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FRITZ BLESSEY

Built
2006
Last inspected
1 December 2025
Documentation
Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 1 December 2025
…with no type recorded13
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 16 calendar years (2006–2025)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

WDC8494
804204
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-804204

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 shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA
Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un
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 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 11

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 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification
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

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

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