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MILA KATE
MILA KATE is a 1977 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 2000, most recently in November 2025, along with 2 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded —, 1 operational control and 4 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2013.
Records from 2000 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 18 November 2025.
- Built
- 1977
- Last inspected
- 18 November 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2002–2013
Identity
581103
WDN4023
148422
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-148422
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.
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded13
…past their stated due date1
Years with a record
17 calendar years (2000–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)61.0 ft × 21.8 ft × 9.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 84 / net 67
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderRAYCO SHIPBUILDERS & REPAIRS INC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1977
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 6 May 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 it84 - Simplified, Gross Ton
67 - Simplified, Net Ton
67 - Simplified, 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 15
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.
CCL 402 Tank Barge · MISLE 943742 · 13 August 2013 · activity 4690912GONSOULIN 517 Tank Barge · MISLE 1066507 · 13 August 2013 · activity 4690912CBR 2014 Tank Barge · MISLE 1163384 · 13 August 2013 · activity 4690912MISS DANIELLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1238014 · 13 August 2013 · activity 4690912GONSOULIN 202 Tank Barge · MISLE 437708 · 2 July 2013 · activity 4674997GONSOULIN 517 Tank Barge · MISLE 1066507 · 29 August 2012 · activity 4443651GONSOULIN 515 Tank Barge · MISLE 1053816 · 2 September 2011 · activity 4137319HUNTER M Towing Vessel · MISLE 999516 · 23 June 2011 · activity 4055270GONSOULIN 517 Tank Barge · MISLE 1066507 · 23 June 2011 · activity 4055270TM 57 Tank Barge · MISLE 45084 · 1 July 2007 · activity 2984106TM 59 Tank Barge · MISLE 51999 · 1 July 2007 · activity 2984106T C NUGENT III Towing Vessel · MISLE 807518 · 1 July 2007 · activity 2984106GONSOULIN 201 Tank Barge · MISLE 437707 · 26 September 2003 · activity 1935135JAKE HUFFTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 192504 · 18 December 2002 · activity 1720492CHEM 1007 Tank Barge · MISLE 348782 · 18 December 2002 · activity 1720492STC-608 Tank Barge · MISLE 359839 · 18 December 2002 · activity 1720492ST THERESE Towing Vessel · MISLE 452765 · 18 December 2002 · activity 1720492Inspection history · 25
18 November 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8265054
23 December 2024
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8050388
16 October 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7809496
3 October 2022
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7570978
27 February 2020
MTSA Verification · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6916821
2 November 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6299925
28 July 2017
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6223350
22 January 2014
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4786898
13 August 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4690912
2 July 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4674997
29 August 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4443651
2 September 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4137319
25 August 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4126705
16 August 2011
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4117161
15 August 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4117572
23 June 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4055270
12 August 2010
Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3821877
1 July 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2984106
29 March 2005
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2322099
2 March 2004
Security Inspection
Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2016702
11 December 2003
Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1963376
26 September 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1935135
18 December 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1720492
7 September 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 771713
25 August 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 196975
Deficiency record · 2
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 18 November 2025
No resolution recorded
All piping, controls, valves, and alarms must be inspected; and the operation of controls, alarms, ventilation shutdowns, and pressure-operated dampers for each fixed fire-extinguishing system and detecting system must be tested, to determine that the system is operating properly. Marine Inspector observed pin hole leak in Fire Main Piping in the Engine Room. 46CFR 142.240(a)(5)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 16 October 2023
Resolved
(b)Each lifebuoy on a towing vessel must:
(2) Be capable of being rapidly cast loose;
(c) Lifebuoys must have the following attachments and fittings:
(2) At least two lifebuoys on a towing vessel greater than 26 feet must be fitted with a floating electric water light approved under approval series 161.010 or 161.110, unless the towing vessel is limited to daytime operation, in which case no floating electric water light is required.
The bracket orientation of the electric water light disabled the lifebuoy from being rapidly cast loose, making it unable to float free.
Casualty record · 4
18 December 2002Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 1720492
1 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2984106
2 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4137319
2 July 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4674997
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.
Recorded names · 1
CREOLE SPIRIT (2002–2013). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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.