CAPT EARL DEVALL

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

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 14 March 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: 23 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

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 March 2025

Recorded inspections32

…physical examinations12

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded16

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 13 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

1167310

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WDF3224

736821

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-736821

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)67.7 ft × 25.0 ft × 9.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 95 / net 64

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)67.7 ft × 25.0 ft × 9.5 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLA FORCE SHIPYARD INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2005

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHACKBERRY, LA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 4 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 it95 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
64 - 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 23

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

14 March 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8093346

4 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7789551

5 August 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7760584

4 August 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7834601

25 July 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7751472

25 July 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7810059

29 March 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7659077

31 January 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7629662

13 November 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7593479

13 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7593898

28 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7585371

28 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7627336

3 October 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7570309

8 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7122823

16 January 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6890871

26 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5804109

4 November 2015 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5765433

28 September 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4452528

28 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4452616

18 August 2010 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3829334

12 August 2010 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · MARPOL

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3822891

12 December 2008 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3378762

11 December 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3422457

14 November 2008 Administration

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3363201

3 April 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2900757

30 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2898663

28 March 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2897618

6 November 2006 Administrative Inspection · Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2815421

6 November 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2815434

20 November 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2586687

24 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2342513

27 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2321671

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 13 November 2022 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 reported flanking rudder steering linkage broke. Vessel is required to provide objective evidence of repairs and successful operational test with technician report to the satisfactory of the TPO and receive USCG clearance prior to departure. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 13 November 2022
Resolution: provided TPO report

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 28 October 2022 Resolved

Steering systems must meet ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels under 90 Meters in Length. Vessel reported damage to starboard rudder and prop due to marine casualty. Fix to the satisfaction of the TPO and CG.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 November 2022
Resolved 1 November 2022
Resolution: Vessel installed a brand new stbd rudder, repaired the port rudder, and installed new wheels.

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

Issued 3 October 2022 Resolved

STB rudder was bent and had to ve cut to allow full range of motion. Vsl is allowed on time transit to Conrad Morgan City to replace rudder in accordance with plan developed by TPO.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 5 October 2022
Resolved 3 October 2022
Resolution: Recieved TPO report attesting to compeltion of repairs to rudder.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Documentation (CG-1270)

Issued 6 November 2006 Resolved

Certificate of Documentation was expired since April 30, 2006.

Due 29 November 2006
Resolved 17 November 2006
Resolution: Valid COD provided.

Recorded names · 2

MORGAN RAY (2005–2007), MR R L GUIDRY (2008). 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

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