KIRBY 29079

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

KIRBY 29079 is a 2013 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2014, most recently in September 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2023 and 2025.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 September 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 21 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2023–2025
Inspected with: 3 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 21 September 2025

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations10

…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 (2014–2025)

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

1243997

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1221218

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1221218

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

BuilderCONRAD SHIPYARD LLC · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 12 August 2025 · expires 30 September 2026

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.

WANDA B Towing Vessel · MISLE 1116480 · 21 September 2025 · activity 8238614 THE MISS VANESSA Towing Vessel · MISLE 988649 · 27 July 2023 · activity 7754794 MMLP 335 Tank Barge · MISLE 1539530 · 27 July 2023 · activity 7754794

Inspection history · 13

21 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8238614

1 July 2025 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8172284

4 April 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8105184

9 January 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7847014

12 December 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7838117

27 July 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7754794

9 February 2022 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7393496

28 November 2018 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6587864

15 October 2018 Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6561311

13 October 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6286814

4 November 2016 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6033946

22 October 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5746867

16 December 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5040478

Deficiency record · 3

Deck/Cargo › Vapor Control Systems › Piping/Hoses

Issued 4 November 2016 Resolved

Prior to loading cargos make VCS line available for inspection or provide letter from company that barge does not carry/has not carried since last inspection polymerizing cargos.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 4 November 2016
Resolved 23 November 2016
Resolution: Rcvd letter from owner rep [name withheld] that vessel does not carry polymerizing cargos.

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Valve, Pressure Vacuum Relief

Issued 4 November 2016 Resolved

Prior to loading toxic cargos on CAA, ref "o-Toluidine", install approved pressure-vacuum relief valve set at not less than 3 psig. Ref Activity # 6033946.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 4 November 2016
Resolved 23 November 2016
Resolution: Cleared after discussion with Company Rep. that because vessel doesn’t actively carry this cargo and that if this cargo was to be carried the Company would then install 3 lbs P/V prior to loading. Ref Activity #6033946

Deck/Cargo › Vapor Control Systems › Piping/Hoses

Issued 4 November 2016 Resolved

Replace rusted VCS drain nipple and piping in port and starboard VCS line within 30 days. Requirement deferred until next ISE exam given that vsl only carries Subchapter D cargo and high cost of cleaning and gas-freeing for hotwork. Ref Activity # 6033946.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 31 October 2018
Resolved 23 November 2016
Resolution: Received, Reviewed, and accepted e-mail from Company stating the drains will be added at next ISE 31Oct18. Sp Note was added. See narrative for details AN 6033946.

Casualty record · 2

27 July 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7754794

21 September 2025Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 8238614

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.

Recorded names · 1

HBC 312 (2023). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.