MISS MELBA

Towing Vessel · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named MISS MELBA

MISS MELBA is a 1950 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 1995, most recently in May 2015, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2015.

Records from 1995 to 2015. Most recent: inspection, 28 May 2015.

Built: 1950
Last inspected: 28 May 2015
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2015
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

260936

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WHU625

67430

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-67430

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 5 calendar years (1995–2015)

The 6 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 11 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)41.5 ft × 14.4 ft × 4.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 23 / net 16

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWALKER BOAT YARD · PADUCAH, KY, UNITED STATES · built 1950

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portHERMANN, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · 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 it23 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
16 - 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

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspected as a tow unit · 4

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.

HALLELUJAH CHIBB Towing Vessel · MISLE 81687 · 12 September 1997 · activity 126715 KENT MICHAEL HAMM Towing Vessel · MISLE 92576 · 12 September 1997 · activity 126715 LASM-10 Towing Vessel · MISLE 103585 · 12 September 1997 · activity 126715 CCT 232 B Freight Barge · MISLE 125590 · 12 September 1997 · activity 126715

Inspection history · 6

28 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5139070

12 April 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4279641

27 April 2005 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2347792

12 September 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 126715

15 June 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 658988

14 March 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 376355

Deficiency record · 3

Lifesaving

Issued 14 March 1995 Resolved

VESSEL DID NOT HAVE PFD'S ONBOARD.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 March 1995
Resolved 20 March 1995

Navigation

Issued 14 March 1995 Resolved

SHIPS WHISTLE WAS NOT OPERATING.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 March 1995
Resolved 20 March 1995

Navigation

Issued 14 March 1995 Resolved

VESSEL DID NOT HAVE NAME ON EACH BOW OR STERN OF VESSEL.

Condition: Unknown
Due 14 April 1995
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past

Casualty record · 1

28 May 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5139070

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.