MELISSA LYNN

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named MELISSA LYNN

MELISSA LYNN is a 1996 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 50 inspections since 1996, most recently in August 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 11 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2022.

Records from 1996 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 12 August 2026.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 12 August 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 50
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 11 investigations · 2005–2022
Inspected with: 33 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1041165

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WDI5512

438566

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367709340

Maury page id

psix-438566

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded33

Years with a record 24 calendar years (1996–2026)

The 50 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)72.0 ft × 27.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 130 / net 104

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderHOPE SERVICES INC · DULAC, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1996

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPORT ARANSAS, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 20 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 it130 - Simplified, Gross Ton
104 - Simplified, 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

WDI5512MMSI 367709340 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 December 2025, expires 6 January 2036

WCW5894MMSI 366959850 · cancelled · voluntarily equipped · granted 18 April 2006, cancelled 4 January 2016

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 · 33

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 · 50

12 August 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8462859

16 April 2026 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8352545

26 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8241875

22 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7883367

27 June 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7724576

18 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7597906

15 September 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7561966

25 April 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7437566

18 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7291188

17 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7198898

3 May 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7188400

29 July 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6799355

29 April 2019 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6672821

1 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6127373

20 August 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4691021

1 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4431843

11 June 2012 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4340688

8 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4347699

26 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4155707

3 June 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4069964

16 November 2010 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3893831

27 November 2009 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3640398

21 March 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3445698

10 August 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3302965

10 August 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3303078

1 November 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2855663

28 August 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2762441

30 June 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2696553

3 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2646015

11 December 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2551430

23 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2400692

26 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2343119

24 November 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2247547

16 October 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2222141

23 September 2004 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2203207

18 May 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2071334

17 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2030661

5 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1626705

21 November 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 37341

10 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 174549

25 May 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 172999

8 March 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 726383

4 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 165593

4 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 222666

4 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 223092

17 October 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 148448

19 April 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 181178

27 January 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 40939

3 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 405706

11 August 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 37118

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 12 August 2026 Resolved

Machinery systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operations of the towing vessel. Vessel reported a reductions in propulsion while transiting the ICW in Corpus Christi. Capitan moored vessel at Lydia Ann Channel Fleet. After further investigation crew found vessel was missing propeller on port side. Vessel has submitted a voyage plan approved by the [name withheld] Vessel will be granted a one time transit to San Jac Marine Houston to make permanent repairs.Deficiency my be cleared by TPO. Coast Guard shall be notified on completion of repairs with in 72 hours. 46 CFR 143.205(a)

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 20 August 2026
Resolution: TPO verified repairs.

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

Issued 16 April 2026 Resolved

Propulsion machinery, including main engines, reduction gears, shafting, bearings, and electrical equipment and systems, must be suitable for route and service. Company reported a loss of generator power. Crew was able to restore power to vessel bringing secondary generator on-line. Vessel is permitted to transit to PILOT terminal in Port Isabel for repair. Objective evidence attesting to satisfactory repair to be submitted to CG. 46 CFR 143.205(c)(2)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 19 April 2026
Resolution: Replaced generator

Engineering › Steering Gear System › Pump

Issued 27 November 2009 Resolved

On 27NOV2009, vsl experience failure of both steering pumps.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 27 November 2009
Resolution: Rcvd technician''s report stating pumps had loose wires that caused the pump failure on both sides. Permenant repairs effected, vsl returned to service.

Casualty record · 11

11 December 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 2551430

3 May 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2646015

28 August 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2762441

1 November 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2855663

10 August 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3302965

3 June 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4069964

26 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4155707

8 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4347699

1 September 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4431843

1 March 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6127373

18 November 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7597906

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

ARUNDEL (2005–2012). 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.