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GATE CITY
GATE CITY is a 1956 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 1993, most recently in January 2018, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2018.
Records from 1993 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 10 January 2018.
- Built
- 1956
- Last inspected
- 10 January 2018
- Documentation
- No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2008–2018
Identity
272715
WDE4485
72395
Flag
UNITED STATES
367353790 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-72395
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded10
Years with a record
9 calendar years (1993–2018)
The 13 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 8 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)116.5 ft × 33.0 ft × 8.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 348 / net 237
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderST LOUIS SHIPBUILDING · ST LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1956
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portCATLETTSBURG, KY
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 it348 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
237 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
237 - 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
WDE4485MMSI 367353790 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 May 2008, cancelled 7 July 2018
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 · 7
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.
CTC 9628 Freight Barge · MISLE 446688 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807CTC 9637 Freight Barge · MISLE 446697 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807CTC 9689 Freight Barge · MISLE 447067 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807CTC - 0202 Freight Barge · MISLE 585729 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807CTC - 0214 Freight Barge · MISLE 585748 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807CTC-0605 Freight Barge · MISLE 827784 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807CTC 0703 Freight Barge · MISLE 881840 · 5 March 2008 · activity 3176807Inspection history · 13
10 January 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6338574
16 March 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3434228
5 March 2008
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3176807
23 November 2004
MTSA Verification
Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2247621
17 May 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2073873
15 April 2004
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2044724
10 April 2003
Hawser Check
Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1785233
16 April 2002
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1616738
27 July 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 659195
18 July 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 534328
4 September 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 752836
28 August 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 204773
1 May 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 42270
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 · 2
5 March 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · at KANAWHA AND MICHIGAN RAILROAD BRIDGE · activity 3176807
10 January 2018Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 6338574
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.