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RUBY BELLE

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named RUBY BELLE

RUBY BELLE is a 1972 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 1994, most recently in May 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded.

Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 May 2025.

Built
1972
Last inspected
21 May 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
21
Deficiencies
3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
1 with no removal date recorded
Inspected with
2 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
537943
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDQ4180
MISLE id
113079
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
368423210
Maury page id
psix-113079

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2
…administrative events8
…with no type recorded11
Years with a record 13 calendar years (1994–2025)
The 21 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)47.4 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 65 / net 44
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · STEPHENSVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1972
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portBURNSVILLE, MN
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 18 November 2025 · expires 30 November 2026
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it44 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
65 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

WDQ4180MMSI 368423210 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 7 June 2025, expires 7 June 2035
WDC3186MMSI 367003640 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 December 2004, cancelled 21 February 2015 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
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 · 2

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.

TITLETOWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 81285 · 31 August 2015 · activity 5231001ITASCA Towing Vessel · MISLE 121493 · 31 August 2015 · activity 5231001

Inspection history · 21

21 May 2025 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8140699
12 June 2023 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7714006
19 July 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7510969
6 June 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7469920
23 August 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6795036
14 August 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6789149
26 February 2019 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6632447
25 April 2016 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5861824
31 August 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5231001
20 September 2006 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2782828
30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1971785
13 May 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1616318
25 April 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1613925
25 June 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 430119
25 June 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 771519
24 June 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 191248
1 March 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 125710
11 March 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 74662
9 March 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 134493
21 December 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 89241
20 December 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 162376

Deficiency record · 3

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Automatic Identification System (AIS)
Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved
Vessel equipped AIS broadcasting incorrect call sign and MMSI number.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 20 June 2025
Resolved 23 June 2025
Resolution: Verified correct AIS broadcast of call sign and MMSI number (as stated on current FCC Station License) via FindShip App.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 19 July 2022 Resolved
COI has not been obtained by the required phase in period.
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 14 September 2023
Resolution: Vessel issued worksite exclustion, which relieves requirement to be certificated.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › USCG Certificate of Documentation (COD)
Issued 26 February 2019 Resolved
Vessel does not have a valid COD.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 6 March 2019
Resolution: COD has been issued.

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.