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PAUL CENAC
Towing Vessel · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named PAUL CENAC · SETTOON TOWING, L.L.C. operator of record, 2023
PAUL CENAC is a 1978 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 1992, most recently in March 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 6 casualty investigations between 2011 and 2015.
Records from 1992 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 6 March 2025.
- Built
- 1978
- Last inspected
- 6 March 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 6 investigations · 2011–2015
Identity
590056
WDP4150
156264
Flag
UNITED STATES
368351770
Maury page id
psix-156264
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded10
Years with a record
13 calendar years (1992–2025)
The 23 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)45.4 ft × 20.0 ft × 6.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 60 / net 41
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderFRED SETTOON INC · BELLE RIVER, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1978
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portHOUMA, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 18 December 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it60 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
41 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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
WDP4150MMSI 368351770 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 February 2024, expires 6 February 2034
WDN2639MMSI 367003850 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 23 June 2022, cancelled 2 February 2024 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDD4739MMSI 367003850 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 28 September 2016, cancelled 21 June 2022
WDC3203MMSI 367003850 · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 22 December 2004, cancelled 27 October 2006
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 · 6
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.
A.B. CENAC Towing Vessel · MISLE 897504 · 29 December 2015 · activity 6146616TM 215 Tank Barge · MISLE 604471 · 28 November 2013 · activity 4768735TM 245 Tank Barge · MISLE 651344 · 4 September 2011 · activity 4135170TM 255 Tank Barge · MISLE 666346 · 4 September 2011 · activity 4135170A.B. CENAC Towing Vessel · MISLE 897504 · 27 May 2011 · activity 4082672JUDY S. FRIED Towing Vessel · MISLE 730718 · 12 March 2011 · activity 4013165M V DRAKE Industrial Vessel · MISLE 168654 · 10 December 2010 · activity 3926490Inspection history · 23
6 March 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8097488
6 February 2024
COI Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7861251
11 November 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7594583
18 January 2022
Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7381555
24 May 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7205456
29 December 2015
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6146616
28 November 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4768735
30 August 2013
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4714114
15 January 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4225300
4 September 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4135170
27 May 2011
Marine Casualty Follow Up
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4023697
27 May 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4082672
12 March 2011
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3963458
12 March 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4013165
1 March 2011
Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3955809
10 December 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3926490
1 December 2010
MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3903708
29 February 2008
Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3156045
12 September 2005
Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2490285
18 August 2005
Uninspected Other · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2471915
18 February 2005
Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2295389
24 July 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 59016
17 August 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 352666
Deficiency record · 3
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 24 May 2021
Resolved
All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.
Documentation
Issued 17 August 1992
Resolved
VSL WAS OPERATING WITHOUT LICENSED PERSON ON BOARD.
Fire Fighting
Issued 17 August 1992
Resolved
TWO PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRED ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Casualty record · 6
12 March 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4013165
27 May 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4082672
4 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 4135170
30 August 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4714114
28 November 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4768735
29 December 2015Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 6146616
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 · 2
SHIRLEY P SETTOON (2011), ALBERT J SETTOON (2013–2015). 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.