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FRITZ BLESSEY

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named FRITZ BLESSEY · BLESSEY MARINE SERVICES, INC. operator of record, 2023

FRITZ BLESSEY is a 2006 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 28 inspections since 2006, most recently in December 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 5 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2019.

Records from 2006 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 1 December 2025.

Built
2006
Last inspected
1 December 2025
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
28
Deficiencies
1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
5 investigations · 2006–2019
Inspected with
11 other vessels
Also recorded as
1 other name

Identity

US Official No.
1181185
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDC8494
MISLE id
804204
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367087950
Maury page id
psix-804204

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11
…administrative events4
…with no type recorded13
Years with a record 16 calendar years (2006–2025)
The 28 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)82.3 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 278 / net 189
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)82.3 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.5 ft
ITC tonnagegross 331 / net 99
BuilderVERRET SHIPYARD · PLAQUEMINE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2006
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 13 September 2025 · expires 31 October 2026
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 it331 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
278 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
99 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
189 - 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

WDC8494MMSI 367087950 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 December 2025, expires 21 January 2036
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 · 11

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.

WEB 249T Tank Barge · MISLE 793006 · 21 September 2019 · activity 6866657WEB 259 Tank Barge · MISLE 1045345 · 21 September 2019 · activity 6866657WEB 225 Tank Barge · MISLE 9744 · 26 November 2012 · activity 4491049JESUS SAVES Towing Vessel · MISLE 110866 · 26 November 2012 · activity 4491049WEB 219 Tank Barge · MISLE 472592 · 26 November 2012 · activity 4491049WEB 218 Tank Barge · MISLE 472590 · 19 December 2010 · activity 3914499WEB 245B Tank Barge · MISLE 673610 · 19 December 2010 · activity 3914499JOE RAY BEAUBOUEF Towing Vessel · MISLE 800032 · 19 December 2010 · activity 3914499WEB 236B Tank Barge · MISLE 560484 · 18 December 2006 · activity 2856392WEB 228 Tank Barge · MISLE 22222 · 20 July 2006 · activity 2741664WEB 236B Tank Barge · MISLE 560484 · 20 July 2006 · activity 2741664M-I 05-2B Freight Barge · MISLE 845942 · 20 July 2006 · activity 2741664

Inspection history · 28

1 December 2025 TPO Audit
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8275639
26 June 2025 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8168352
28 January 2024 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7856807
11 October 2023 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806809
17 February 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7638460
28 November 2022 In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7600561
28 June 2022 Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7489642
8 July 2021 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7250020
22 September 2019 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6820020
21 September 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6866657
31 May 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6431104
29 March 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Sabine · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6113443
9 June 2016 Industry Initiated Exam · MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5907467
17 July 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4926133
23 July 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4662475
26 November 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4491049
11 August 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4112830
27 January 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3934504
19 December 2010 Marine Casualty Follow Up
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3913395
19 December 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3914499
1 April 2010 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3707315
24 March 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3702076
24 March 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Investigations National Center of Expertise · Activity 3709437
6 June 2008 MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3225059
18 December 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2856392
20 July 2006 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2741664
8 May 2006 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2644106
3 April 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2615583

Deficiency record · 1

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery
Issued 22 September 2019 Resolved
Vessel lost its main generator.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 27 September 2019
Resolved 24 September 2019

Casualty record · 5

18 December 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2856392
24 March 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3709437
19 December 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3914499
26 November 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4491049
21 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6866657
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

CAPT JONATHAN H BROWN (2006–2012). 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.