MARTHA OLIVER

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MARTHA OLIVER is a 1995 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 49 inspections since 1997, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 8 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2023.

Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 22 October 2025.

Built: 1995
Last inspected: 22 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 49
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2010–2023
Inspected with: 16 other vessels

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 22 October 2025

Recorded inspections49

…physical examinations11

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded31

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 25 calendar years (1997–2025)

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

1033531

8635617

WCU2641

426753

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-426753

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)65.0 ft × 26.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 113 / net 90

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderVERRET SHIPYARD, INC. · PLAQUEMINE LA, UNITED STATES · built 1995

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 2 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 it113 - Simplified, Gross Ton
90 - 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 16

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.

Inspection history · 49

22 October 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8257290

12 February 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8078937

4 September 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7996020

14 June 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7958756

6 November 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7820875

5 November 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7820895

3 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7615959

16 November 2022 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7595741

9 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7408762

9 March 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7411803

14 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7333315

15 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7287284

24 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7205919

16 March 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7157298

3 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7089003

27 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7025976

10 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6871371

9 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6871354

9 September 2019 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6807377

6 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6776637

27 May 2019 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6696287

1 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6654754

28 December 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6621197

15 July 2016 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5946068

16 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5860210

8 December 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5797542

24 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4822703

9 July 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA/ISPS Verification · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4647746

18 June 2013 DAPI Audit

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4627073

8 December 2012 Damage Survey · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4499641

30 July 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4099751

4 June 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3760256

22 February 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3684147

25 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4149141

5 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3428302

28 January 2009 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3401608

16 January 2009 Administration

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3395194

2 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3355720

3 May 2006 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2639751

29 March 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2322125

9 January 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1982124

24 November 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1953947

17 October 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1936922

8 January 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1476536

31 January 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 425193

12 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 419262

20 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 32604

26 June 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 223581

19 May 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 222125

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 9 March 2022 Resolved

Hydraulic steering hose connected to steering ram burst.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 March 2022
Resolved 9 March 2022
Resolution: Replaced hydraulic hose in kind.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › US Coast Pilot

Issued 12 August 1998 Resolved

NO U.S. COAST PILOT ON BOARD VESSEL.

Condition: Unknown
Due 12 August 1998
Resolved 4 May 2006
Resolution: Verified that UTV has an up-to-date Coast Pilot on board.

Casualty record · 8

25 January 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4149141

24 March 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4822703

8 December 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5797542

16 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5860210

6 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6776637

10 December 2019Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6871371

9 March 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7411803

5 November 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7820895

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.