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LOUISIANA STAR
LOUISIANA STAR is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 34 inspections since 1986, most recently in December 2025, along with 8 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2024.
Records from 1986 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 2 December 2025.
- Built
- 1980
- Last inspected
- 2 December 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 6 investigations · 2005–2024
Identity
618877
WDK9482
182252
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-182252
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.
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded25
Years with a record
23 calendar years (1986–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)60.3 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 129 / net 88
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLEMAY BARGE & SUPPLY INC · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1980
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionUnknown
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portCINCINNATI, OH
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 30 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it88 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
129 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
129 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 42
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. Towing vessels are barely present in the record before 1992, so tow-unit membership for activities older than that is recorded only partially.
ASHLEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 93081 · 5 June 2013 · activity 4613907WOODY DUMAS Towing Vessel · MISLE 194630 · 5 June 2013 · activity 4613907VERA BISSO Towing Vessel · MISLE 502418 · 5 June 2013 · activity 4613907IN025319 Freight Barge · MISLE 511534 · 5 June 2013 · activity 4613907CINDY Z Towing Vessel · MISLE 95515 · 4 May 2008 · activity 3199132CHEM 164 Tank Barge · MISLE 389330 · 4 May 2008 · activity 3199132SCF 2021 Freight Barge · MISLE 12504 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216SIGNET INTRUDER Towing Vessel · MISLE 20237 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216CH 0131 Freight Barge · MISLE 22053 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216SIGNET THUNDER Towing Vessel · MISLE 38867 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216MISS LAURA Towing Vessel · MISLE 100670 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216MBL506B Freight Barge · MISLE 172710 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216WTT 8303 Freight Barge · MISLE 175916 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216CM 4B Freight Barge · MISLE 176822 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216ACBL 6016 Freight Barge · MISLE 181246 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216ACBL 6023 Freight Barge · MISLE 184299 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216WEB-902B Freight Barge · MISLE 191861 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216OR 6168 Freight Barge · MISLE 193929 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216SCNO 8105 Freight Barge · MISLE 195397 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216MISS KAYLYNN Towing Vessel · MISLE 200191 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216CMT 173 B Freight Barge · MISLE 434269 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216BIG 303B Freight Barge · MISLE 447943 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216LTD 110 Freight Barge · MISLE 451885 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216LTD 122 Freight Barge · MISLE 451897 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216LTD 160 Freight Barge · MISLE 451936 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216MAR 905B Freight Barge · MISLE 602937 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216MTC 543B Freight Barge · MISLE 672416 · 7 February 2005 · activity 2680216OR 5129 Freight Barge · MISLE 327312 · 6 June 1999 · activity 166173KMM 300B Freight Barge · MISLE 200025 · 22 July 1998 · activity 21287BUFFALO STAR Tank Barge · MISLE 385414 · 22 July 1998 · activity 21287SAN RAFAEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 439036 · 22 July 1998 · activity 21287GSS 14 Tank Barge · MISLE 40860 · 13 July 1998 · activity 99905GSS 33 Tank Barge · MISLE 44383 · 13 July 1998 · activity 99905JOHN FORREST TERRAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 99810 · 13 July 1998 · activity 99905BUNGE 99 Freight Barge · MISLE 107357 · 13 July 1998 · activity 99905RM 81 Freight Barge · MISLE 178118 · 13 July 1998 · activity 99905MEM 5205 Freight Barge · MISLE 477773 · 13 July 1998 · activity 99905WF-78-06 Freight Barge · MISLE 157175 · 6 December 1997 · activity 3138561582 Freight Barge · MISLE 132049 · 20 February 1994 · activity 24120VL 81203 Freight Barge · MISLE 190639 · 20 February 1994 · activity 24120FULLA Towing Vessel · MISLE 193946 · 20 February 1994 · activity 24120GMT 518 Freight Barge · MISLE 118672 · 25 November 1991 · activity 36816Inspection history · 34
2 December 2025
MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8276105
11 October 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8112954
21 February 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7868131
12 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7620460
20 November 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7098974
20 August 2020
Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7038405
7 June 2017
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6163631
21 September 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6029925
5 June 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4613907
12 January 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4515762
7 October 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4465122
2 September 2010
MTSA/ISPS Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3844439
2 March 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3428017
4 May 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3199132
13 September 2006
Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2777500
7 February 2005
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2680216
21 June 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2105886
30 December 2003
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1990315
4 April 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1601287
30 March 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1601260
6 June 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 166173
22 July 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 21287
13 July 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 99905
9 December 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 106138
6 December 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3138
18 October 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 37166
27 April 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 654376
25 February 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 193351
25 February 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 472763
15 October 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 15374
20 February 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 24120
3 March 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 187936
25 November 1991
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 36816
11 December 1986
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 313311
Deficiency record · 8
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 9 December 2025
Resolved
The valve must be operable from a safe place outside the space when the valve is installed. During the testing of the stbd fuel shutoff valve for the generator, the emergency pull cable was inoperable preventing the fuel valve from closing.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo & other hatchways
Issued 2 December 2025
Resolved
The master must ensure that hatches, doors, and other openings designed to be watertight or weathertight function properly. During the examination of the engine room the marine inspector observed the port aft watertight door that went from the lower deck of the engine room to the rudder room was unable to close.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 12 January 2023
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.
Steering system failed during operation. Make appropriate repairs and provide corrective actions and full operational test to the satisfaction of the TPO.
43 CFR 143.205 (a)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 20 November 2020
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be maintained to ensure proper operation. while u/w vessel experienced a reduction in propulsion. Determine cause and demonstrate proper operation to satisfaction of approved TPO(ABS). Submit TPO report to attending marine inspector.
Lifesaving
Issued 11 December 1986
Resolved
NO FOG BELL WAS ON BOARD
Unknown
Issued 11 December 1986
Resolved
NO HAILING PORT ON STERN.
Documentation
Issued 11 December 1986
Resolved
MARINE DOCUMENT EXPIRED 1983.
Unknown
Issued 11 December 1986
Resolved
NO INLAND NAVIGATION RULES ON BOARD VESSEL.
Casualty record · 6
7 February 2005Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2680216
4 May 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 5 injured · activity 3199132
2 March 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3428017
7 October 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4465122
5 June 2013Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4613907
11 October 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8112954
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,
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