DOUGLAS B

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named DOUGLAS B

DOUGLAS B is a 1998 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 1998, most recently in September 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2000 and 2025.

Records from 1998 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 September 2025.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 16 September 2025
Documentation: Case Pending · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 23
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2000–2025
Inspected with: 12 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

Identity

1071022

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WDH8545

480726

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367659090

Maury page id

psix-480726

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations8

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded13

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1998–2025)

The 23 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.

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)65.0 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 90 / net 72

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderRODRIGUEZ BOAT BUILDERS INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1998

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationCase Pending · issued 5 March 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it90 - Simplified, Gross Ton
72 - Simplified, Net 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

WDH8545MMSI 367659090 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 February 2025, expires 27 February 2035

WDG5017MMSI 367542460 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 15 August 2012, cancelled 27 January 2020

WDE4731MMSI 367357140 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 May 2008, cancelled 21 July 2018

WDC2373MMSI 366992030 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 19 November 2004, cancelled 24 January 2015

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 · 12

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 · 23

16 September 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8235583

16 June 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8161983

23 October 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8023728

10 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8019334

1 November 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7818683

15 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7689074

2 June 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7466138

6 August 2021 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7288610

4 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7276973

1 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6284927

19 October 2016 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6031182

6 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4766540

23 August 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4694032

27 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4625443

30 April 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4598305

29 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4425634

7 October 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3865552

23 August 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3834212

11 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3856509

3 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2579328

5 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 109146

5 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 177885

27 February 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 212444

Deficiency record · 3

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)

Issued 2 June 2022 Resolved

The owner, managing operator, or master of each towing vessel must maintain the required navigational safety equipment in a fully-functioning, operational condition. Vessel did not have an operational depth sounder, GPS and VHF due to issues with power source.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 8 August 2022
Resolution: Verified operation of depth sounder, GPS and VHF.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 2 June 2022 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention. Vessel did not have a functional low steering level alarm and bilge alarm.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 8 August 2022
Resolution: Verified functional steering and bilge alarms.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 4 August 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 1 November 2021
Resolved 8 August 2022
Resolution: Vessel met subchapter M standards through completion of initial COI inspection

Casualty record · 6

5 July 2000Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 5 injured · activity 109146

29 August 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4425634

30 April 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4598305

6 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · at HOUMA NAVIGATIONAL CANAL BRIDGE · activity 4766540

1 October 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at BAYOU BOEUF RAILROAD BRIDGE MORGAN CITY · activity 6284927

16 June 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at LONG ISLAND SWING BRIDGE · activity 8161983

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

Recorded names · 2

CAPTAIN PAUL ALEXIS (2000), M/V SOMMERTIME (2012–2013). 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.