SPIRIT

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

SPIRIT is a 2005 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 2006, most recently in September 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2023.

Records from 2006 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 September 2025.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 29 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 23
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2023
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 29 September 2025

Recorded inspections23

…physical examinations12

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2006–2025)

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

1169863

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WDJ5436

744037

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-744037

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)75.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 147 / net 118

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderASHTON BOAT CONSTRUCTION LLC · HARVEY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2005

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 May 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it147 - Simplified, Gross Ton
118 - Simplified, 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.

PBL 2402 Tank Barge · MISLE 48070 · 7 October 2023 · activity 7836616 LASM-38 Tank Barge · MISLE 48423 · 7 October 2023 · activity 7836616 ALVIN C. JOHNSON Towing Vessel · MISLE 145987 · 7 October 2023 · activity 7836616 ING5910 Freight Barge · MISLE 370353 · 7 October 2023 · activity 7836616 SEA URCHIN Tank Ship · MISLE 1688033 · 7 October 2023 · activity 7836616 DEE4 KASTANIA Tank Ship · MISLE 1723048 · 7 October 2023 · activity 7836616

Inspection history · 23

29 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8243189

10 March 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090963

10 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8017133

16 September 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8003454

12 August 2024 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7979369

29 November 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7831034

16 November 2023 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7825900

7 October 2023 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7804832

7 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7836616

3 May 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7680549

7 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7408250

9 March 2021 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7152573

6 December 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7107361

19 March 2020 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6928865

12 September 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6636492

5 August 2014 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4962706

30 September 2011 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4159750

24 August 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3837747

16 July 2010 Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3800330

12 July 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3797202

14 November 2008 Administration

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3363350

5 September 2006 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2769974

7 February 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2580677

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 10 October 2024 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be suitable for route and service. Vessel reported loss of STBD main engine resulting in a reduction in propulsion. Provide TPO report attesting to suitability for intended route and service.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 10 October 2024
Resolution: Received Tech and ABS report attesting serviceability of the vessel.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Water level indicator

Issued 14 August 2024 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have a reliable means to provide notification when an emergency condition exists or an essential system develops problems that require attention for High bilge levels. The forward hold bilge did not have a bilge level sensor installed. Install and test.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 13 September 2024
Resolved 19 August 2024
Resolution: Bilge alarms installed. ABS and Tech Report entered into MISLE.

Fire Fighting › Semiportable CO2 Fire Extinguishers › Number

Issued 5 September 2006 Resolved

Provide B-V extinguisher as required by 46 CFR 27.305

Due 12 September 2006
Resolved 12 September 2006

Fire Fighting › Fire Pumps › Arrangement

Issued 5 September 2006 Resolved

Install remote switch for fire pump as required by 46 CFR 27.301.

Due 5 October 2006
Resolved 28 September 2006
Resolution: Witnessed satisfactory installation and operation of the newly remote start/stop switch for the fire pump.

Casualty record · 1

7 October 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7836616

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.