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PAULA M. SPERRY
PAULA M. SPERRY is a 2020 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2020, most recently in February 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2020.
Records from 2020 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 February 2025.
- Built
- 2020
- Last inspected
- 18 February 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2020
Identity
1279897
WDL 5772
1459730
Flag
UNITED STATES
368144290
Maury page id
psix-1459730
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
5 calendar years (2020–2025)
The 9 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)80.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 365 / net 109
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)80.6 ft × 34.0 ft × 11.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 365 / net 109
BuilderC & C MARINE AND REPAIR LLC · BELLE CHASSE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2020
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it314 - Displacement, Ton
365 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
109 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
305 - Dead Weight, Gross Ton
365 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
109 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
305 - Dead Weight, Gross 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
WDL5772MMSI 368144290 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 May 2020, expires 12 May 2030
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 · 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.
ROYAL PRINCESS Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 1116407 · 31 January 2023 · activity 7629988Inspection history · 9
18 February 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8080934
6 June 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7985525
31 January 2023
Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7629988
5 January 2023
Internal Structural Exam · Load Line/Change of Employment
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7617054
4 August 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7277428
15 June 2021
COI Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7207552
7 January 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7123497
19 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6983569
19 June 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7084292
Deficiency record · 1
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine
Issued 19 June 2020
Resolved
Each vessel that relies on electricity to power any of the following essential loads must have at least two electrical generators to supply these loads: (1) The propulsion system and its necessary auxiliaries and controls; (2) Interior lighting; (3) Steering systems;(4) Communication systems; Navigation equipment and navigation lights;
The switchboard suffured a malfunction, causing the automatic crossover to the starboard generator to fail.
Vessel must provide documentation of repairs to the TPO or Duty Marine Inspectior prior to movement.
Casualty record · 1
19 June 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7084292
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.