BIG AL
BIG AL is a 1954 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1992, most recently in May 2011, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2002.
Records from 1992 to 2011. Most recent: inspection, 16 May 2011.
- Built
- 1954
- Last inspected
- 16 May 2011
- Documentation
- No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2002
Identity
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 15 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.
Inspections, by type
Documentation record
76 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
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Inspected as a tow unit · 3
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.
KIRBY 10517 Tank Barge · MISLE 52042 · 22 March 2002 · activity 1606134BIG RED Freight Barge · MISLE 37953 · 9 October 2001 · activity 1477946TIBURON Towing Vessel · MISLE 73821 · 8 February 1992 · activity 120028Inspection history · 7
Deficiency record · 0
No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.