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WALTER L. GIBBS

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named WALTER L. GIBBS · FLORIDA MARINE TRANSPORTERS, INC. operator of record, 2023

WALTER L. GIBBS is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2012, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2015 and 2024.

Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 June 2026.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 4 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2015–2024
Inspected with: 21 other vessels

Identity

1240093

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WDG5004

1178316

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367542320

Maury page id

psix-1178316

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded11

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2012–2026)

The 18 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)87.1 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 273 / net 135

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)87.1 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 338 / net 101

BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP INC · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 27 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it273 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
338 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
135 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
101 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

WDG5004MMSI 367542320 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 June 2022, expires 14 August 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 · 21

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.

Inspection history · 18

4 June 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8391118

15 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253277

13 September 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8002205

13 September 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8060269

28 June 2024 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7924002

14 July 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7740376

19 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671798

17 April 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6668104

9 February 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6623143

22 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6525720

8 December 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6322235

22 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5838493

15 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5126350

18 September 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4989189

28 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4937673

1 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4899471

18 October 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4467337

17 September 2012 MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4451237

Deficiency record · 2

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Bulkheads - operational damage

Issued 13 September 2024 Resolved

The owner and managing operator must ensure that the towing vessel is in compliance with this subchapter and other applicable laws and regulations at all times. Commencing 12'0" aft the forward engine room bulkhead and extending at 10'0" the upper 4'0" of side plating is set in 0-4" with the adjacent coaming and deck plating distorted. The internal framing between the damaged bulkhead are distorted. Make permanent repairs.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 September 2024
Resolved 19 September 2024
Resolution: Satisfactory repairs were made. See TPO report.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes

Issued 13 September 2024 Resolved

Each towing vessel must have either a self-priming, power-driven, fixed fire pump, a fire main, and hoses and nozzels or a portable pump, and hoses and nozzels. The fire piping for the fixed fire pump is set down 0-2" for a length of 10'0". Make permanent repairs.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 19 September 2024
Resolution: Satisfactory repairs were made. See TPO report.

Casualty record · 3

15 May 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 5126350

8 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6322235

13 September 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8060269

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.