SANDY POINT

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

SANDY POINT is a 2004 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2004, most recently in September 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2024.

Records from 2004 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 18 September 2024.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 18 September 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2010–2024
Inspected with: 6 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 18 September 2024

Recorded inspections22

…physical examinations10

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded11

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2004–2024)

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

1163278

8991085

WDB8067

721719

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-721719

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)71.0 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 232 / net 157

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)71.0 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.7 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderKODY MARINE INC · HARVEY · built 2004

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it232 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
157 - 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 · 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.

MMI 613 Tank Barge · MISLE 420154 · 26 December 2011 · activity 4214252 MMI 610 Tank Barge · MISLE 420156 · 26 December 2011 · activity 4214252 BOLIVAR POINT Towing Vessel · MISLE 867549 · 26 December 2011 · activity 4214252 LUCKY LADY Towing Vessel · MISLE 130977 · 8 March 2010 · activity 3692032 STC 3016 Tank Barge · MISLE 498759 · 8 March 2010 · activity 3692032 HTCO 3017 Tank Barge · MISLE 498760 · 8 March 2010 · activity 3692032

Inspection history · 22

18 September 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8005350

18 September 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8044331

9 August 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7977759

20 July 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7962477

7 May 2024 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7907939

30 January 2024 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7858679

13 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7506108

3 May 2022 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7442956

9 September 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6538196

23 October 2014 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5011373

26 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4214252

12 November 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3890147

8 March 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3692032

14 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3663482

10 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2990817

7 November 2006 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2817840

9 November 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2646375

24 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2406189

28 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2282502

23 November 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2247034

18 November 2004 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2243787

5 October 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2215167

Deficiency record · 3

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 18 September 2024 Resolved

Electrical equipment and systems must be maintained to ensure proper operation and be suitablefor route and service. Vessel suffered fire in port generator. Vessel shall make repairs and ensure proper repairs and operation of equipment to the satisfaction of the TPO. TPO shall provide sufficient report of repair to the USCG. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 20 September 2024
Resolution: Vessel replaced generator armature. Test sat.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine

Issued 20 July 2024 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessel experienced an electrical surge, crew investigated found a small fire coming from the port generators electrical end. Vessel shall notify TPO and effect repairs to the satisfaction of the RO. Vessel is authorized a one time transit to [name withheld] to effect repairs. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 20 July 2024
Resolved 20 July 2024
Resolution: Electrical end of generator replaced with like new electrical end.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine

Issued 7 May 2024 Resolved

Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Port side generator inoperable due to an internal engine casualty.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 7 June 2024
Resolved 12 May 2024
Resolution: Replaced generator.

Casualty record · 4

8 March 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3692032

26 December 2011Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4214252

9 September 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6538196

18 September 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8044331

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.