ARLENE

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 10 February 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 32
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 22 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 10 February 2025

Recorded inspections32

…physical examinations9

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded18

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2005–2025)

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

1165107

8991061

WDF 2437

729939

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-729939

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)123.4 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 297 / net 202

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)123.4 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 399 / net 119

BuilderMAIN IRON WORKS LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2004

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 20 November 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
399 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
202 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
119 - 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.

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Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026, 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 22

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 · 32

10 February 2025 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8080755

5 August 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7760550

4 August 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7776742

30 June 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7727294

20 March 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7653869

20 March 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7653998

22 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7100039

10 March 2020 MTSA Verification · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6924130

18 February 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5818675

15 December 2015 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5782086

23 November 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5829160

21 June 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5160161

2 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4915360

10 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4813515

6 November 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4748970

28 November 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4492905

12 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Pascagoula · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4206838

24 May 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3745866

7 April 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3712979

7 April 2010 Marine Casualty Follow Up

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3719697

12 January 2010 Marine Casualty Follow Up

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3663212

12 January 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3663421

3 September 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3584984

3 April 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3492475

9 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2872138

9 February 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2876000

11 July 2006 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2709682

22 November 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2539165

30 July 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2464136

8 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2391789

8 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2458029

22 April 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET EAST BANK DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2340491

Deficiency record · 4

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Safe means of access

Issued 10 February 2025 Resolved

The Master must ensure that all hatches, doors, and other openings designed to be watertight or weathertight function properly. The paint locker emergency escape hatch was not watertight and could not be opened by hand. Make repairs to the emergency escape hatch.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 27 February 2025
Resolution: inspected / tested hatch closure.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Ventilation (Working spaces)

Issued 10 February 2025 Resolved

Means must be provided for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces. The starboard engine room ventilation closure is inoperable. Make repairs to the same.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 27 February 2025
Resolution: tested ventilation closure.

18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)

Issued 10 February 2025 Resolved

An individual may not be engaged or employed on a vessel unless subject to the random testing requirements of 46 CFR 16.230. Provide proof of enrollement of all crewmembers in the random drug testing program.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 26 February 2025
Resolution: POC provided document from third party maritime consortium attesting to enrollement of crewmembers in the marine employers drug testing program.

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

Issued 22 November 2020 Resolved

Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Vsl lost steering while approaching a pier due to a tripped breaker providing power to rudder room. Provide TPO report to satisfy requirements of this deficiency.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 24 November 2020
Resolution: Reset relief valves and pressure limit switches. Also changed 100 amp breaker that had tripped and caused original loss of power. Conducted satisfactory test of steering system.

Recorded names · 1

ARLEN B CENAC SR (2005–2010). 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.