PATSY COLEMAN

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

PATSY COLEMAN is a 1965 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 75 inspections since 1995, most recently in January 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 27 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2026.

Records from 1995 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 22 January 2026.

Built: 1965
Last inspected: 22 January 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 75
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 27 investigations · 2002–2026
Inspected with: 63 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

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 22 January 2026

Recorded inspections75

…physical examinations11

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded62

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 26 calendar years (1995–2026)

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

500419

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WDH8166

87614

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-87614

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)148.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 463 / net 314

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNASHVILLE BRIDGE COMPANY · NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES · built 1965

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPADUCAH, KY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 13 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it463 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
314 - 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 · 63

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.

Inspection history · 75

22 January 2026 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8300492

22 January 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8311516

24 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8196585

10 May 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8132140

10 February 2025 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8062986

3 March 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7873809

19 August 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7774807

22 February 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7640929

6 September 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7552658

1 September 2022 TPO Audit

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7557864

4 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7445284

14 February 2022 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7396116

13 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7404693

11 February 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7394925

11 February 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7504567

5 February 2021 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7137320

5 February 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139906

31 January 2020 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6906037

3 January 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6886128

14 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6390877

11 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6044299

27 October 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6095419

13 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5979879

14 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5973431

22 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5726129

25 May 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5138176

28 April 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5124619

7 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4014390

4 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4002601

15 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3898366

8 November 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3886939

19 October 2010 Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3873072

2 July 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3794693

8 May 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3795685

25 February 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3686473

3 December 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3374292

3 December 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3374379

12 September 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3328794

16 January 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3131296

16 January 2008 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3132001

12 November 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3097478

5 October 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3081801

18 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3000453

19 April 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2910799

11 April 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2622328

1 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2651649

27 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2593467

15 February 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2585495

1 September 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2481033

27 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2286279

9 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2275004

6 January 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2271278

8 April 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2146987

9 March 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1758281

23 March 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1629707

12 January 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1485354

22 August 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 178316

15 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 121910

27 June 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 18421

14 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 280882

30 December 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 150139

25 November 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8327

1 May 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 429600

10 December 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 170854

4 December 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 120667

24 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 159645

23 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 180867

23 April 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 419736

11 March 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 112205

17 October 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 409100

12 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 15824

25 October 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 74572

12 September 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 69815

6 July 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 115420

9 October 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 177659

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 22 January 2026 Resolved

Pilot reported the vessel port tow knee damage from striking hopper barge CTC 0804 fracturing the welds and pealing the tow knee from the main deck. The owner or managing operator of a towing vessel that has selected the TSMS option must examine or must have examined the following systems, equipment, and procedures to ensure that the vessel and its equipment are suitable for the service for which the vessel is certificated. Vessel shall proceed as per submitted transit plan. Make repairs to the satisfaction of the attending TPO/TVIB.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 10 February 2026
Resolution: Received CRC from TVIB. Scanned into documents.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 14 February 2022 Resolved

Vessel reported a sheen caused by a crack in the No. 3 port side fuel tank.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 14 February 2022
Resolved 6 September 2022
Resolution: Received objective evidence from POC/ TPO that deficiency was resolved 2/22/22

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 11 February 2022 Resolved

Machinery and electrical systems must be designed and maintained to provide for safe operation of the towing vessel and safety of persons on board under normal and emergency conditions. The vessel reported an issue with its starboard wheel. Prove proper operation of the vessel's propulsion system prior to departure of COTP zone. Vessel is permitted to travel with one empty barge to Paducah, KY.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 11 February 2022
Resolved 18 April 2022
Resolution: Deficiency was cleared by the vessel's TPO, TVIB.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)

Issued 5 February 2021 Resolved

On 05 February 2021 at approx 17:50 local time the ITV PATSY COLEMAN experienced a broken jockey bar for the primary steering rudders rendering primary steering inoperable. Vessel authorized to move deadship to Paducah, KY to a shipyard for permanent repairs to steering. Repairs shall be conducted to the satisfaction of the vessel's TPO and reported to Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley before placing the vessel back into service.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Resolved 10 February 2021

Casualty record · 27

23 March 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1629707

9 March 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1758281

8 April 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2146987

6 January 2005Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2271278

27 February 2006Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 2593467

1 March 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2651649

19 April 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2910799

12 November 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3097478

16 January 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3131296

12 September 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3328794

3 December 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3374379

8 May 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3795685

15 November 2010Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3898366

4 May 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4002601

7 May 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4014390

14 July 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5973431

27 October 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6095419

14 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6390877

5 February 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7139906

11 February 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7504567

4 May 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7445284

22 February 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7640929

19 August 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7774807

3 March 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 7873809

10 May 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 8132140

24 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8196585

22 January 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8311516

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.

Recorded names · 2

JON J. STRONG (2002–2005), HARLEY HALL (2006–2011). 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.