KIRBY 28138

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

KIRBY 28138 is a 2011 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 20 inspections since 2012, most recently in November 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2020.

Records from 2012 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 November 2025.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 10 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 20
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2013–2020
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 10 November 2025

Recorded inspections20

…physical examinations16

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2012–2025)

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

1233328

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1104618

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1104618

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

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE INC · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2011

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 16 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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.

KENOVA Towing Vessel · MISLE 1521154 · 22 March 2020 · activity 6936516 ADMIRAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 116409 · 31 October 2013 · activity 4744880 KIRBY 30410 Tank Barge · MISLE 396721 · 31 October 2013 · activity 4744880

Inspection history · 20

10 November 2025 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8266635

18 April 2023 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7670955

4 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7662390

19 October 2021 Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7335753

18 June 2020 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6983748

22 March 2020 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6930190

22 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6936516

1 August 2018 Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6498313

14 July 2018 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Brownsville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6481726

11 June 2018 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6440667

21 June 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6217892

21 July 2016 Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5937288

18 May 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5880213

22 June 2015 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5888257

2 May 2014 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4948891

31 October 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4744880

11 June 2013 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4617328

4 August 2012 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4401508

21 June 2012 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4350825

20 June 2012 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4400523

Deficiency record · 2

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

Issued 22 March 2020 Resolved

46 CFR 31.10-30 Each tank vessel must meet the applicable requirements in subchapter S of this chapter. Proceed to Paducah, KY to make repairs to hull fracture / hole in port bow rake void and #1 wing tank port side to the satisfaction of local OCMI.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 22 April 2020
Resolved 18 June 2020
Resolution: Repairs were made and air tested satisfactory, 18Jun20.

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

Issued 14 July 2018 Resolved

14"x14" fracture in the starboard #2 wing void in way of walking deck turning down into the side shell.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 13 August 2018
Resolved 3 August 2018
Resolution: Fracture in starboard #2 wing void has been repaired.

Casualty record · 2

31 October 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 4744880

22 March 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6936516

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.