DRIFT RIVER

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A)

DRIFT RIVER is a 2013 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2013, most recently in April 2026, along with 6 deficiencies.

Records from 2013 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 15 April 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 15 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 15 April 2026

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations17

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 14 calendar years (2013–2026)

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

1245030

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1226079

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1226079

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)172.8 ft × 50.0 ft × 9.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 551 / net 165

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)172.8 ft × 50.0 ft × 9.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 551 / net 165

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

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portFAIRBANKS, AK

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 4 September 2025 · expires 30 September 2026

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 it551 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
165 - Convention (Subpart B), 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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Inspection history · 19

15 April 2026 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8350471

14 April 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8111870

15 April 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7895900

1 April 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7673042

26 January 2023 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7627491

18 April 2022 Explosive Handling Operation-Commercial

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7505927

12 April 2022 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7429817

14 April 2021 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7201530

14 April 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6972613

17 September 2019 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6815326

8 May 2019 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6763382

7 October 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6625433

12 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6504956

27 March 2018 Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6372701

10 April 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6120011

25 April 2016 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5845455

21 April 2015 Annual Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 5112899

29 May 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4891727

24 June 2013 Deficiency Check · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 4651657

Deficiency record · 6

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 25 April 2016 Resolved

Crop and renew insets at port upper corner of aft void

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 April 2018
Resolved 19 April 2018

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Bottom Plating

Issued 25 April 2016 Resolved

Crop out and replace bent bottom long in port side fwd void. Bottom plating will need to be measured for inset damaged when barge is out of the water.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 April 2018
Resolved 19 April 2018

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Not on Board

Issued 24 June 2013 Resolved

Place additional ring life buoy at bow (46 CFR 199.640(i)(2)).

Due 30 June 2013
Resolved 26 June 2013
Resolution: Rcvd e-mail certification fm [name withheld] that ring life buoy was aboard. Administratively cleared.

Fire Fighting › Portable Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher › Number

Issued 24 June 2013 Resolved

Provide additional (spare charge) BII portable fire extinguisher aboard barge (46 CFR 95.50-15(a)).

Due 30 June 2013
Resolved 26 June 2013
Resolution: Rcvd e-mail certification fm [name withheld] that portable fire extinguisher was aboard. Administratively cleared.

Fire Fighting › Portable Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher › Number

Issued 24 June 2013 Resolved

Provide one BII portable fire extinguisher aboard barge for fuel transfers.

Due 30 June 2013
Resolved 26 June 2013
Resolution: Rcvd e-mail certification fm [name withheld] that portable fire extinguisher was aboard. Administratively cleared.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Transfer Procedures

Issued 24 June 2013 Resolved

Provide transfer procedures for barge (33 CFR 155.720).

Due 30 June 2013
Resolved 26 June 2013
Resolution: Examined xfer procedures @ office. Cleared.

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.