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MISS APRIL
MISS APRIL is a 1989 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2003, most recently in July 2025, along with 25 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2017.
Records from 2003 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 July 2025.
- Built
- 1989
- Last inspected
- 7 July 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 25 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2017
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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
7 July 2025
…with no type recorded5
Deficiencies
25 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
13 calendar years (2003–2025)
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
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Identity
933250
WDC3896
309869
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-309869
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)57.5 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 53 / net 43
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderWALLY W GORDON & WELDON LEE GORDON · MARRERO, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1989
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 13 August 2025 · expires 30 September 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 it53 - Simplified, Gross Ton
43 - Simplified, Net Ton
43 - Simplified, 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.
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17 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 25 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; 1 vessel inspected with it, by name and date; 1 casualty investigation, with date and classification; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port, endorsements, dates. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.
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Vessel history report
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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.
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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.
SBS 101 Tank Barge · MISLE 46076 · 26 August 2017 · activity 6262413Inspection history · 17
7 July 2025
Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8150095
18 June 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7921585
31 August 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7763592
15 August 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7534134
12 July 2022
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7458120
22 July 2021
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7247251
11 April 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7173416
6 April 2020
Initial Certification · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6935955
27 October 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6297244
26 August 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6262413
26 January 2016
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5801807
28 January 2013
DAPI Audit · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4539014
29 January 2010
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3673294
13 March 2008
Administration · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3158082
16 February 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3148399
4 April 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2916985
6 August 2003
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1899933
Deficiency record · 25
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 30 July 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must:(1) Be maintained to ensure proper operation. MI observed excessive leak on starboard shaft seal during operations. Vessel repair prior to movement. 46 CFR 143.205(c)(1).
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 30 July 2025
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons onboard under normal and emergency conditions. MI observed an exhaust leak on from starboard engine exhaust piping aft. Vessel to locate and repair the leak. 46 CFR 143.205(a).
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems
Issued 30 July 2025
Resolved
Each towing vessel must perform the applicable tests in Table 143.245(b) of this section; alarm setpoints, twice every 5 years, with no more than 3 years since elapsing since last test. MI observed engine alarms required under 46 CFR 143.230 have not been tested. Vessel to conduct testing of such alarms and provide document to CG. 46 CFR 143.245(b).
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 30 July 2025
Resolved
Each towing vessel must perform the applicable tests in Table 143.245(b) of this section; pressure vessel relief valves, twice every 5 years with no more than 3 years elapsing since last test. MI found no evidence of pressure vessel relief valves being tested. Vessel to test relief valves and provide tech report to CG. 46 CFR 143.245(b).
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 30 July 2025
Resolved
Fire-detection systems. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(8) of this section, each towing vessel must have a fire-detection system installed to detect engine room fires. The owner or managing operator must ensure the following:The control panel includes; a power available light. Vessel Fire detection panel power indicator light does not illuminate. Vessel to repair and provide evidence of proper operation.
46 CFR 142.330(a)(4)(i).
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 30 July 2025
Resolved
The officer in charge of a navigational watch must conduct a navigation assessment for the intended route and operations prior to getting underway. The vessel MMSI as per FCC document is not programmed into radios. 46 CFR 140.635 (5).
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 18 June 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Found the generator windings to be excessively dirty. Repair to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard. 46CFR143.205(a).
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 18 June 2024
Resolved
Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. Found breaker panel to having missing blanks. Repair to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard. 46CFR143.205(a).
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Adequate lighting - mooring arrangements
Issued 31 August 2023
Resolved
Sufficient lighting suitable for the marine environment must be provided within crew working and living areas. Port spotlight was not functional. 46 CFR 143.410(a)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 31 August 2023
Resolved
Individual circuit breakers on switchboards and distribution panels must be labeled with a description of the loads they serve. Switchboard on the bridge was not labeled. 46 CFR 143.400(d)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Lighting (Accommodation)
Issued 31 August 2023
Resolved
Non-electric, phosphorescent adhesive lighting strips that are installed along escape routes and sufficiently visible to enable egress with no power. The head and bunk space in vicinity of the galley had no form of emergency lighting. 46 CFR 143.410(b)(2)
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 31 August 2023
Resolved
Has installed, in the engine room and any other area where background noise makes a general alarm hard to hear, a supplemental flashing red light that is identified with a sign that reads: “Attention General Alarm—When Alarm Sounds or Flashes Go to Your Station”. Missing sign at the general alarm in the engine room. 46 CFR 143.235(b)(3)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Electrical devices
Issued 31 August 2023
Resolved
Electrical systems and equipment must function properly and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards. Dead end wiring underneath the helm poses a shock hazard if accessing the space.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Electrical systems and equipment must function properly
and minimize system failures and fire and shock hazards.
The aft deck light junction box was missing it's cover.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
The connections of flexible cable plugs and socket
outlets must be designed to prevent unintended
separation. Multiple pieces of equipment in the engine
room were plugged into outlets with no means to prevent
unintended separation.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Any piping system that penetrates the hull below the
waterline must be fitted with an accessible valve,
located as close to the hull penetration as is
practicable, for preventing the accidental admission of
water into the vessel either through such pipes or in
the event of a fracture of such pipe. The piping for the
grid coolers are missing these valves.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
The master must ensure that all hatches, doors, and
other openings designed to be watertight or weathertight
function properly. The forward door on the main
deck needs a hard rubber gasket.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Water, pipes, tanks
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Where systems installed on vessels for wash water, as
defined in § 1250.3(n), do not comply with the
requirements of a potable water system, prescribed in
§ 1250.82, they shall be constructed so as to minimize
the possibility of the water therein being contaminated.
The vents for the fresh water tanks were missing bug
screens.
21 CFR 1250.87
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Water, pipes, tanks
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Where systems installed on vessels for wash water, as
defined in § 1250.3(n), do not comply with the
requirements of a potable water system, prescribed in
§ 1250.82, they shall be constructed so as to minimize
the possibility of the water therein being contaminated.
The storage tanks shall comply with the requirements
of § 1250.83, and the distribution system shall not be
cross connected to a system carrying water of a lower
sanitary quality. All faucets shall be labeled ‘‘Unfit
for drinking’’. Labels need to be installed at the two
sinks.
21 CFR 1250.87
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Scuppers, inlets and discharges
Issued 22 July 2021
Resolved
Closure devices must be provided for hull penetrations which may allow water to enter the vessel. Vsl had through hull fittings on fwd port side engine room missing closure device and was capped with threaded PVC fitting. Vsl shall correct def as required to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46CFR144.320(b)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 22 July 2021
Resolved
Electrical equipment must minimize fire and shock hazards. Vsl had extension chord stowed on portable extinguisher.
46CFR143.400(a)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 22 July 2021
Resolved
Portable fire extinguishers must be test IAW the inspection, maintenance procedures, and hydro test required by NFPA 10. Vsl had extension stowed on top of portable extinguisher and obstructing accessibility. Corrected on the spot.
46CFR142.240(a)(1)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 22 July 2021
Resolved
Stowage position for life jackets stowed in berthing spaces need to be properly stowed in a container and marked identifying quantity and sizes. Vsl had life jackets in wheelhouse berthing area stowed at the foot of bed and not in container or marked as required. Vsl shall make corrections as required to the satisfactionof the marine inspector.
465CFR141.340(h)
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 22 July 2021
Resolved
Prior to getting u/w master of the vessel must examine and test navigational equipment. Master was unfamiliar with AIS unit functions and updating static data. Master shall become familiarized with AIS equipment and operators manual to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46CFR140.615(b)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 22 July 2021
Resolved
Portable fire extinguishers must be tested IAW the inspection required by NFPA 10. Vsl did not conduct monthly portable extinguisher ispection as required. Vsl shall conduct monthly inspection and record as required.
46CFR142.240(a)(1)
Casualty record · 1
26 August 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6262413
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.
Ownership record
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