MS PAULA

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

MS PAULA is a 1964 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 1987, most recently in December 2025, along with 3 deficiencies, 2 operational controls and 3 casualty investigations between 2001 and 2018.

Records from 1987 to 2025. Most recent: operational control imposed, 1 December 2025.

Built: 1964
Last inspected: 1 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2001–2018
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations4

…administrative events6

…with no type recorded7

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (1987–2025)

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

293720

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WDF5048

83580

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-83580

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)47.9 ft × 20.1 ft × 6.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 59 / net 40

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMARINE WELDING & REPAIR · GREENVILLE, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1964

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portDYERSBURG, TN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 February 2026 · expires 28 February 2027

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 it59 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
40 - 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

VICTORIA LYRA Tank Ship · MISLE 969645 · 6 July 2018 · activity 6472770

Inspection history · 17

1 December 2025 Exemption · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8275796

18 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8166088

10 February 2025 Deficiency Check · Uninspected Other · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8034103

19 November 2024 Excursion Permit

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8037045

8 July 2024 Administrative Inspection · Exemption

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7954489

10 October 2023 Administrative Inspection · Exemption

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7806311

10 August 2023 Administrative Inspection · Exemption

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7764763

9 December 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6890294

6 July 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6472770

8 November 2012 Deficiency Check · Industry Initiated Exam · MARPOL

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4504324

8 June 2011 Spot Check (Safety)

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4039498

8 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2598750

5 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2597578

12 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88254

26 September 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 128266

7 December 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 320093

4 December 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 320041

Deficiency record · 3

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 10 February 2025 Resolved

You must have a fire detection system installed on your vessel to detect engine-room fires. Marine Inspector noted the damaged and inoperable heat detector in the engine-room. The Fire detection panel on bridge was inoperable and without power. Third party service required to repair damaged heat detector and service fire detection system.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 12 February 2025
Resolution: Fire Detection System repaired to operational condition by third party company.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes

Issued 10 February 2025 Resolved

The portable fire pump fire pump must be self-priming and power driven. When conducting test on portable fire pump, water had to be added to prime pump before taking suction.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 12 February 2025
Resolution: Portable fire paump proven to be self priming in presence of Marine Inspector.

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 10 February 2025 Resolved

The following items are considered unsafe or pose a threat to the marine environment and must be addressed: a) automatic bilge pumps are not authorized in bilges if discharged directly to piping overboard with no isolation valve installed. Inspect all bilge pumps and ensure there is a means to prevent pollution to waterways. b) ensure navigational lights are operational and in good working order.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 12 February 2025
Resolution: Automatic bilge pump removed from vessel due in noncompliance. Portable Bilge pump mounted outside of space to provide emergency dewatering. Navigatioinal Lights all meet inland Nav Rules.

Casualty record · 3

12 September 2001Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 88254

5 March 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2597578

6 July 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6472770

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.