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MILA KATE

Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named MILA KATE · LE BEOUF BROS. TOWING, LLC operator of record, 2023

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 September 2026
Inspections: 25
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2002–2013
Inspected with: 16 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

581103

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WDN4023

148422

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368277260

Maury page id

psix-148422

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded13

…past their stated due date1

Years with a record 17 calendar years (2000–2025)

The 25 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)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

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

WDN4023MMSI 368277260 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 September 2022, expires 14 September 2032

WDC3302MMSI 367005510 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 11 November 2014, cancelled 19 September 2022

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 · 16

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 · 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)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 18 December 2025 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

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.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 15 November 2023
Resolved 7 November 2023
Resolution: operator moved light bracket and provided picture of resolution

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, 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.

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.