MELLISSA GAYLE

Towing Vessel · Built 1940s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named MELLISSA GAYLE

MELLISSA GAYLE is a 1948 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2011, most recently in August 2021, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2020.

Records from 2011 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 11 August 2021.

Built: 1948
Last inspected: 11 August 2021
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2020
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

257091

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WDI3624

65995

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367049950, 367690220 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-65995

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2011–2021)

The 3 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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)65.6 ft × 17.8 ft × 6.7 ft

Registered tonnagegross 75 / net 51

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderST LOUIS SHPBLDG STL CO · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1948

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portSOUTH HEIGHTS, PA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it75 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
51 - 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

WDI3624MMSI 367690220 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 27 August 2015, cancelled 7 March 2026

WDC6011MMSI 367049950 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 15 June 2005, cancelled 15 August 2015 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

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.

A report is not offered for this hull: It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

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.

DUQUESNE Towing Vessel · MISLE 91593 · 29 March 2020 · activity 6933164

Inspection history · 3

11 August 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7283780

29 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6933164

25 March 2011 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3973160

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 1

29 March 2020Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 6933164

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.

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.