CHEM 738

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

CHEM 738 is a 2012 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2012, most recently in June 2024, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2015 and 2017.

Records from 2012 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 27 June 2024.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 27 June 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2015–2017
Inspected with: 4 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 27 June 2024

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations9

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2012–2024)

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

1241899

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1182525

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1182525

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 735 / net 735

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it735 - Simplified, Gross Ton
735 - 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 · 4

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.

VICTOR GUZMAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 187430 · 22 December 2017 · activity 6332754 ACL 01512 Freight Barge · MISLE 29578 · 22 October 2015 · activity 5748420 JOSEPH M. HAMILTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 140340 · 22 October 2015 · activity 5748420 GLENN W JONES Towing Vessel · MISLE 202261 · 22 October 2015 · activity 5748420

Inspection history · 12

27 June 2024 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7943617

17 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7914443

13 August 2021 Examination of Repairs · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Damage Survey · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7285598

14 August 2018 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6525022

22 December 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6332754

15 May 2017 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Survey

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6169175

1 August 2016 Examination of Repairs · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5960526

13 November 2015 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5772611

22 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5748420

11 November 2014 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5028738

19 August 2013 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4690068

1 August 2012 Initial Certification · Hull Examination · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Cargo Tank Internal · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4397759

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 17 May 2024 Resolved

Scantlings, material, and workmanship, subdivision of cargo spaces, fitting of cofferdams, and testing of tanks shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of the American Bureau of Shipping or other recognized classification society. Vessel reported 9"x17" hile in #1 STBD deck gunnel. A temp repair has been made. Vessel is authorized to transit to Transmontane OR 609.40 to discharge. Then to T.T. 237 Baton Rouge to undergo permanent repairs to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector. During the transit the damaged gunnel shall be facing toward the middle of the tow. 32.60-1

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 2 July 2024
Resolution: Witnessed satisfactory repairs.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Inspection

Issued 1 August 2012 Resolved

Prior to carrying cargo Cyclohexannone (CCH), amend Cargo Authority Attachment to include CCH and all intended cargoes.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 3 October 2012
Resolution: Rcvd updated CAA from MSC to reflect addition of CCH

Documentation › Markings/Placards › Warning Signs

Issued 1 August 2012 Resolved

Remove cargo signs and cards for Caustic Soda Solution (CSS), Dichlorobenzene (BDO), and any other cargo not authorized in the Cargo Authority Attachment.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 19 August 2013

Casualty record · 2

22 October 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5748420

22 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6332754

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.