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GALVESTON
Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named GALVESTON · KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP operator of record, 2023
GALVESTON is a 2008 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 34 inspections since 2009, most recently in January 2025, along with 8 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2021.
Records from 2009 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 January 2025.
- Built
- 2008
- Last inspected
- 29 January 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 8 investigations · 2009–2021
Identity
1216091
WDE6523
986398
Flag
UNITED STATES
367381320
Maury page id
psix-986398
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded25
Years with a record
10 calendar years (2009–2025)
The 34 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)76.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 223 / net 178
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderRAYMOND & ASSOCIATES LLC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2008
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 18 November 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it223 - Simplified, Gross Ton
178 - Simplified, Net Ton
178 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
WDE6523MMSI 367381320 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 17 August 2018, expires 18 October 2028
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspected as a tow unit · 16
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.
KIRBY 23700 Tank Barge · MISLE 489241 · 5 December 2021 · activity 7363192KIRBY 27711 Tank Barge · MISLE 639515 · 5 December 2021 · activity 7363192EMILIE REECE Towing Vessel · MISLE 204926 · 10 October 2014 · activity 5008634KIRBY 27762 Tank Barge · MISLE 992099 · 10 October 2014 · activity 5008634KIRBY 27763 Tank Barge · MISLE 993184 · 10 October 2014 · activity 5008634KIRBY 27765 Tank Barge · MISLE 1117695 · 6 October 2014 · activity 5102523KIRBY 27767 Tank Barge · MISLE 1117698 · 6 October 2014 · activity 5102523LUCILLE BROOKS Towing Vessel · MISLE 206814 · 8 November 2013 · activity 4753132KIRBY 30406 Freight Barge · MISLE 392665 · 8 November 2013 · activity 4753132KIRBY 30409 Tank Barge · MISLE 396720 · 8 November 2013 · activity 4753132KIRBY 28305 Tank Barge · MISLE 359581 · 30 November 2011 · activity 4198614KIRBY 27758 Tank Barge · MISLE 987888 · 11 November 2011 · activity 4187276KIRBY 27759 Tank Barge · MISLE 992096 · 11 November 2011 · activity 4187276NATIVITY Towing Vessel · MISLE 133262 · 4 June 2011 · activity 4035890KIRBY 27758 Tank Barge · MISLE 987888 · 4 June 2011 · activity 4035890KIRBY 27759 Tank Barge · MISLE 992096 · 4 June 2011 · activity 4035890KIRBY 27758 Tank Barge · MISLE 987888 · 19 December 2010 · activity 3914722NAVIGATOR Towing Vessel · MISLE 72391 · 25 May 2009 · activity 3501437KIRBY 30088 Tank Barge · MISLE 974136 · 25 May 2009 · activity 3501437KIRBY 27758 Tank Barge · MISLE 987888 · 25 May 2009 · activity 3501437Inspection history · 34
29 January 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8072480
17 April 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7670230
5 December 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7363192
26 August 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7297819
13 December 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6873368
8 November 2019
COI Inspection · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6852274
18 October 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6837077
27 August 2019
Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6795976
20 November 2014
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5027414
10 October 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5008634
6 October 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5102523
12 September 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4984072
31 January 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4795648
8 November 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4753132
16 September 2013
Administration
Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4716079
29 November 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4493546
14 September 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4441008
17 August 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4413884
13 February 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4243778
22 December 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4212881
30 November 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4198614
11 November 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4187276
6 June 2011
Marine Casualty Follow Up
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4036170
4 June 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4035890
18 May 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4015310
4 March 2011
Marine Casualty Follow Up
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3957236
2 March 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3960503
25 January 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3933061
19 December 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3914722
29 June 2010
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · MARPOL
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3780212
11 March 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3694202
16 August 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3567386
19 June 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3508484
25 May 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3501437
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
25 May 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3501437
2 March 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3960503
4 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4035890
30 November 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at PORT ALLEN LOCKS · activity 4198614
8 November 2013Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4753132
31 January 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4795648
12 September 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4984072
5 December 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7363192
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.