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MS PAULA
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 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2001–2018
Identity
293720
WDF5048
83580
Flag
UNITED STATES
367458760
Maury page id
psix-83580
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record
11 calendar years (1987–2025)
The 17 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)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 shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
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
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 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
WDM6541MMSI 367458760 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 4 November 2021, expires 4 November 2031
WDF5048MMSI 367458760 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 25 June 2010, cancelled 29 August 2020
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 · 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 6472770Inspection 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.
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.
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.
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, 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.