KAYLIN NICOLE

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

KAYLIN NICOLE is a 2016 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 5 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2025.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 24 September 2025.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 24 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2019–2025
Inspected with: 22 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 24 September 2025

Recorded inspections22

…physical examinations5

…administrative events9

…with no type recorded8

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

1271719

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WDJ2146

1407662

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1407662

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 279 / net 226

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 32.0 ft × 11.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 334 / net 100

BuilderJOHN BLUDWORTH SHIPYARD LLC · CORPUS CHRISTI · built 2016

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 August 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it100 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
226 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
334 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
279 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 · 22

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 · 22

24 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8241155

21 April 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8123933

29 October 2023 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7816094

30 August 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7776726

8 June 2023 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7712743

30 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7678372

28 March 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7658634

29 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7470902

24 February 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7401600

30 January 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7387867

26 November 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7359404

25 October 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7339832

23 September 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7318711

23 September 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7318871

1 September 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7302320

30 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7335095

2 July 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6993497

18 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6980400

30 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6799147

30 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6802370

11 August 2018 TPO Audit · Annual Survey · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6481647

30 September 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6011578

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 1 September 2021 Resolved

An existing vsl may be deemed to be in compliance provided that the vessel is in satisfactory service in so far as structural adequacy is concerned. Vsl was reported to be aground due to hurricane IDA. Rep and T&T Salvage company walked the vessel with no obvious reported damage. Vsl shall provide salvage plan to the satisfaction of the CG prior to conducting salvage operations. After salvage is complete and vsl is re-floated, a one time transit is authorized to repair facility. 46 CFR 144.200 A/C

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 31 December 2021
Resolved 23 September 2021
Resolution: requirements were met and cleared by MSU Morgan City AN 7318871

Casualty record · 5

30 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6799147

2 July 2020Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 6993497

30 August 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7335095

29 May 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7470902

21 April 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 8123933

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.