LIL C

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

LIL C is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2003, most recently in February 2026, along with 5 deficiencies — 2 with no resolution recorded — and 1 casualty investigation in 2003.

Records from 2003 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 February 2026.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 4 February 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2003
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 4 February 2026

Recorded inspections8

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2003–2026)

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

640449

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WDN4649

201459

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-201459

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)47.3 ft × 18.2 ft × 4.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 33 / net 25

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDAVID LEBLANC · GALLIANO, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portBELLE CHASSE, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 9 June 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 it33 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
25 - 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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Inspection history · 8

4 February 2026 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8305374

29 January 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8071837

22 January 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7857374

9 November 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7592003

19 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7510764

6 May 2011 DAPI Audit

Administrative · USCG Heartland District · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4017062

4 November 2009 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3631354

28 October 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1963459

Deficiency record · 5

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm

Issued 4 February 2026 Resolved

Alarm setpoints are required to be tested twice every 5 years, with no more than 3 years elapsing since last test. Vessel had not tested alarm set points IAW required timelines.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 18 February 2026
Resolved 6 February 2026
Resolution: Vessel provided documentation of satisfactory alarm set point testing.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 4 February 2026 Resolved

Emergency lighting must be provided for all internal crew working and living areas. The emergency lights on the bridge did not illuminate when the vessel dropped power.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 18 February 2026
Resolved 6 February 2026
Resolution: Vessel provided photographic evidence of operational emergency light

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 4 February 2026 No resolution recorded

Machinery systems must be maintained to provide for the safety of persons on board under normal operating conditions. The port generator exhaust piping is leaking.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 November 2027

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 4 February 2026 No resolution recorded

The frame or support of any semi-portable fire extinguisher fitted with wheels must be welded or otherwise permanently attached to a steel bulkhead or deck to prevent it from rolling under heavy sea conditions. The semi portable extinguisher on the vessel was tied over a railing hanging over the back deck.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 November 2027

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 19 July 2022 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing vessel must have onboard a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel has not scheduled an inspection or obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection immediately and the vessel may no longer be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 19 July 2022
Resolved 2 November 2022
Resolution: COI inspection complete. COI routed.

Casualty record · 1

28 October 2003Significant Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 1963459

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.

Recorded names · 1

LADY ETHEL (2003). 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.