BETTY SUE

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BETTY SUE is a 1962 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1987, most recently in May 2013, along with 3 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2012.

Records from 1987 to 2013. Most recent: inspection, 8 May 2013.

Built: 1962
Last inspected: 8 May 2013
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2012

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 13 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 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 8 May 2013

Recorded inspections7

…physical examinations2

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (1987–2013)

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

290154

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WDF9254

81543

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-81543

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)49.5 ft × 20.0 ft × 5.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 53 / net 36

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMARINE WELDING AND REPAIR · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1962

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW YORK, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it53 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
36 - 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.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 7

8 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4586478

6 May 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4584975

5 October 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4458030

2 October 2012 Deficiency Check · Spot Check (Safety)

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4456006

4 October 2011 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4175472

6 November 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 658871

9 September 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 318404

Deficiency record · 3

Fire Fighting

Issued 9 September 1987 Resolved

TWO FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE DISCHARGED AND INSPECTION WAS OUT DATED. THE FIRE EXTS. WERE LOCATED IN THE ENGINE ROOM.

Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
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

Navigation

Issued 9 September 1987 Resolved

VESSELS WHISTLE NOT WORKING. NO OTHER MEANS OF MAKING SOUND SIGNALS ONBOARD

Condition: Unknown
Due 9 September 1987
Resolved 9 September 1987

Navigation

Issued 9 September 1987 Resolved

VESSEL DIDN'T HAVE A COPY OF INLAND NAVIGATION RULES ONBOARD

Casualty record · 1

5 October 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4458030

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. 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.