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DRUM BAY
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named DRUM BAY · KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP operator of record, 2023
DRUM BAY is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2013, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2024.
Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 5 October 2025.
- Built
- 2012
- Last inspected
- 5 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2024
Identity
1238759
WDL5885
1169166
Flag
UNITED STATES
368007120, 368145380
Maury page id
psix-1169166
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record
8 calendar years (2013–2025)
The 17 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)80.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 262 / net 209
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 325 / net 97
BuilderJOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2012
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 11 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it325 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
262 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
97 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
209 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
262 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
97 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
209 - 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
WDL5885MMSI 368145380 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 16 May 2020, expires 16 May 2030
WDJ7480MMSI 368007120 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 20 September 2017, expires 20 September 2027 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDG6491MMSI 367557580 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 29 December 2012, cancelled 4 March 2023 · 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 · 1
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 29105 Tank Barge · MISLE 1220307 · 16 February 2024 · activity 7872605Inspection history · 17
5 October 2025
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8246774
14 September 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8234052
13 January 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090256
10 December 2024
TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8045709
11 April 2024
In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7893759
16 February 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7872605
25 September 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7797729
1 February 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7630954
12 October 2022
Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7577619
24 May 2022
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7458236
7 February 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7392008
19 October 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7080403
13 May 2020
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6952975
12 May 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6980069
20 August 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC SAILFISH (WPB 87356) · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6520743
9 January 2014
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4780222
11 February 2013
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4531662
Deficiency record · 1
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 13 May 2020
Resolved
Machinery must be maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel under normal and emergency conditions. The port propeller, port main rudder, port inboard flanking rudder, and starboard outboard flanking rudder all received damage/distortion from striking a submerged object. Prior to any further towing operations, vessel must make repairs to the propulsion and steering system to the satisfaction of the attending USCG Marine Inspector.
Vessel is permitted one way transit in light-boat condition to a shipyard (to be determined) in MSU Houma's or Sector New Orleans' OCMI zone. The one-way transit will be in accordance with the transit plan submitted to and approved by MSU Baton Rouge OCMI.
Casualty record · 1
16 February 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7872605
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.