BIG 505

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

BIG 505 is a 2000 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2004, most recently in February 2020, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2020.

Records from 2004 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 6 February 2020.

Built: 2000
Last inspected: 6 February 2020
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2004–2020
Inspected with: 7 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 6 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 6 February 2020

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2004–2020)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2004 and 2020, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1972–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

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

1100343

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11578

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-11578

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 14.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 823 / net 823

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2000

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 May 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

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 it823 - Simplified, Gross Ton
823 - 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

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 · 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.

BIG A Towing Vessel · MISLE 88305 · 6 February 2020 · activity 6907319 AVA HADLEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 97808 · 6 February 2020 · activity 6907319 CROWN JEWEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 116400 · 6 February 2020 · activity 6907319 BIG 502 Freight Barge · MISLE 11575 · 26 December 2004 · activity 2279313 JOSEPH PATRICK ECKSTEIN Towing Vessel · MISLE 165594 · 26 December 2004 · activity 2279313 BIG 9604 B Freight Barge · MISLE 434873 · 26 December 2004 · activity 2279313 MTC 541B Freight Barge · MISLE 672413 · 26 December 2004 · activity 2279313

Inspection history · 2

6 February 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6907319

26 December 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2279313

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

26 December 2004Significant Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2279313

6 February 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6907319

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.