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MATTHEW JAMES

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

MATTHEW JAMES is a 2006 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2007, most recently in March 2024, along with 8 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2023.

Records from 2007 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 1 March 2024.

Built
2006
Last inspected
1 March 2024
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
22
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
8 investigations · 2009–2023
Inspected with
13 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 1 March 2024
Recorded inspections22
…physical examinations8
…administrative events2
…with no type recorded12
Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 15 calendar years (2007–2024)
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

US Official No.
1191229
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDD4491
MISLE id
853587
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-853587

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)70.4 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 98 / net 66
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)70.4 ft × 28.0 ft × 10.2 ft
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLA FORCE SHIPYARD INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2006
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 13 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
66 - 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 13

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.

QUENTIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 36506 · 6 October 2023 · activity 7806122GONSOULIN 123 Tank Barge · MISLE 798802 · 9 December 2020 · activity 7117143GONSOULIN 537 Tank Barge · MISLE 1250066 · 9 December 2020 · activity 7117143DRUM POINT Towing Vessel · MISLE 777259 · 26 July 2012 · activity 4420168HTCO 3079 Tank Barge · MISLE 1101300 · 26 July 2012 · activity 4420168GONSOULIN 128 Tank Barge · MISLE 798808 · 11 April 2012 · activity 4287750GONSOULIN 127 Tank Barge · MISLE 799126 · 11 April 2012 · activity 4287750KIRBY 20704 Tank Barge · MISLE 49006 · 26 June 2011 · activity 4059716KIRBY 33702B Tank Barge · MISLE 52676 · 26 June 2011 · activity 4059716NATIVITY Towing Vessel · MISLE 133262 · 26 June 2011 · activity 4059716DC 30205 Tank Barge · MISLE 403181 · 26 June 2011 · activity 4059716LASM-43 Tank Barge · MISLE 403183 · 26 June 2011 · activity 4059716GONSOULIN 117 Tank Barge · MISLE 484819 · 17 May 2009 · activity 3481743

Inspection history · 22

1 March 2024 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7873283
6 October 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806122
18 July 2023 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7741414
12 July 2023 TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7754699
21 December 2022 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7611951
19 March 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7159720
9 December 2020 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7117143
28 August 2020 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7044750
10 April 2019 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6659656
6 August 2018 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6502596
9 May 2017 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6141306
12 December 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4768432
26 July 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4420168
11 April 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4287750
26 June 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4059716
15 November 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3937232
8 June 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3498367
29 May 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3496061
18 May 2009 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3477702
17 May 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3481743
20 November 2008 Administration
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3366462
22 February 2007 MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2877591

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 8

17 May 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3481743
29 May 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3496061
26 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4059716
11 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4287750
26 July 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4420168
12 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4768432
9 December 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7117143
6 October 2023Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7806122
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.