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SAMMY TATE
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named SAMMY TATE · KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP operator of record, 2023
SAMMY TATE is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 2012, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2025.
Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 1 March 2026.
- Built
- 2012
- Last inspected
- 1 March 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2013–2025
Identity
1243320
WDG5920
1217421
Flag
UNITED STATES
367551680
Maury page id
psix-1217421
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded12
Years with a record
13 calendar years (2012–2026)
The 24 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)68.0 ft × 28.0 ft × 9.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 121 / net 96
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderRODRIGUEZ SHIPBUILDING INC · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2012
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portGIBSON, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 29 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it121 - Simplified, Gross Ton
96 - Simplified, Net Ton
96 - Simplified, 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
WDG5920MMSI 367551680 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 22 September 2022, expires 26 October 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 · 12
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 28751 Tank Barge · MISLE 511132 · 29 July 2025 · activity 8197771BOB DEERE Towing Vessel · MISLE 985112 · 29 July 2025 · activity 8197771KIRBY 29161 Tank Barge · MISLE 1112924 · 29 July 2025 · activity 8197771PBL 3027 Tank Barge · MISLE 34744 · 22 August 2021 · activity 7295010ALFRED P CENAC III Towing Vessel · MISLE 948128 · 5 September 2017 · activity 6259781JUSTICE Towing Vessel · MISLE 102923 · 5 February 2016 · activity 5810417KIRBY 30038 Tank Barge · MISLE 1176818 · 5 February 2016 · activity 5810417KIRBY 29167 Tank Barge · MISLE 1234026 · 5 February 2016 · activity 5810417ANTONIA S Freight Ship · MISLE 1276595 · 5 February 2016 · activity 5810417KIRBY 29168 Tank Barge · MISLE 1268062 · 9 June 2014 · activity 4884045KIRBY 29169 Tank Barge · MISLE 1268063 · 9 June 2014 · activity 4884045CTC 29130 Tank Barge · MISLE 1216815 · 15 December 2013 · activity 4769817Inspection history · 24
1 March 2026
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8318076
25 September 2025
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8241018
5 August 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8202714
29 July 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8197771
10 July 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8182959
18 April 2024
Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7897370
11 November 2023
Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7823267
29 May 2023
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7699172
22 January 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7625172
4 August 2022
Damage Survey · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7524955
3 May 2022
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7443308
22 August 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7295010
14 July 2021
Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7256320
24 February 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7145661
28 January 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7132887
29 October 2020
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7086672
5 September 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6259781
5 February 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5810417
15 May 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5126241
9 June 2014
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4884045
15 December 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4769817
25 February 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4539220
18 January 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4518823
25 October 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4474994
Deficiency record · 1
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 10 July 2025
Resolved
Vessel experience propulsion irregularity on port main engine causing shut down due to "wobbling" of the port wheel.
Casualty record · 4
15 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4769817
5 February 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5810417
5 September 2017Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 6259781
29 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 2 injured · activity 8197771
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 · 2
CHERYL M SETTOON (2013–2016), SAVAGE INGENUITY (2017). 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.