LEIGHTON K

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

LEIGHTON K is a 2023 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2023, most recently in April 2026, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2024 and 2026.

Records from 2023 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 28 April 2026.

Built: 2023
Last inspected: 28 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2024–2026
Inspected with: 4 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 28 April 2026

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations4

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2023–2026)

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

1331218

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WDN4692

1759612

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1759612

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)79.8 ft × 38.5 ft × 16.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 199 / net 135

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)79.8 ft × 38.5 ft × 16.7 ft

ITC tonnagegross 345 / net 103

BuilderMASTER BOAT BUILDERS INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2023

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 December 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it345 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
199 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
103 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
135 - 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 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 · 4

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.

HARRIS II Towing Vessel · MISLE 435907 · 28 April 2026 · activity 8361511 CUTLASS GALAXY Tank Ship · MISLE 1379111 · 28 April 2026 · activity 8361511 ES KURE Freight Ship · MISLE 1177169 · 13 October 2024 · activity 8020696 EDEN K Towing Vessel · MISLE 1788181 · 13 October 2024 · activity 8020696 HARRIS II Towing Vessel · MISLE 435907 · 24 July 2024 · activity 7965214

Inspection history · 9

28 April 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8361511

19 December 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8285744

17 November 2025 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8269443

9 September 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8230049

13 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8020696

24 July 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7965214

17 July 2023 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7745128

27 February 2023 Plan Review "T" Boat

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7643206

1 January 2023 Initial Certification · Construction Oversight · Plan Review (Other than "T") · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637566

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 · 3

24 July 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7965214

13 October 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8020696

28 April 2026Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 8361511

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.