DISCOVERY

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

DISCOVERY is a 1979 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1993, most recently in November 2016, along with 4 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2014.

Records from 1993 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 19 November 2016.

Built: 1979
Last inspected: 19 November 2016
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2004–2014
Inspected with: 8 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 10 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 19 November 2016

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations2

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded12

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 13 calendar years (1993–2016)

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

615683

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WDC4075

179303

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-179303

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.7 ft × 22.1 ft × 8.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 83 / net 57

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLOUIS G ORTIS BOAT CO INC · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1979

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUnknown

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 May 2026 · expires 30 June 2027

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it83 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
57 - 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 · 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.

MR EARL Towing Vessel · MISLE 4330 · 31 May 2010 · activity 3762860 KIRBY 10802 Tank Barge · MISLE 49962 · 31 May 2010 · activity 3762860 MGI 2720 Tank Barge · MISLE 983824 · 31 May 2010 · activity 3762860 KIRBY 30304 Tank Barge · MISLE 21059 · 8 January 2010 · activity 3660832 DAVID O Towing Vessel · MISLE 198940 · 8 January 2010 · activity 3660832 KIRBY 28312 Tank Barge · MISLE 365056 · 8 January 2010 · activity 3660832 MI 81-1 Freight Barge · MISLE 674463 · 13 January 2004 · activity 1985786 97-3 Freight Barge · MISLE 471424 · 21 May 2001 · activity 109980

Inspection history · 15

19 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6044358

4 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5235643

28 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4824759

28 October 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4177928

31 May 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3762860

8 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3660832

30 April 2008 Administration · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3195893

11 July 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2709490

11 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2272871

13 January 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1985786

21 May 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 109980

23 January 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1522344

21 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 81613

18 July 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213165

1 February 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 67303

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 · 4

13 January 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1985786

8 January 2010Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3660832

31 May 2010Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3762860

28 March 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4824759

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.