WILLIAM O

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

WILLIAM O is a 2021 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2021, most recently in November 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2021 and 2025.

Records from 2021 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 19 November 2025.

Built: 2021
Last inspected: 19 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2021–2025
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

1315975

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WDM4325

1669770

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1669770

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2021–2025)

The 13 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)62.0 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 93 / net 75

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderRODRIGUEZ SHIPBUILDING INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2021

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 December 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it93 - Simplified, Gross Ton
75 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

WEEKS 519 Freight Barge · MISLE 1651553 · 6 February 2025 · activity 8078789

Inspection history · 13

19 November 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8271243

15 July 2025 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8186096

7 July 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8178911

5 April 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8105677

27 February 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8088715

6 February 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8075963

6 February 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8078789

24 January 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8069234

20 December 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8049550

21 March 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7656132

11 March 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7649339

19 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7336177

28 July 2021 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7270283

Deficiency record · 3

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 19 November 2025 Resolved

Essential systems or equipment must be regularly tested and examined. Tests and examinations must verify that the system or equipment functions as designed. MI observed crew unfamiliar with the operation of the emergency dewatering system. 46 CFR 143.245(a)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 22 November 2025
Resolution: VSL replaced bilge pump. OP test all sat.

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

Issued 15 July 2025 Resolved

Vessel experience STB main engine shut down due to fouled STB propeller

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 15 July 2025
Resolution: Received ABS report (uploaded) attesting to satisfactory repairs and sea trials.

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

Issued 5 April 2025 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced a loss of 200 RPM while pushing pontoon tanks towards a barge. The vessel slowed down and the wheel tugged to the side. Vessel is to transit to nearest shipyard to affect repairs. Notify CG upon completion of repairs.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 14 April 2025
Resolved 5 April 2025

Casualty record · 3

19 October 2021Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 7336177

6 February 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8078789

27 February 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8088715

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.