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ABBY KATE

Towing Vessel · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named ABBY KATE

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 September 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

Identity

US Official No.
633912
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDM4485
MISLE id
195779
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
368025420, 368206850
Maury page id
psix-195779

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6
…administrative events1
…with no type recorded12
Years with a record 14 calendar years (1994–2024)
The 19 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)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 shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
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 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

WDM4485MMSI 368206850 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 25 June 2021, expires 25 June 2031
WDJ9370MMSI 368025420 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 March 2018, expires 3 March 2028
WDE4732MMSI 367357150 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 16 May 2008, cancelled 21 July 2018 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
WDC2375MMSI 366992050 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 19 November 2004, cancelled 24 January 2015
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 · 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.

CAPTAIN BOUDREAUX Towing Vessel · MISLE 959045 · 5 August 2021 · activity 7278256PAPA D Towing Vessel · MISLE 107394 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865552DEJEANNE MARIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 204406 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865552OCEAN PRIDE Towing Vessel · MISLE 468514 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865552DOUGLAS B Towing Vessel · MISLE 480726 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865552TEON MARIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 679433 · 7 October 2010 · activity 3865552DEJEANNE MARIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 204406 · 11 September 2008 · activity 3856509OCEAN PRIDE Towing Vessel · MISLE 468514 · 11 September 2008 · activity 3856509DOUGLAS B Towing Vessel · MISLE 480726 · 11 September 2008 · activity 3856509B-41 Freight Barge · MISLE 207367 · 13 June 2002 · activity 1697618B-41 Freight Barge · MISLE 207367 · 13 June 2002 · activity 1737897DOUGLAS B Towing Vessel · MISLE 480726 · 5 July 2000 · activity 109146

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, 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

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.