R. A. SIMS

The 6 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 6 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.0 ft × 20.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 69 / net 55

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderALBERT ORTIS BOAT BLDG CO · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1992

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portLAFITTE, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 23 December 2025 · 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 it55 - Simplified, Net Ton
69 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

WDF7896MMSI 367489260 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 May 2011, cancelled 17 July 2021

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 4

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.

GTMO BRIDGE Freight Barge · MISLE 49156 · 4 July 1996 · activity 112228 IRON EAGLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 85885 · 4 July 1996 · activity 112228 MR. DUCK Towing Vessel · MISLE 178578 · 4 July 1996 · activity 112228 TIDEMAR 240 Freight Barge · MISLE 53546 · 7 December 1994 · activity 130767

Inspection history · 6

21 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6961992

19 April 2012 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4289777

17 January 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1511016

4 July 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 112228

7 December 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 130767

4 December 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 212327

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.

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.