OVIDE J

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

OVIDE J is a 1998 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 28 inspections since 1999, most recently in July 2023, along with 2 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2023.

Records from 1999 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 18 July 2023.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 18 July 2023
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 28
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2004–2023
Inspected with: 102 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 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 18 July 2023

Recorded inspections28

…physical examinations10

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded14

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1999–2023)

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

1070283

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WDF2443

479561

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-479561

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)76.4 ft × 27.5 ft × 10.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 150 / net 120

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMAIN IRON WORKS · HOUMA LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES · built 1998

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 16 December 2025 · expires 31 January 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 it120 - Simplified, Net Ton
150 - Simplified, Gross 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 · 102

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 · 28

18 July 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7733635

8 June 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7710042

25 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7675073

25 April 2023 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7675614

3 April 2023 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7661461

3 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7720294

10 September 2021 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7309239

29 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7345546

5 December 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7106929

19 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6789308

23 July 2018 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6488007

13 August 2015 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5214608

3 July 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5215070

26 February 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5075846

21 October 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4176308

2 January 2011 Administration

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922891

16 December 2010 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3950817

17 December 2008 Administration

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3381805

11 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3070396

29 October 2004 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2287813

16 September 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2215977

20 April 2004 Security Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2049565

30 March 2004 Security Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2034621

17 January 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1987651

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1965698

28 November 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 26944

10 September 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 54260

8 June 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 429467

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 3 April 2023 Resolved

Machinery must be designed and maintained to provide safe operation of the towing vessel under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel reported steering system failure due to possible grounding. Repair steering system and assess damage to the satisfaction of USCG or TPO prior to operations. In accordance with CVC Policy Letter 17-10, the above deficiencies may be cleared by the operating company's TPO. TPO must submit a report to the cognizant OCMI within 72 hours of clearing the deficiencies.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 3 April 2023
Resolved 4 April 2023
Resolution: Cleared via TPO report. See in documents.

Accommodation/Occupational Safety

Issued 8 June 1999 Resolved

THE OVERBOARD DISCHARGE VALVE WAS NOT SECURED UTILIZING A CHAIN AND LOCK ORSOME OTHER MEANS TO PREVENT DISCHARGE OF THE MSD OVERBOARD.

Condition: Unknown
Due 9 June 1999
Resolved 8 June 1999

Casualty record · 6

16 September 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2215977

11 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3070396

21 October 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4176308

29 August 2021Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 4 injured · activity 7345546

3 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7720294

25 April 2023Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7675073

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

OVIDE J CENAC (2004–2007). 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.