MISS SYDNEY

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MISS SYDNEY is a 2013 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2013, most recently in April 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 17 April 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 17 April 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2021
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 17 April 2025

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2013–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

1249673

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WDH2300

1267548

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1267548

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)67.5 ft × 26.0 ft × 8.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 99 / net 79

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderACADIAN CONTRACTORS INC · ABBEVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portABBEVILLE, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 28 October 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it99 - Simplified, Gross Ton
79 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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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.

OU 785 Industrial Vessel · MISLE 53160 · 15 January 2021 · activity 7131713

Inspection history · 9

17 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8113363

9 April 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7892430

7 September 2022 TPO Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7553306

4 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7326293

7 July 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7248824

15 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7131713

14 March 2019 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6643926

28 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6297248

6 December 2013 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4779397

Deficiency record · 3

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation of crew performance (fire drills)

Issued 14 July 2021 Resolved

Requirements for training crews to respond to fires. All crew members must be familiar with their fire-fighting duties, and specifically how to: operate all of the fire-fighting equipment onboard the towing vessel. Crew members were unaware of how to activate the fixed CO2 system.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 14 July 2021
Resolved 14 July 2021
Resolution: Vessel rep had the CO2 installation company return to the vessel and conduct training with the crew. Crew training sat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 14 July 2021 Resolved

Storage of flammable or combustible products. The paint locker onboard is constructed of aluminum. Remove paint locker from vessel.

Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 16 July 2021
Resolved 16 July 2021
Resolution: TPO verified paint locker removed from vessel.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Drainage

Issued 14 July 2021 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. There is a drainage pipe penetrating the machinery space overhead, in front of the switchboard, leading to the galley. This opening present a safety hazard and allows for dangerous gases to enter the accommodation spaces from the machinery space.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 14 July 2021
Resolved 14 July 2021
Resolution: Vessel rep capped off the opening to the machinery space and also the galley, peneration opening has been sealed off.

Casualty record · 1

15 January 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7131713

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. 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.