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CAPT NILES SHOEMAKER

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CAPT NILES SHOEMAKER · BLESSEY MARINE SERVICES, INC. operator of record, 2023

CAPT NILES SHOEMAKER is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2012, most recently in October 2023, along with 5 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2018.

Records from 2012 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 11 October 2023.

Built
2012
Last inspected
11 October 2023
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
13
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
5 investigations · 2013–2018
Inspected with
5 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.
1239879
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDG4261
MISLE id
1176104
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367534680
Maury page id
psix-1176104

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4
…administrative events2
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record 7 calendar years (2012–2023)
The 13 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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)84.5 ft × 35.0 ft × 10.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 312 / net 212
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)84.5 ft × 35.0 ft × 10.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 380 / net 114
BuilderRAYMOND & ASSOCIATES LLC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2012
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 17 November 2025 · expires 30 November 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 it380 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
312 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
114 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
212 - 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

WDG4261MMSI 367534680 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 21 April 2022, expires 12 June 2032
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.

WEB 352 Tank Barge · MISLE 1305837 · 28 September 2018 · activity 6553285WEB 353 Tank Barge · MISLE 1305838 · 28 September 2018 · activity 6553285CAPT. TRACY L. CHERAMIE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1156553 · 4 April 2013 · activity 4562684IAN EARLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 91879 · 14 February 2013 · activity 4533778LILA MAE Towing Vessel · MISLE 160821 · 14 February 2013 · activity 4533778

Inspection history · 13

11 October 2023 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806801
3 May 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7685358
30 January 2022 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7387860
27 January 2022 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7386582
9 November 2021 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7360506
28 September 2018 Deficiency Check · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6550597
28 September 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6553285
8 July 2015 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5178007
27 May 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4632667
4 April 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4562684
17 February 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4535219
14 February 2013 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4533778
20 November 2012 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4493767

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 5

14 February 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4533778
17 February 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4535219
4 April 2013Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4562684
27 May 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4632667
28 September 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6553285
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.