BEAR

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

BEAR is a 2024 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2024, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2026.

Records from 2024 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 19 April 2026.

Built: 2024
Last inspected: 19 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 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 19 April 2026

Recorded inspections5

…physical examinations1

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2024–2026)

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

1343902

1032646

WDP5120

1816385

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1816385

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)93.2 ft × 42.6 ft × 19.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 299 / net 204

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)93.2 ft × 42.6 ft × 19.8 ft

ITC tonnagegross 496 / net 148

BuilderNORTH AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING LLC · Larose, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2024

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portGALLIANO, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 13 May 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it496 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
299 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
148 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
204 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

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.

METHANE JULIA LOUISE Tank Ship · MISLE 1069444 · 19 April 2026 · activity 8352292 MOOSE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1816421 · 19 April 2026 · activity 8352292 JOSEPHINE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1818362 · 19 April 2026 · activity 8352292 FRED Towing Vessel · MISLE 1818364 · 19 April 2026 · activity 8352292

Inspection history · 5

19 April 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8352292

8 April 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8344816

4 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8151958

14 June 2024 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7934713

22 May 2024 Plan Review (Other than "T")

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7924079

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 · 1

19 April 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8352292

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.