COASTAL DAWN

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

COASTAL DAWN is a 2004 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 2006, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 deficiency, 1 operational control and 9 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2014.

Records from 2006 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 8 April 2026.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 8 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 26
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 9 investigations · 2006–2014
Inspected with: 6 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 8 April 2026

Recorded inspections26

…physical examinations11

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded13

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 16 calendar years (2006–2026)

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

1153039

9343027

WDB8245

670911

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-670911

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)80.9 ft × 29.9 ft × 11.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 186 / net 126

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.9 ft × 29.9 ft × 11.8 ft

ITC tonnagegross 213 / net 63

BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2004

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 23 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it186 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
213 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
126 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
63 - Convention (Subpart B), 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 · 6

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.

E.W. ELLEFSEN Industrial Vessel · MISLE 54783 · 19 February 2012 · activity 4248300 HERCULES Towing Vessel · MISLE 85327 · 19 February 2012 · activity 4248300 GERARD D Towing Vessel · MISLE 197668 · 13 January 2012 · activity 4226201 BROWN TIDE Towing Vessel · MISLE 188776 · 31 May 2010 · activity 3790134 WEEKS 588 Freight Barge · MISLE 711158 · 31 May 2010 · activity 3790134 WEEKS 115 Freight Barge · MISLE 211153 · 26 April 2009 · activity 3462884

Inspection history · 26

8 April 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8344633

4 April 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8105307

30 August 2024 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7992723

3 June 2024 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7926169

8 April 2024 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7891958

6 April 2024 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7890759

28 February 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7643041

16 December 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7609975

27 February 2020 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6916825

7 June 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6706967

3 August 2017 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6229171

1 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4894027

10 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4813839

4 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404013

23 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Grand Isle · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4388588

19 February 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4248300

13 January 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4226201

24 March 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3970930

1 June 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3768735

31 May 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3790134

22 April 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3724555

26 April 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3462884

23 February 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3154726

29 January 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2586561

28 January 2006 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2575796

27 January 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2576815

Deficiency record · 1

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-reduction gear) › Governor

Issued 29 January 2006 Resolved

Vessel experienced a propulsion failure.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 1 March 2006
Resolution: 1MAR06: Based on meeting all requirements outlined in the order and plus the satisfactiory report from an attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector, COTP order#018-06 is hereby rescinded.

Casualty record · 9

27 January 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2576815

26 April 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3462884

31 May 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3790134

24 March 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3970930

13 January 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4226201

19 February 2012Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 4248300

4 August 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · 1 injured · activity 4404013

10 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 4813839

1 May 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4894027

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

CANDACE (2006–2014). 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.