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RICHARD
RICHARD is a 2008 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 2008, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2025.
Records from 2008 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 30 October 2025.
- Built
- 2008
- Last inspected
- 30 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 6 investigations · 2010–2025
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
30 October 2025
…with no type recorded14
Deficiencies
2 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
11 calendar years (2008–2025)
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
1212306
WDF2374
952920
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-952920
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)95.3 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 202 / net 137
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)95.3 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 322 / net 96
BuilderMAIN IRON WORKS LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2008
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 13 January 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it322 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
202 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
96 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
137 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
202 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
96 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
137 - 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.
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 · 9
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.
EMS 315 Tank Barge · MISLE 728493 · 13 March 2024 · activity 7882457IN075031 Freight Barge · MISLE 879510 · 16 January 2022 · activity 7383059EMS 516B Tank Barge · MISLE 1601736 · 16 January 2022 · activity 7383059JERRY MEANLEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 71616 · 4 January 2018 · activity 6332382EMS 328 Tank Barge · MISLE 426017 · 4 January 2018 · activity 6332382EMS 329 Tank Barge · MISLE 426018 · 4 January 2018 · activity 6332382EMS 3039 Tank Barge · MISLE 870763 · 16 February 2014 · activity 4805741EMS 3040 Tank Barge · MISLE 870764 · 16 February 2014 · activity 4805741EMS 3030 Tank Barge · MISLE 727960 · 14 December 2010 · activity 3922381Inspection history · 23
30 October 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8271177
18 July 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7961526
13 March 2024
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7878213
13 March 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7882457
24 March 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7417940
17 March 2022
TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7415720
16 January 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7383059
4 January 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6332382
13 April 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5854831
29 March 2016
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5842623
16 February 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4805741
27 November 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4492070
26 July 2012
MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4391738
9 February 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3942157
25 January 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3942048
14 December 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3922381
9 December 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3651703
15 November 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3633765
6 January 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3389495
5 January 2009
Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3389079
5 January 2009
Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3389111
19 November 2008
Administration
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3365832
26 June 2008
MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3249014
Deficiency record · 2
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 13 March 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 143.205{c): Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems must: (1) be maintained to ensure proper operation; (2) be suitable for route and service; and (3) have suitable propulsion controls to provide the operator full control at each operating station. The starboard and port main engines lost propulsion.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 13 March 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. If the towing vessel is fitted with a day tank, a low fuel level alarm must be fitted. The day tank on board the RICHARD is not fitted with a low fuel level alarm. A low fuel level alarm must be fitted on the day tank.
Casualty record · 6
14 December 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3922381
13 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5854831
4 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6332382
16 January 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7383059
13 March 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7882457
30 October 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8271177
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.