On April 15, 2019, the DeJeanne Maria struck the end of a submerged dredge pipeline on the Mississippi River in Pass A Loutre, 2 miles south of Pilottown, Louisiana, while pushing 2 spud barges to the Gulf of Mexico. Following the contact, the three crewmembers abandoned the vessel to its barges and were rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel. The DeJeanne Maria later sank. There were no reported injuries, but 70 gallons of diesel fuel were discharged, and damage to the vessel was estimated at $650,000.

​​The probable cause of the contact between the towing vessel DeJeanne Maria and a submerged dredge pipeline end was the last bathymetric survey not detecting the hazard, which had been brought to just below the surface due to an unsuccessful lift the day before.​