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WAYNE BETHEL

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named WAYNE BETHEL · KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP operator of record, 2023

WAYNE BETHEL is a 2015 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2015, most recently in June 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 4 casualty investigations between 2016 and 2023.

Records from 2015 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 6 June 2026.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 6 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2016–2023
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

1260560

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WDH9869

1336384

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367672380

Maury page id

psix-1336384

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2015–2026)

The 17 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)83.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 297 / net 202

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)83.5 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 387 / net 116

BuilderSNEED SHIPBUILDING · CHANNELVIEW, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 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 it387 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
116 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
202 - 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

WDH9869MMSI 367672380 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 8 April 2025, expires 14 May 2035

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 · 4

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.

KIRBY 29701B Tank Barge · MISLE 33256 · 30 September 2020 · activity 7072205 M/V LIV Towing Vessel · MISLE 1343953 · 30 September 2020 · activity 7072205 HTCO 3063 Tank Barge · MISLE 940567 · 5 March 2020 · activity 6924500 HTCO 3064 Tank Barge · MISLE 940568 · 5 March 2020 · activity 6924500

Inspection history · 17

6 June 2026 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8393258

27 August 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8219112

1 June 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7924890

23 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7814154

10 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806302

24 August 2023 Administrative Inspection · TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7775462

30 June 2023 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7727235

23 June 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7721555

16 December 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7610480

31 October 2021 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7344153

26 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7268172

1 October 2020 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7069478

30 September 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7072205

5 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6924500

18 September 2018 Initial Certification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6547718

20 December 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6068334

24 November 2015 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5776761

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 1 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. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 9 June 2024
Resolution: TPO report submitted for satisfactory steering and propulsion

Casualty record · 4

20 December 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6068334

5 March 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6924500

30 September 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7072205

23 October 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7814154

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.