MISS CAROLINE

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

MISS CAROLINE is a 2014 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2014, most recently in October 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2019.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 9 October 2025.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 9 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2019
Inspected with: 29 other vessels

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 9 October 2025

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations10

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2014–2025)

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

1250509

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WDH3754

1272002

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1272002

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)74.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 285 / net 177

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)74.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHALIMAR SHIPYARD LLC · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 4 March 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 it285 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
177 - 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 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 · 29

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.

Inspection history · 16

9 October 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8250185

18 September 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8004595

2 February 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7860029

29 August 2023 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7780611

5 January 2023 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7616943

18 February 2022 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7398556

14 January 2021 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7124572

13 January 2020 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6888552

17 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6692725

8 May 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6681041

13 March 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6641648

15 October 2018 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Initial Certification · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6561406

2 March 2018 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6374707

25 September 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5005048

7 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4914179

24 March 2014 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4848932

Deficiency record · 3

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 2 February 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. Vessel experienced a reduction in propulsion while coming out of Morgan's Point due to a fault on the starbaord engine. Vessel shall enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of a CG Marine Inspector and provide a technician's report documenting the cause of failure and actions taken to correct fault.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 16 February 2024
Resolved 3 February 2024
Resolution: Received technician's report attesting for repairs.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 18 February 2022 Resolved

Port engine leaked oil due to broken seal in crankshaft.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 22 February 2022
Resolved 23 February 2022
Resolution: seals replaced, verified operational check, all sat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 18 February 2022 Resolved

Fire nozzle was cracked causing a leak.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 22 February 2022
Resolved 23 February 2022
Resolution: verified new nozzle installed, all sat.

Casualty record · 1

17 May 2019Major Marine Casualty · role: Sighted in Area · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6692725

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.