CAPT D J

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

CAPT D J is a 1983 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2001, most recently in November 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2001 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 6 November 2025.

Built: 1983
Last inspected: 6 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022

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 6 November 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations10

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2001–2025)

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

658071

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WDD6019

216859

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-216859

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.0 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 52 / net 42

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderPERRY A LAFONT · GOLDEN MEADOW, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1983

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portCUT OFF, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 17 January 2026 · expires 31 December 2026

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 it52 - Simplified, Gross Ton
42 - 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.

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Inspection history · 15

6 November 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8265351

22 October 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8257282

20 December 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8047144

9 November 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7811621

15 December 2022 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7609697

28 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7455293

4 January 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7424023

15 December 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7112326

23 November 2020 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7100898

10 December 2019 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6875540

29 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6351097

4 March 2010 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3693865

22 January 2009 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3398264

21 April 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Grand Isle · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2050254

7 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1522453

Deficiency record · 3

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 30 October 2025 Resolved

Fire-detection systems must be inspected or tested at least once every 12 months. Annual servicing for on board fire-detection systems was overdue.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 30 November 2025
Resolved 30 October 2025
Resolution: Vessel was attended by certified technician to preform service on fire detection system.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances

Issued 9 November 2023 Resolved

(b) Functional requirements. A towing vessel's survival craft must meet the functional requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) through (5) of this section. Functional requirements describe the objectives of the regulation. Survival craft must: (1) Be readily accessible; The Life float had a puncture on the side rendering it inoperable and ready for immediate use.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 16 November 2023
Resolved 16 November 2023

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 15 December 2022 Resolved

"The following systems must be equipped with gauges at the machinery location: Main engine lubricating oil pressure and main engine RPM:" The Main Engines did not have a RPM gauge installed at the machinery location. Install a RPM gauge at the machinery location for the main engines.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 16 January 2023
Resolved 7 January 2023

Casualty record · 1

28 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7455293

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.