SAFETY CHALLENGER

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

SAFETY CHALLENGER is a 2009 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2009, most recently in April 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2019.

Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 22 April 2026.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 22 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2009–2019
Inspected with: 6 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 22 April 2026

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations5

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2009–2026)

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

1217360

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WDI4822

992967

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-992967

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)70.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 157 / net 126

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderB & B BOAT BUILDERS · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2009

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 23 December 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 it157 - Simplified, Gross Ton
126 - 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 · 6

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.

UNNAMED BARGE Freight Barge · MISLE 728086 · 28 May 2019 · activity 6817547 EVOIKOS THEO Freight Ship · MISLE 9990 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606 CHRISTIAN PRIMM Towing Vessel · MISLE 210063 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606 ACL 9213 Freight Barge · MISLE 378500 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606 ACL 97008 Freight Barge · MISLE 453041 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606 MEM 5116 Freight Barge · MISLE 464653 · 11 March 2019 · activity 6642606

Inspection history · 12

22 April 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8354003

4 March 2026 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8286960

27 June 2024 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7953959

18 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7580313

16 March 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7157159

16 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6979880

28 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6817547

11 March 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6642606

29 January 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6349951

28 October 2013 DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4743512

13 September 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3851825

11 November 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3669632

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 18 June 2020 Resolved

A towing vessel must be maintained and operated so the watertight integrity and stability of the vessel are not compromised. While conducting repairs to bulkhead between the fore and aft stern voids to much heat was applied to the bottom corner of the bulkhead and created a hole which started slow water ingress. Vessel is allowed to travel the twenty-five miles to JMI Hahanville for repairs in accordance with its approved transit plan. Repairs must be affected before moving. Vessel TPO shall submit a report of satisfactory repairs to the local OCMI to meet the conditions of the 835.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 19 June 2020
Resolved 26 June 2020
Resolution: 26JUNE2020: recieved TPO from TVIB report attesting to satisfactory repairs, and testing.

Casualty record · 3

11 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 3669632

11 March 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6642606

28 May 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6817547

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.