KIRBY 27730

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

KIRBY 27730 is a 2014 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2014, most recently in January 2026, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2016 and 2019.

Records from 2014 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 18 January 2026.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 18 January 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2016–2019
Inspected with: 5 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 18 January 2026

Recorded inspections18

…physical examinations12

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2014–2026)

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

1245353

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1227418

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1227418

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

BuilderTRINITY MARINE PRODUCTS INC · MADISONVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

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 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 · 5

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.

LAFITTE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1207130 · 31 October 2019 · activity 6846956 KIRBY 27729 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227417 · 31 October 2019 · activity 6846956 LAFITTE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1207130 · 19 September 2019 · activity 6816555 KIRBY 27729 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227417 · 19 September 2019 · activity 6816555 NEW FRIENDSHIP Tank Ship · MISLE 650919 · 17 July 2016 · activity 5947499 PEARL RIVER Towing Vessel · MISLE 1207127 · 17 July 2016 · activity 5947499 KIRBY 27729 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227417 · 17 July 2016 · activity 5947499 SHELL BEACH Towing Vessel · MISLE 1219289 · 29 March 2015 · activity 5093055 KIRBY 27729 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227417 · 29 March 2015 · activity 5093055

Inspection history · 18

18 January 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8297941

26 June 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7939506

14 June 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7988344

15 April 2021 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7175974

12 April 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7173725

31 October 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6846956

20 September 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6816742

19 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6816555

23 May 2019 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6690908

30 April 2019 Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6673724

29 March 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6379474

11 April 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6122005

17 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5947499

27 April 2016 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5861800

29 March 2015 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5092926

29 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5093055

2 March 2015 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5074826

26 February 2014 Construction Oversight · Initial Certification · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4822278

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 · 3

17 July 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5947499

19 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6816555

31 October 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6846956

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

CTCO 327 (2016). 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.