JOAN CENAC

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

JOAN CENAC is a 2006 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2011, most recently in November 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2011 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 26 November 2024.

Built: 2006
Last inspected: 26 November 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 26 November 2024

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2011–2024)

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

1194252

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WDD5325

867356

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-867356

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)66.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 7.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 74 / net 59

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMASTER MARINE INC · BAYOU LA BATRE · built 2006

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 13 November 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it74 - Simplified, Gross Ton
59 - 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 · 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.

VENGEANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 91455 · 1 January 2011 · activity 3925540

Inspection history · 10

26 November 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8039576

22 November 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7831946

24 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7041797

14 August 2020 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7033239

14 August 2019 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6783104

3 September 2015 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5232980

22 January 2015 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5057168

16 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4413438

21 March 2011 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3968533

1 January 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3925540

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 14 August 2020 Resolved

Each towing vessel certificated under the provisions of the subchapter must be in full compliance with the terms of the COI. Vessel is operating outside of certificated route on COI.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 16 August 2020

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

Issued 14 August 2020 Resolved

Prior to getting underway and at all other times necessary to ensure the safety of the vessel, the master or officer in charge of a navigational watch must determine whether the vessel complies with all stability requirements. Vessel operating outside of scope of stability statement/document.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 16 August 2020

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 14 August 2020 Resolved

Except as provided in paragraph(d)(2) through (4) of this section each towing vessel must carry the survival craft specified in table 141.305. Vessel has no survival craft onboard.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Resolved 16 August 2020

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 14 August 2020 Resolved

Each towing vessel must be equipped with a means to detect smoke in berthing spaces. No smoke detection devices in berthing spaces.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 15 August 2020

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.