LOUISIANA SUNSHINE

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named LOUISIANA SUNSHINE

LOUISIANA SUNSHINE is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1996, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 deficiency, 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded and 1 casualty investigation in 2010.

Records from 1996 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 7 April 2026.

Built: 1980
Last inspected: 7 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 1 with no removal date recorded
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2010
Inspected with: 15 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

621020

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WDQ2674

184193

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368397290

Maury page id

psix-184193

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded9

Years with a record 8 calendar years (1996–2026)

The 15 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)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 1980

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portBELLE RIVER, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 May 2026 · expires 31 March 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 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 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

WDQ2674MMSI 368397290 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 March 2025, expires 21 March 2035

WDP9204MMSI 368397290 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 December 2024, cancelled 19 March 2025 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

WDE3968MMSI 367346670 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 April 2008, cancelled 2 June 2018

WDE3977MMSI 367346790 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 April 2008, cancelled 2 June 2018

WCW9738MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 December 1996, cancelled 10 February 2007 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

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 · 15

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.

Inspection history · 15

7 April 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8344280

14 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8111413

28 January 2025 Hull Examination · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8071176

23 January 2014 Administration

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4787890

12 January 2010 Marine Casualty Follow Up

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3663959

11 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3688026

24 June 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3512611

26 May 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3494044

9 December 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · CGC POINT SAL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1515811

31 January 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 186182

25 November 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 779420

26 September 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88075

25 September 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 25840

29 May 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 56147

14 June 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 392317

Deficiency record · 1

Unknown

Issued 14 June 1996 Resolved

Hailing port not visible on stern of vessel.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 July 1996
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past

Casualty record · 1

11 January 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3688026

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

MR LESTER (2010). 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.