TEXAS

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named TEXAS

TEXAS is a 1958 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 1997, most recently in July 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 6 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2025.

Records from 1997 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 21 July 2026.

Built: 1958
Last inspected: 21 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 6 investigations · 2002–2025
Inspected with: 18 other vessels

Identity

276425

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WCZ9220

74142

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

366983140

Maury page id

psix-74142

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded13

Years with a record 13 calendar years (1997–2026)

The 20 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)98.4 ft × 26.2 ft × 13.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 252 / net 171

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJAKOBSON SHIPYARD INC · OYSTER BAY, NY, UNITED STATES · built 1958

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it252 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
171 - 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 September 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.

Radio station licence

WCZ9220MMSI 366983140 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 April 2020, expires 30 June 2030

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 18

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 · 20

21 July 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8443472

25 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8332012

29 April 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8129511

1 April 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7893816

5 March 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7647838

4 March 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7646644

19 July 2021 Initial Certification · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7261009

17 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5799916

18 June 2015 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5156690

6 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5098127

4 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2311601

3 March 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2017573

3 March 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2017596

3 February 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1484132

24 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 280427

2 October 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 102792

20 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 121892

17 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 419461

7 October 1997 MARPOL Annex I Examination · Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 785873

7 October 1997 MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 785874

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 25 March 2026 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 wobbles, and the capt originally thought there was a line stuck in the wheel. Dive company found damaged/bent fluke.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 25 March 2026
Resolved 2 April 2026
Resolution: Received ABS report attesting to the satisfactory repair of port propeller and working propulsion system.

Casualty record · 6

3 February 2002Major Marine Casualty · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 1484132

4 March 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2311601

6 April 2015Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 4 injured · activity 5098127

17 January 2016Major Marine Casualty · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5799916

5 March 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7647838

29 April 2025Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 8129511

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.