PATSY J

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named PATSY J

PATSY J is a 2019 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2019, most recently in October 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2020 and 2021.

Records from 2019 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 22 October 2025.

Built: 2019
Last inspected: 22 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2020–2021
Inspected with: 19 other vessels

Identity

1293765

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WDK8866

1547551

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368098220

Maury page id

psix-1547551

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2019–2025)

The 12 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)65.0 ft × 24.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 104 / net 83

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNICHOLS BOAT COMPANY · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 2019

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 October 2025 · expires 31 October 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 it104 - Simplified, Gross Ton
83 - 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

WDK8866MMSI 368098220 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 7 June 2019, expires 7 June 2029

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 · 19

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 · 12

22 October 2025 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8256955

17 October 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8020350

29 November 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7798636

15 November 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7594570

26 October 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7340210

13 October 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7332514

24 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7331827

8 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7192395

8 May 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7199011

26 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7044510

23 January 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6894977

6 May 2019 Construction Oversight · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6678596

Deficiency record · 4

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 26 October 2021 Resolved

Vessel Security Plan is usually left out on a shelf at the ops station, not secured.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 26 October 2021
Resolution: MI spoke with company and master regarding the importance and the requirement to keep the VSP secured. Master locked up VSP.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 26 October 2021 Resolved

Waterlight on lifebuoy was inoperable.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 26 October 2021
Resolved 26 October 2021
Resolution: Owner replaced batteries.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems

Issued 26 October 2021 Resolved

Fuel shutoff valve was seized in the open position.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 26 October 2021
Resolved 26 October 2021
Resolution: Crew replace valve.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills

Issued 26 October 2021 Resolved

Master stated he and crew only discuss drills, and do not perform scenarios. Additionally, crew was unable to connect and operate a fire hose. Recommend company give additional training to master and crew.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 November 2021
Resolved 2 December 2021
Resolution: Company provided several documentation regarding training captain and crew members attended and completed over the past month.

Casualty record · 4

26 August 2020Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7044510

8 May 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7199011

24 September 2021Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7331827

13 October 2021Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 7332514

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.