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BETTY LOU
BETTY LOU is a 1973 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1999, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2025.
Records from 1999 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 October 2025.
- Built
- 1973
- Last inspected
- 21 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2008–2025
Identity
551839
WDH8114
124277
Flag
UNITED STATES
367471930 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-124277
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record
12 calendar years (1999–2025)
The 15 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)47.3 ft × 20.0 ft × 5.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 60 / net 41
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSTEELSHIP CORPORATION · PINE BLUFF, AR, UNITED STATES · built 1973
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW MARTINSVILLE, WV
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 20 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 it60 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
41 - 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
WDH8114MMSI 367471930 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 January 2015, cancelled 29 March 2025
WDH7062MMSI 367471930 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 17 October 2014, cancelled 10 February 2015
WDF6220MMSI 367471930 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 November 2010, cancelled 29 December 2014
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.
Inspection history · 15
21 October 2025
Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8256454
27 March 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8101171
2 July 2024
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7947455
8 June 2023
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7709338
24 February 2022
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7402000
7 January 2021
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7121215
19 November 2015
Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5768953
12 November 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5765304
5 September 2012
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4439010
13 December 2010
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3909565
13 December 2010
DAPI Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3909573
2 December 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3393925
21 September 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2201154
29 October 2002
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1698599
25 August 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 212535
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 · 2
2 December 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3393925
27 March 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8101171
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.