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G.A. FRANKLIN

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

G.A. FRANKLIN is a 1967 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 25 inspections since 1997, most recently in February 2024, along with 3 operational controls and 5 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2015.

Records from 1997 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 14 February 2024.

Built
1967
Last inspected
14 February 2024
Documentation
Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
25
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
5 investigations · 2007–2015
Inspected with
7 other vessels

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 14 February 2024
Recorded inspections25
…physical examinations7
…administrative events4
…with no type recorded14
Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 11 calendar years (1997–2024)
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

US Official No.
507367
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDD3445
MISLE id
92006
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-92006

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)59.2 ft × 22.1 ft × 9.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 93 / net 63
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderHOUMA SHIPBUILDING CORP · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1967
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Direct
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portVALONA, GA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
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 it93 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
63 - 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 · 7

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.

OSPREY Towing Vessel · MISLE 81498 · 1 January 2015 · activity 5046616LADY THEO Towing Vessel · MISLE 130324 · 1 January 2015 · activity 5046616CAPT JEROME Towing Vessel · MISLE 79796 · 24 April 2010 · activity 3725601MOBRO 1600 Freight Barge · MISLE 447193 · 24 April 2010 · activity 3725601DB 104 Tank Barge · MISLE 206691 · 19 March 1998 · activity 156200MICHELE ROBERTS Towing Vessel · MISLE 179115 · 17 October 1997 · activity 3350ATHENA 108 Freight Barge · MISLE 462950 · 3 August 1997 · activity 187898

Inspection history · 25

14 February 2024 In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7864758
19 January 2022 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7382832
1 January 2015 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5046616
11 April 2013 DAPI Audit
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4570210
13 March 2013 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4548865
10 January 2013 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4516375
26 October 2011 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4176573
26 October 2011 Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Savannah · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4225842
25 October 2011 Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4175302
19 October 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4171778
19 October 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4172126
10 July 2011 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4077450
24 April 2010 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3725601
16 September 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3595397
1 September 2009 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3585086
2 August 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3015328
20 July 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3002101
20 July 2007 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3012889
30 November 2006 MTSA Verification
Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2832154
6 October 2006 Security Plan Review - ASP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2794882
19 March 1998 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 156200
25 November 1997 Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 779419
17 October 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3350
3 August 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 187898
4 February 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 78440

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 5

20 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3012889
1 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3585086
16 September 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3595397
10 July 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 4077450
1 January 2015Routine · role: Suspected Pollution Source · activity 5046616
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.