ABBY KATE

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

ABBY KATE is a 1981 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1994, most recently in March 2024, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2000.

Records from 1994 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 28 March 2024.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 28 March 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2000
Inspected with: 7 other vessels
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 28 March 2024

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded12

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1994–2024)

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

633912

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WDM4485

195779

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-195779

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)58.5 ft × 24.0 ft × 5.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 80 / net 55

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNOLAN A. GASPARD · CUT OFF, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 2 April 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it80 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
55 - 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 · 7

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 · 19

28 March 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7891730

24 March 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7655230

14 March 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7411634

5 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7278256

25 June 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7238704

24 June 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7091096

27 March 2019 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6651122

7 October 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3865552

9 August 2010 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3819678

11 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3856509

10 May 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2070111

10 May 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2071251

13 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1697618

13 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1737897

5 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 109146

30 June 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 89942

1 May 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 763399

18 April 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 195171

18 May 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 367279

Deficiency record · 4

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 14 March 2022 Resolved

Port engine propulsion control inoperable from stern operating station.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 14 March 2022
Resolved 14 March 2022
Resolution: Repaired on the spot. Replaced pneumatic constrol valve

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 14 March 2022 Resolved

Fuel leaking from return line

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 14 March 2022
Resolved 14 March 2022
Resolution: Repaired on the spot. Pipe fittings were tightened.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Machinery

Issued 27 March 2019 Resolved

The vessel's port side air receiver wasn't bolted down.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 10 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Air receiver secured to deck.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces

Issued 27 March 2019 Resolved

The vessels emergency fuel shutoff valve wasn't located next to the tank. The vessel must fix this during it's next drydock.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 10 April 2019

Casualty record · 1

5 July 2000Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 5 injured · activity 109146

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

LADY MELINDA (2000). 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.