LADY ELLE

Towing Vessel · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

LADY ELLE is a 1998 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1998, most recently in September 2025, along with 8 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2024.

Records from 1998 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 September 2025.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 29 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2007–2024
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1065316

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WDP5015

473146

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-473146

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded11

Years with a record 15 calendar years (1998–2025)

The 22 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)65.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 8.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 81 / net 65

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderRODRIGUEZ BOAT BUILDERS · CODEN, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1998

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 21 May 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it81 - Simplified, Gross Ton
65 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspection history · 22

29 September 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8243341

22 August 2024 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7986816

22 August 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8017581

11 April 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7892874

26 July 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7753471

14 June 2022 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7507029

21 October 2021 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7336798

28 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 7270426

26 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5847064

15 December 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Pensacola · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4208897

4 August 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3814890

10 June 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2974792

1 August 2006 MTSA Verification · Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2732584

26 December 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Venice · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2559749

13 December 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2258341

15 April 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2044823

13 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 287433

13 February 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1522362

15 November 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 434791

11 August 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1511156

21 January 1999 Uninspected Towing Vessel

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1124802

10 November 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 79642

Deficiency record · 8

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

Issued 22 August 2024 Resolved

While swapping generators lost propulsion on both MDE's.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 22 August 2024
Resolved 22 August 2024
Resolution: Found issue to be a faulty battery. Replaced battery all sat.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 28 July 2021 Resolved

All owners and operators of an existing towing vessel must have a valid COI prior to the specified phase-in period. This vessel is one of the associated fleet that has not obtained a valid COI. The vessel shall be made available for a Coast Guard COI inspection within 90 days. If an inspection is not completed prior to this date, the action for this deficiency shall be changed to a 60 (Rectify deficiencies prior to movement) and the vessel may no long be permitted to operate.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 October 2021
Resolved 25 October 2021
Resolution: The company, Central Gulf Towing has demonstrated full compliance with the phase in period. See activity 7336798 for further details.

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