INNOVATOR

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

INNOVATOR is a 2003 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 46 inspections since 2003, most recently in November 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 13 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2024.

Records from 2003 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 11 November 2024.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 11 November 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 46
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 13 investigations · 2004–2024
Inspected with: 12 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 11 November 2024

Recorded inspections46

…physical examinations12

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded28

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 17 calendar years (2003–2024)

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

1141274

8981420

WDF4880

618792

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-618792

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)75.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 189 / net 151

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderORANGE SHIPBUILDING CO INC · ORANGE, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2003

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 15 September 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it189 - Simplified, Gross Ton
151 - 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 · 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.

CBC 325 Tank Barge · MISLE 383835 · 11 November 2024 · activity 8034075 CBC 328 Tank Barge · MISLE 383839 · 19 February 2024 · activity 7871167 CBC 107 Tank Barge · MISLE 25315 · 11 May 2022 · activity 7449457 CBC 89 Tank Barge · MISLE 369916 · 11 May 2022 · activity 7449457 VOYAGER Towing Vessel · MISLE 68445 · 9 March 2014 · activity 4813132 LINCOLN THOMAS Towing Vessel · MISLE 137324 · 9 March 2014 · activity 4813132 CBC 7031 Tank Barge · MISLE 596405 · 9 March 2014 · activity 4813132 CBC 7032 Tank Barge · MISLE 596406 · 9 March 2014 · activity 4813132 KIRBY 30303 Tank Barge · MISLE 21027 · 19 January 2012 · activity 4227613 INTRA RECOIL Towing Vessel · MISLE 109800 · 19 January 2012 · activity 4227613 CBC 7032 Tank Barge · MISLE 596406 · 19 January 2012 · activity 4227613 CBC 7024 Tank Barge · MISLE 462937 · 25 March 2004 · activity 2036073 CBC 7025 Tank Barge · MISLE 463304 · 25 March 2004 · activity 2036073

Inspection history · 46

11 November 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8034075

10 November 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8033671

28 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8026463

23 September 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8007811

30 August 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7999352

17 July 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7960607

13 July 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7957180

13 July 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7960546

31 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7925633

11 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7893593

19 February 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7871167

23 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7599188

8 November 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7591904

11 May 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7448797

11 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7449457

26 January 2022 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7393500

22 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7264920

21 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7180109

3 February 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7138073

25 October 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7083910

15 March 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6926753

20 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6451223

17 August 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6334105

29 July 2016 Administration · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5959842

9 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4813132

23 July 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4662515

7 June 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4625317

10 January 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4518545

11 April 2012 Marine Casualty Follow Up

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4285986

19 January 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4227613

3 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4138587

6 October 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3864815

25 August 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3833357

7 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3413861

30 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2810540

26 July 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2727788

27 November 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2629554

16 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2629572

1 February 2005 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2284761

13 January 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2274920

25 March 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2036073

19 February 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2037534

26 January 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2004732

8 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1961005

1 August 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1868332

22 July 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1984204

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 13 July 2024 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Gear box on the vessel's port main engine shutdown and broke. Proceed to Verrett Shipyard to make repair port gear box and provide a TPO report attesting to the repair and proper operation of the port main engine. 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.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 July 2024
Resolved 17 July 2024
Resolution: TPO provided report attesting to repair and operation of the vessel.

Casualty record · 13

26 January 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2004732

19 February 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2037534

25 March 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2036073

3 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4138587

19 January 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4227613

10 January 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4518545

7 June 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4625317

17 August 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6334105

20 June 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6451223

11 May 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7449457

19 February 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7871167

13 July 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7960546

11 November 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8034075

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.