PEGGY LOUISE

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

PEGGY LOUISE is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 39 inspections since 1993, most recently in July 2025, along with 12 deficiencies and 12 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2020.

Records from 1993 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 July 2025.

Built: 1956
Last inspected: 14 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 39
Deficiencies: 12 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 12 investigations · 2005–2020
Inspected with: 39 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 14 July 2025

Recorded inspections39

…physical examinations11

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded22

Deficiencies 12 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 21 calendar years (1993–2025)

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

271873

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WDP8442

72038

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-72038

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)69.8 ft × 26.1 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 159 / net 108

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBLUDWORTH BROS INC · HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1956

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portBELLEVUE, IA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 18 September 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it159 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
108 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 39

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 · 39

14 July 2025 Initial Certification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8185501

5 November 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8029750

13 September 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7558261

3 April 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6944646

3 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6921054

15 November 2019 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6856521

15 November 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6856579

24 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6361237

14 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6105373

2 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6020321

2 June 2016 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5899421

1 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5734486

16 March 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4554008

27 February 2013 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4541705

14 January 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4516423

21 December 2011 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4212199

1 September 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3841047

14 June 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3766228

27 January 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3403904

27 January 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3404152

21 January 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3399262

20 January 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3399265

8 January 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3390676

18 November 2008 Administration

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3365180

16 January 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3132033

23 October 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3089677

1 August 2006 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2749598

31 July 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2733891

8 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2581755

8 October 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2519227

11 August 2005 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2458942

11 August 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2459002

11 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2459533

18 May 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2383756

21 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2279069

24 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1978716

22 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 415137

20 March 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6732

22 April 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 69933

Deficiency record · 12

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 8 August 2025 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be operated in compliance with:(a) The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (46 U.S.C. Chapter 701); and(b) 33 CFR parts 101 and 104, as applicable. - Did not have a visitor log and VSP is in the approval process with MSC.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 August 2025
Resolved 7 October 2025
Resolution: Received VSP Approval Letter and obtained a ship's visitor log.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Magnetic compass

Issued 8 August 2025 Resolved

Towing vessels must be equipped with the following equipment, as applicable to the area of operation: Illuminated magnetic compass or an illuminated swing-meter (Western Rivers vessels only). The compass or swing-meter must be readable from each operating station. - Light for magnetic compass was inoperable.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 August 2025
Resolved 13 August 2025
Resolution: Installed new magnetic compass w/ light.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings

Issued 8 August 2025 Resolved

(B) The master must ensure that all hatches, doors, and other openings designed to be watertight or weather-tight function properly. (F) Decks and bulkheads designed to be watertight or weather-tight must be maintained in that condition. - Watertight door in lower engine room did not have a gasket. - Galley watertight door leaking daylight through gasket. Gasket needs replacement. - Bulkhead penetrations in lower engine room not waterproof/fire proof.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 August 2025
Resolved 14 August 2025
Resolution: Fireproofed/ Waterproofed bulkhead penetrations in engine room. Replaced gaskets on watertight doors.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 8 August 2025 Resolved

At least one lifebuoy must have a lifeline, secured around the body of the lifebuoy. If more than one lifebuoy is carried, at least one must not have a lifeline attached. Each lifeline on a lifebuoy must: Be of a dark color if synthetic, or of a type certified to be resistant to deterioration from ultraviolet light. - Line attached to light was bright yellow/orange.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 22 August 2025
Resolved 13 August 2025
Resolution: Replaced orange and yellow flourescent line with black line.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 15 November 2019 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have means to monitor and control and the amount of thrust and direction of thrust, at each operating station. Vessel suffered steering relief valve failure allowing hydraulic pressure to bleed off before it reaches normal operating pressure.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 16 November 2019
Resolution: Got underway with the vessel and conducted a trial run of the steering system. Steering is fully operational and working as it should. Received tech report from Marine Services attesting to the repairs conducted.

Engineering › Generator (propulsion/auxiliary-electric) › Battery

Issued 8 January 2009 Resolved

Stbd gen would not start due to a faulty battery.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 9 January 2009
Resolution: 09 JAN 09 Received company attestation via fax for the repair of the stbd generator.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Tide/Tidal Current Tables

Issued 1 August 2006 Resolved

Tide/Tidal Current Tables - Missing