ARLENE

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s

ARLENE is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 1996, most recently in April 2025, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2012.

Records from 1996 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 April 2025.

Built: 1980
Last inspected: 21 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2012
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 21 April 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations5

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1996–2025)

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

624605

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WDC9108

187452

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-187452

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)57.6 ft × 23.5 ft × 8.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 99 / net 67

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderALBERT DEHART & SONS · ABBEVILLE LA, UNITED STATES · built 1980

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 15 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
67 - 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 · 1

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.

JDM 6 Freight Barge · MISLE 133530 · 20 June 2003 · activity 1833375

Inspection history · 14

21 April 2025 TPO Audit

Administrative · Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise · Activity 8116095

4 April 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8095591

16 October 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813496

26 November 2019 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6868684

16 August 2019 USCG Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6785408

15 April 2019 Deficiency Check · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6645466

30 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6200927

12 November 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4491035

21 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4446959

27 May 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4326932

21 April 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3995477

2 March 2009 Administrative Inspection · Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3426301

20 June 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1833375

21 December 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 156561

Deficiency record · 5

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts

Issued 1 August 2019 Resolved

A towing vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts, maps, and nautical publications for the intended voyage. Vessel did not have current and corrected charts onboard.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 August 2019
Resolved 8 August 2019
Resolution: Verified current and updated were onboard.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › On board training and instructions

Issued 1 August 2019 Resolved

Prior to getting underway for the first time on a particular towing vessel, each crewmember must receive a safety orientation on: The location, operation, and use of lifesaving equipment. Vessel crew was unfamiliar with operation of inflatable buoyant apparatus and location of EPIRB.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 August 2019
Resolved 8 August 2019
Resolution: Verified new crewmember received a safety orientation.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 1 August 2019 Resolved

The line throwing appliance and its equipment must be readily available for use. The line throwing appliance as stored in an unmarked cardboard box and was not ready to use.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 August 2019
Resolved 8 August 2019
Resolution: Verified line throwing appliance was readily available for use.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm

Issued 1 August 2019 Resolved

The general alarm must be capable of notifying each person onboard in the event of an emergency. The general alarm was inaudible on the main deck and 01 deck.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 August 2019
Resolved 8 August 2019
Resolution: Verified general alarm was audible from main deck and 01 deck.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment

Issued 1 August 2019 Resolved

A towing vessel without a fixed fire extinguishing system must have a 160 B:C semi portable fire extinguishing system to protect the engine room. The semi-portable extinguisher was not ready for immediate use and was unable to protect the engine room where it was stored.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 15 August 2019
Resolved 8 August 2019
Resolution: Verified 160 B:C semi portable fire extinguisher was ready for immediate use and able to protect engine room where it is currently stored now.

Casualty record · 1

12 November 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4491035

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.