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RIVER DIAMOND

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named RIVER DIAMOND

RIVER DIAMOND is a 1979 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 29 inspections since 1994, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2023.

Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 October 2025.

Built
1979
Last inspected
7 October 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
29
Deficiencies
1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
4 investigations · 2003–2023
Inspected with
8 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
609370
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDK6330
MISLE id
173553
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
368073490
Maury page id
psix-173553

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8
…administrative events2
…with no type recorded19
Years with a record 17 calendar years (1994–2025)
The 29 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)54.5 ft × 19.3 ft × 7.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 81 / net 55
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBENNIE DITTA · HARVEY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1979
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 9 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it81 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
55 - 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

WDK6330MMSI 368073490 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 5 February 2019, expires 5 February 2029
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 · 8

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.

KS5509 Industrial Vessel · MISLE 1812229 · 3 November 2023 · activity 7823899LINKBELT 108 CRANE BARGE Freight Barge · MISLE 1229222 · 22 September 2020 · activity 7067062MPC 812 Tank Barge · MISLE 968018 · 31 October 2008 · activity 3366243ABC 9007 Freight Barge · MISLE 339331 · 21 January 2003 · activity 1989531BKO 147 Freight Barge · MISLE 339332 · 21 January 2003 · activity 2196814921 Tank Barge · MISLE 46514 · 13 April 2000 · activity 31093MER 5 Tank Barge · MISLE 48151 · 13 April 2000 · activity 31093MER 6 Tank Barge · MISLE 48215 · 13 April 2000 · activity 31093

Inspection history · 29

7 October 2025 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8249434
4 November 2024 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8029972
3 November 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7823899
19 October 2023 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7811387
26 January 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7627664
22 August 2022 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7546197
27 May 2021 COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7218341
22 September 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7067062
9 January 2013 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4514069
17 March 2011 DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3966702
17 November 2009 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3634979
17 November 2008 Administration
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3364911
31 October 2008 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3366243
5 July 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2702294
10 May 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Dauphin Island · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2073752
24 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1979671
21 January 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1989531
21 January 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2196814
20 January 2003 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Gulfport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1989603
25 April 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · CGC POINT SAL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1521079
12 May 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 704948
13 April 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 31093
13 April 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 217708
3 October 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 150088
13 June 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 646117
16 March 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 168174
9 March 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 10285
9 March 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 57452
27 January 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 148616

Deficiency record · 1

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills
Issued 19 October 2023 Resolved
The master of a towing vessel must ensure that each crewmember participates in fire-fighting drills and receives instruction at least once each month. Vessel failed to perform firefighting drills for the month of January, March, April, June, and July of 2023, while in operation. The vessel and company were advised that monthly drills shall be performed moving forward. Deficiency was rectified on the spot.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 19 October 2023
Resolution: Vessel representative will ensure crew performs drills on a monthly basis as required by regulation.

Casualty record · 4

21 January 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at GRANDLAKE BRIDGE · activity 2196814
31 October 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · at CSX RR BRIDGE (040) · activity 3366243
22 September 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7067062
3 November 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at HOUMA TWIN SPANS, · activity 7823899
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.

Recorded names · 1

PERRY LYNN (2003–2008). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.