CAPT. STEPHEN

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

CAPT. STEPHEN is a 1964 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2003, most recently in May 2022, along with 1 deficiency, 2 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded and 2 casualty investigations between 2018 and 2022.

Records from 2003 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 13 May 2022.

Built: 1964
Last inspected: 13 May 2022
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 1 with no removal date recorded
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2018–2022
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 4 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 13 May 2022

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations3

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded6

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls 1 with no removal date recorded

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2003–2022)

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

297251

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WV8553

85643

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-85643

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)48.6 ft × 16.5 ft × 6.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 40 / net 27

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLAROSE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1964

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it27 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
40 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 1

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.

BOB Freight Barge · MISLE 335209 · 2 November 2003 · activity 1947706

Inspection history · 10

13 May 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7452560

13 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7467817

3 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7276433

20 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6341670

10 October 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4461597

19 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Violation Case Coordination Center · Activity 2338118

22 March 2005 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · MIDET EAST BANK DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2316653

16 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2312314

16 March 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2315206

2 November 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1947706

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 3 August 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 1 November 2021
Resolved 19 August 2021
Resolution: Vsl placed in Laid-up status and per laid-up policy CVC-PR-16, vsl will not count toward fleet totals for Sub M phase-in compliance.

Casualty record · 2

20 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6341670

13 May 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7467817

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.