PEARL

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

PEARL is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 1991, most recently in August 2026, along with 4 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2004.

Records from 1991 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 5 August 2026.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 5 August 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2004
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 5 August 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations7

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded9

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1991–2026)

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

641507

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WDJ7670

202351

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-202351

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)51.4 ft × 24.1 ft × 8.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 68 / net 54

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLOUIS G ORTIS BOAT CO INC · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portBERWICK, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it68 - Simplified, Gross Ton
54 - Simplified, 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 · 17

5 August 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8456179

19 May 2026 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8375649

23 April 2026 Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check · Drydock Exam · Vessel Attendance · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8354885

21 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5131364

12 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5124151

5 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4765379

6 August 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4676797

4 September 2012 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4431909

2 July 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4374235

24 May 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4321283

20 July 2011 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4131780

25 July 2006 MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2724874

13 January 2006 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2566512

3 September 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2189047

10 December 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 399478

22 May 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 172865

5 December 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 655610

Deficiency record · 4

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Structural features (ship)

Issued 13 July 2026 Resolved

Rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks accessible to crew. Equivalent protection may include lifelines, wire rope, chains, and bulwarks that provide strength and support equivalent to fixed rails. Vessel's catwalk deck area does not have handrails or any fall protection.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 14 July 2026
Resolution: Vessel installed a temporary repair. Repair consisted of placing ratchet straps along the cat walk on the main deck of the vessel for both port and stbd sides.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 19 May 2026 Resolved

Lifebuoys must have the following attachments and fittings: At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110, unless the towing vessel is limited to daytime operation, in which case no floating electric water light is required. 01 lifebuoy on the stbd side of the wheelhouse was missing required approved floating electric water light.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 14 July 2026
Resolution: Installed approved light on stbd side ring lifebuoy.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 19 May 2026 Resolved

Pressure vessels must be externally examined annually. Relief valves must be tested in accordance with § 143.245. Pressure vessel relief valves were missing tags and documentation to demonstrate compliance with testing interval requirements.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 27 July 2026
Resolved 14 July 2026
Resolution: Completed required tests on pressure vessel pressure relief valves and provided applicable documentation. Inspected tags on valves demonstrating that they were tested.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Structural features (ship)

Issued 19 May 2026 Resolved

Rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks accessible to crew. Equivalent protection may include lifelines, wire rope, chains and bulwarks that provide strength and support equivalent to fixed rails. Vessel implemented temporary repairs to provide protection on main deck. Vessel must install permanent fixture of protection on main deck to prevent crew from falling overboard.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 13 August 2026
Resolved 5 August 2026
Resolution: Vessel installed permanent hand railing on main deck. All SAT

Casualty record · 1

3 September 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2189047

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

HDF I (2004). 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.