BLACK DIAMOND

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

BLACK DIAMOND is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 1991, most recently in October 2012, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2008.

Records from 1991 to 2012. Most recent: inspection, 31 October 2012.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 31 October 2012
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2007–2008
Inspected with: 1 other vessel
Also recorded as: 1 other name

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 14 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 31 October 2012

Recorded inspections8

…physical examinations1

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (1991–2012)

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

643702

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WDG4327

204152

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-204152

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.5 ft × 22.1 ft × 9.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 81 / net 55

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 shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portIBERIA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 26 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 it81 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
55 - 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.

MOBRO 1202 Freight Barge · MISLE 55345 · 15 July 2001 · activity 51837

Inspection history · 8

31 October 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4475593

28 April 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3195707

14 May 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2930468

26 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2894975

29 September 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2789734

9 February 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2003269

15 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 51837

4 November 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO BUFFALO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 660554

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 2

26 March 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2894975

28 April 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3195707

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

MISS LOIS (2007–2008). 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.