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MICHELE LAY
MICHELE LAY is a 1972 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 38 inspections since 1988, most recently in January 2024, along with 6 deficiencies, 2 operational controls and 3 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2007.
Records from 1988 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 24 January 2024.
- Built
- 1972
- Last inspected
- 24 January 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2006–2007
Identity
539180
WDG6135
114048
Flag
UNITED STATES
367553870
Maury page id
psix-114048
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded24
Years with a record
19 calendar years (1988–2024)
The 38 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)64.5 ft × 24.0 ft × 7.4 ft
Registered tonnagegross 124 / net 59
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderGREENVILLE SHIPBUILDING CORP · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1972
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portBELLAIRE, OH
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 6 February 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 it124 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
59 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
59 - 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 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
WDP2989MMSI 367553870 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 10 November 2023, expires 10 November 2033
WDG6135MMSI 367553870 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 November 2012, cancelled 21 January 2023
WDD2128MMSI 367111260 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 May 2006, cancelled 9 July 2016 · 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 · 5
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.
PATTY WHITE Towing Vessel · MISLE 75744 · 16 August 2007 · activity 3030807CRIMSON CLOVER Freight Barge · MISLE 478761 · 16 August 2007 · activity 3030807ORC 3 Tank Barge · MISLE 47680 · 13 January 2007 · activity 2916299CONNIE Z Towing Vessel · MISLE 135499 · 13 January 2007 · activity 2916299CHEM 500 Tank Barge · MISLE 47819 · 28 November 2003 · activity 1956610Inspection history · 38
24 January 2024
MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7857265
7 November 2022
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7590564
24 October 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6902712
20 March 2019
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6635746
4 September 2013
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4706604
29 February 2012
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam · MARPOL · MTSA/ISPS Verification
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4253325
12 September 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3592441
3 August 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3287451
16 August 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3030807
15 January 2007
Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2856058
14 January 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2855367
13 January 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2916299
19 October 2006
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2803649
14 October 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2808767
9 May 2006
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2644369
3 November 2005
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2527771
15 December 2003
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1970937
28 November 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1956610
7 July 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1838151
18 September 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1677098
24 August 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1677032
28 March 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 288775
26 February 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 214756
5 October 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 282848
27 March 2000
Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1047121
28 January 1998
Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 783762
27 March 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 659126
18 March 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 213953
18 March 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 223404
18 March 1997
Administrative
Administrative · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1100810
14 March 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 215071
21 December 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 659127
25 November 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 752769
24 November 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 196000
16 October 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195973
16 October 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 396601
14 April 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 23624
10 March 1988
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 321950
Deficiency record · 6
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 22 March 2019
Resolved
Port running light inoperable.
46 CFR 136.212(b) / 33 CFR 164.80(a)(4) / 46 CFR 140.720
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire control plan
Issued 22 March 2019
Resolved
Fire Zones not labeled/identified on the fire control panel.
46 CFR 142.330(a)(4)(vi)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 22 March 2019
Resolved
Crew was unable to self-prime the portable fire pump during the inspection.
46 CFR 142.325(e)
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 22 March 2019
Resolved
Vessel's whistle required by 33 CFR 83.33(a) did not provide the sound signal intensity and range of audibility of 0.5 mile as required by 33 CFR 86.01(c).
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 22 March 2019
Resolved
The vessel is equipped with an approved 160–B semi-portable fire-extinguishing system to protect the engine room IAW 46 CFR 142.320(a)(1).
The semi-portable fire-extinguishing system must be made unable to roll using permanent means during underway conditions.
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 16 October 1996
Resolved
M/V SUNFLOWER WAS OPERATING AFTER 30JAN80 WITH AN INSTALLED TOILET FACILITYWITHOUT AN OPERABLE TYPE II OR III DEVICE. TOILET WAS DISCHARGING DIRECTLYOVERBOARD. THIS WAS DETERMINED BY THE USE OF DYE.
Casualty record · 3
14 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2808767
13 January 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2916299
16 August 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · serious marine incident, as classified · at CSX RR BRIDGE (200) · activity 3030807
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.
Recorded names · 1
RUSSELL T (2006–2007). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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.