LADY MICHELLE

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

LADY MICHELLE is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1986, most recently in March 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2026.

Records from 1986 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 14 March 2026.

Built: 1980
Last inspected: 14 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2006–2026
Inspected with: 1 other vessel
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 14 March 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded9

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (1986–2026)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it 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.

Identity

621265

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WDK9111

184414

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-184414

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)63.0 ft × 24.1 ft × 9.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 137 / net 93

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLOUIS G. ORTIS BOAT CO. · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1980

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 March 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 it137 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
93 - 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 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.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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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.

P-340 Tank Barge · MISLE 45923 · 21 June 1993 · activity 49477

Inspection history · 16

14 March 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8326126

14 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8326130

20 December 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8042741

1 March 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7872682

20 July 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7512246

13 August 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6782318

28 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5880632

9 December 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5778541

26 March 2015 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5091206

4 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2618980

14 September 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 638854

28 August 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 131438

25 May 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 71938

21 June 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 49477

17 December 1986 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 313542

13 March 1986 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 307917

Deficiency record · 2

Documentation

Issued 13 March 1986 Resolved

VESSEL'S CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION WAS NOT ON BOARD FOR US COAST GUARD EXAMINATION AS REQUIRED BY 46CFR67.45-5. A CERTIFIED COPY WAS ON BOARD.

Condition: Unknown
Due 13 March 1986
Resolved 13 March 1986

Accommodation/Occupational Safety

Issued 13 March 1986 Resolved

VESSEL DID NOT HAVE AN OPERATIONAL USCG APPROVED MARINE SANITATION DEVICE ON BOARD AS REQUIRED BY 33CFR 159.7(C). VESSELS INSTALLED TIOLETS HAD PIPING THAT BY-PASSED THE MSD AND ALLOWED RAW SEWAGE TO DICHARGE DIRECTLY INTO THE WATER OF THE U.S.

Condition: Unknown
Due 13 March 1986
Resolved 13 March 1986

Casualty record · 2

4 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2618980

14 March 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8326126

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

LIL' RAY (2006). 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.