KATE FRANCES

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Other hulls named KATE FRANCES

KATE FRANCES is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 2013, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 5 casualty investigations between 2014 and 2021.

Records from 2013 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 14 May 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 14 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 24
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2014–2021
Inspected with: 3 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

US Official No.

1245182

IMO number

9637820 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WDG8180

MISLE id

1226788

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367574830

Maury page id

psix-1226788

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2013–2026)

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)111.5 ft × 35.0 ft × 19.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 156 / net 106

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)111.5 ft × 35.0 ft × 19.3 ft

ITC tonnagegross 496 / net 148

BuilderDIVERSIFIED MARINE INC · PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portPORTLAND, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 22 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it156 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
496 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
106 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
148 - 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

WDG8180MMSI 367574830 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 5 April 2023, expires 15 May 2033

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 · 3

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.

OVERSEAS BOSTON Tank Ship · MISLE 932661 · 5 July 2020 · activity 7008681 DBL 78 Tank Barge · MISLE 14006 · 16 February 2014 · activity 4808114 KINANI H Towing Vessel · MISLE 197666 · 16 February 2014 · activity 4808114

Inspection history · 24

14 May 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8373133

12 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8325386

18 December 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8305741

30 October 2025 Administrative Inspection · MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8260953

4 November 2024 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8030029

22 August 2023 Annual Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7781178

8 June 2023 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7713507

18 May 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7691299

12 July 2022 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex VI Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7505268

22 July 2021 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7263965

21 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7352485

16 July 2021 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7258499

19 October 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7080116

3 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7048452

5 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7008681

14 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6947008

4 November 2019 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6849712

31 October 2019 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6846562

15 November 2016 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6084096

28 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5119172

18 January 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5056708

16 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4808114

3 October 2013 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4727532

3 October 2013 Administration

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4736496

Deficiency record · 1

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › USCG Certificate of Documentation (COD)

Issued 8 June 2023 Resolved

The name of the vessel must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the port and starboard bow and the stern of the vessel. The vessel displayed a name that does not correspond with the valid Certificate of Documentation. Vessel is restricted to domestic voyages only.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 25 July 2023
Resolution: NVDC approved name change and reissued COD. Restrictions removed.

Casualty record · 5

16 February 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4808114

18 January 2015Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 5056708

28 April 2015Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 5119172

5 July 2020Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7008681

21 July 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7352485

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

BOB FRANCO (2014–2021). 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.