MARSHALL B. BARNES

Towing Vessel · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MARSHALL B. BARNES is a 2012 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2012, most recently in May 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2026.

Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 15 May 2026.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 15 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2012–2026
Inspected with: 12 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 15 May 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations4

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2012–2026)

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

1237723

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WDG2645

1165098

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1165098

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)87.1 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 275 / net 210

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)87.1 ft × 32.0 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 343 / net 102

BuilderEASTERN SHIPBUILDING GROUP INC · PANAMA CITY, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 14 November 2025 · expires 30 November 2026

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 it343 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
275 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
102 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
210 - 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 · 12

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.

ROBIN B. INGRAM Towing Vessel · MISLE 181428 · 15 May 2026 · activity 8390916 LOUISIANA STAR Towing Vessel · MISLE 1218518 · 15 May 2026 · activity 8390916 ART 46104 Freight Barge · MISLE 1439418 · 15 May 2026 · activity 8390916 HBM 4235 Freight Barge · MISLE 1740285 · 15 May 2026 · activity 8390916 KIRBY 32010B Tank Barge · MISLE 26750 · 30 January 2024 · activity 7870523 FMT 3039 Tank Barge · MISLE 36953 · 2 August 2018 · activity 6502856 KIRBY 30054T Tank Barge · MISLE 793037 · 2 August 2018 · activity 6502856 KIRBY 29181 Tank Barge · MISLE 511840 · 28 March 2016 · activity 5847128 FMT 3092 Tank Barge · MISLE 565095 · 28 March 2016 · activity 5847128 TERAH HUCKABEE Towing Vessel · MISLE 149090 · 6 July 2012 · activity 4388906 KIRBY 29408 Tank Barge · MISLE 503312 · 6 July 2012 · activity 4388906 TRS 566 Freight Barge · MISLE 789947 · 6 July 2012 · activity 4388906

Inspection history · 16

15 May 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8390916

15 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253170

7 August 2024 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7976103

24 April 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7932713

30 January 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7870523

20 December 2022 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7611429

17 August 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7536272

19 October 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7080386

14 November 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6855578

4 September 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6803801

28 August 2019 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6797553

3 July 2019 TPO Audit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6734924

2 August 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6502856

28 March 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5847128

6 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4388906

13 April 2012 MARPOL · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4286227

Deficiency record · 3

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 28 August 2024 Resolved

Essential systems or equipment must be regularly tested and examined. Tests and examinations must verify that the system or equipment functions as designed. If a component is found unsatisfactory, it must be repaired or replaced. Crew could not operate bilge system to take suction from forward engine room bilge pickup. Make necessary repairs to satisfaction of marine inspector.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 August 2024
Resolution: TPO witnessed sat test of bilge system. Will provide TPO report.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 28 August 2024 Resolved

To stop the flow of fuel in the event of a fire or break in the fuel line, a remote fuel shutoff valve must be fitted on any fuel line that supplies fuel directly to a propulsion engine or generator prime mover. Fuel shutoff valves for propulsion engines and port generator found to be inoperable. Make necessary repairs to satisfaction of marine inspector.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 29 August 2024
Resolution: All emergency fuel shut offs operational.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 28 August 2024 Resolved

Each remote valve control must be marked in clearly legible letters, at least 25 millimeters (1 inch) high, indicating the purpose of the valve and the way to operate it. Stenciling for generator fuel shutoffs found illegible. Re-label fuel shutoff valves to satisfaction of marine inspector.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 August 2024
Resolution: Fuel shut off valves re-labled

Casualty record · 5

6 July 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4388906

28 March 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5847128

2 August 2018Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 6502856

30 January 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7870523

15 May 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 8390916

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.