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MATAGORDA

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

MATAGORDA is a 2007 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2007, most recently in March 2026.

Records from 2007 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 March 2026.

Built
2007
Last inspected
4 March 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
12
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with
3 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 4 March 2026
Recorded inspections12
…physical examinations4
…administrative events3
…with no type recorded5
Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 9 calendar years (2007–2026)
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.
1204198
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDM2317
MISLE id
916255
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-916255

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)72.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 144 / net 115
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2007
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUSTON, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 29 April 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 it144 - Simplified, Gross Ton
115 - 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 3

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.

THE BEATRICE Towing Vessel · MISLE 208640 · 23 July 2011 · activity 4146205STC-609 Tank Barge · MISLE 359840 · 23 July 2011 · activity 4146205GONSOULIN 412 Tank Barge · MISLE 874307 · 23 July 2011 · activity 4146205

Inspection history · 12

4 March 2026 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8312607
2 December 2025 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8276439
2 July 2025 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8172867
22 March 2021 Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7170458
31 July 2014 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4939755
16 September 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4716490
4 March 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4543091
23 July 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4146205
9 November 2010 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3887688
4 October 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3608647
12 January 2009 Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3394328
24 October 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Port Aransas · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3086546

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.

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.