GONSOULIN 506

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

GONSOULIN 506 is a 2009 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 2009, most recently in October 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2012.

Records from 2009 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 29 October 2024.

Built: 2009
Last inspected: 29 October 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 26
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 4 investigations · 2010–2012
Inspected with: 3 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 Barge class in Maury's sources begin in 1972.

Inspection record

Last inspected 29 October 2024

Recorded inspections26

…physical examinations21

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 12 calendar years (2009–2024)

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

1219796

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1000818

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1000818

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,619

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderLEBEOUF BROS. TOWING LLC · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2009

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 4 June 2026 · expires 30 June 2027

Service, as the file records itTank Barge

Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - Simplified, 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, 1972 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 · 3

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.

TEDDY MEYER Towing Vessel · MISLE 1115625 · 29 March 2012 · activity 4275248 CREOLE CRUSADER Towing Vessel · MISLE 2317 · 30 May 2010 · activity 3751906 GONSOULIN 509 Tank Barge · MISLE 1030121 · 30 May 2010 · activity 3751906

Inspection history · 26

29 October 2024 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8022080

26 February 2024 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7870515

8 October 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6826231

5 September 2019 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6804619

24 November 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6601056

30 November 2017 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6318767

6 October 2017 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6298920

18 October 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6034218

7 October 2016 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6018367

23 November 2015 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5795328

22 August 2014 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4958532

11 February 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4798965

19 November 2013 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4776688

11 June 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4618104

19 June 2012 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404184

23 April 2012 Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4297093

3 April 2012 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4278129

29 March 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4275248

29 March 2012 Damage Survey · Permit to Proceed

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4275293

19 July 2011 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4087132

20 October 2010 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3873720

28 September 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3873721

30 May 2010 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3751880

30 May 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3751906

19 August 2009 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3570877

23 June 2009 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Initial Certification · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3518666

Deficiency record · 3

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Transfer/Lightering (liquid) › Communications

Issued 18 October 2016 Resolved

Warning/Benzene sign faded

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 18 October 2016
Resolution: Complete sign assembly changed out

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Heating › General

Issued 7 October 2016 Resolved

Restricted, may not use, thermal fluid heater til submission of approved drawings for thermal fluid heater to MSU Houma.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 14 October 2016
Resolution: Vessel provided approved drawings.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Drains/Scuppers (means of closure)

Issued 28 September 2010 Resolved

TBSIP Examiner noticed two scupper plugs that were not working properly.

Due 28 September 2010
Resolved 28 September 2010
Resolution: Replaced scupper plugs on the spot

Casualty record · 4

30 May 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3751906

5 April 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3979570

29 May 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4043584

29 March 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4275248

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.