AB 68

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

AB 68 is a 1972 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1998, most recently in March 2012, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2012.

Records from 1998 to 2012. Most recent: inspection, 16 March 2012.

Built: 1972
Last inspected: 16 March 2012
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2002–2012
Inspected with: 13 other vessels

Identity

540298

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114921

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-114921

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 14 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections3

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 3 calendar years (1998–2012)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.1 ft × 35.1 ft × 10.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 685 / net 685

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderAMBRIDGE, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1972

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW YORK, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 8 March 1983 · expires 31 March 1998

Service, as the file records itFreight Barge

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it685 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
685 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspected as a tow unit · 13

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 · 3

16 March 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4266786

28 October 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1697682

8 September 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 183525

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 · 2

28 October 2002Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 1697682

16 March 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4266786

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.