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KEN "WEWA" STRICKLAND
Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named KEN "WEWA" STRICKLAND · BLESSEY MARINE SERVICES, INC. operator of record, 2023
KEN "WEWA" STRICKLAND is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2013, most recently in June 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2016 and 2024.
Records from 2013 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 14 June 2024.
- Built
- 2013
- Last inspected
- 14 June 2024
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2016–2024
Identity
1248913
WDG9458
1257443
Flag
UNITED STATES
367587990
Maury page id
psix-1257443
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded5
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2013–2024)
The 10 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)66.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 166 / net 133
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderA & B INDUSTRIES OF MORGAN CITY INC · Morgan City, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2013
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
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 it166 - Simplified, Gross Ton
133 - Simplified, Net Ton
133 - 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
WDG9458MMSI 367587990 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 31 May 2023, expires 23 August 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 · 1
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 131 Tank Barge · MISLE 1107977 · 13 June 2024 · activity 7941311Inspection history · 10
14 June 2024
Deficiency Check · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7934707
13 June 2024
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7941311
11 October 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806805
4 March 2022
Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7405800
11 October 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7330840
19 August 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7291871
16 March 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7157311
19 October 2016
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6022329
13 June 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5947020
15 November 2013
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4753291
Deficiency record · 1
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)
Issued 14 June 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. Vessels starboard rudder is missing due to the shaft sheering. Vessel will transit light ship to Port Arther Sterling Shipyard for repairs.
Casualty record · 2
13 June 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at BELLE CHASE HWY BRIDGE · activity 5947020
13 June 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7941311
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.