Tank Ship · MISLE 1603184 · 12 March 2022 · activity 7625794Inspection 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)
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, 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.