SEA MULE

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named SEA MULE

SEA MULE is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2004, most recently in May 2026, along with 1 deficiency and 3 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2021.

Records from 2004 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 19 May 2026.

Built: 1975
Last inspected: 19 May 2026
Documentation: Case Pending · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2007–2021
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

Identity

569742

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WDB7537

138789

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

366943760

Maury page id

psix-138789

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations14

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 15 calendar years (2004–2026)

The 20 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)51.5 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 83 / net 56

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderGARBER SHIPYARD, INC. · BERWICK LA, UNITED STATES · built 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationCase Pending · issued 11 March 2025 · expires 31 March 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 it83 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
56 - 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

WDB7537MMSI 366943760 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 March 2024, expires 29 April 2034

WBL8092MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 August 1997, cancelled 15 December 2007

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 · 3

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.

CROSBY ADAPT 1 Freight Barge · MISLE 53578 · 6 December 2013 · activity 4766540 FRED A SETTOON Towing Vessel · MISLE 467578 · 6 December 2013 · activity 4766540 DOUGLAS B Towing Vessel · MISLE 480726 · 6 December 2013 · activity 4766540

Inspection history · 20

19 May 2026 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8371551

2 January 2025 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8056757

17 January 2024 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7850737

9 March 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7647064

17 February 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7397892

17 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7261423

1 March 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7149166

19 March 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6928892

26 February 2019 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6633674

6 December 2018 Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6592835

6 November 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6575939

30 January 2018 MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6347851

3 February 2015 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5067057

6 December 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4766540

9 February 2012 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4242155

9 February 2012 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4242159

15 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3397550

8 December 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2839897

27 September 2006 Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2788545

10 May 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2064044

Deficiency record · 1

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 9 March 2023 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for the safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board. The sheathing around the shore tie cable was cracked in multiple locations.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 23 March 2023
Resolved 9 March 2023
Resolution: Verified installation of new shore-tie cable.

Casualty record · 3

15 June 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3397550

6 December 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · at HOUMA NAVIGATIONAL CANAL BRIDGE · activity 4766540

17 July 2021Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 7261423

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.