KIRBY 27738

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

KIRBY 27738 is a 2014 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2014, most recently in September 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2021.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 7 September 2025.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 7 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2017–2021
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 7 September 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 4 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

1245361

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1227426

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1227426

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.6 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 16 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 · 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.

LOUISIANAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 855721 · 5 July 2021 · activity 7250716 PORT FOURCHON Towing Vessel · MISLE 1222769 · 14 June 2017 · activity 6228366 KIRBY 27736 Tank Barge · MISLE 1227424 · 14 June 2017 · activity 6228366

Inspection history · 14

7 September 2025 Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8228578

23 December 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8048580

5 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7250716

8 October 2019 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6819820

18 October 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6561356

28 September 2017 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6250261

15 July 2017 Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6213034

14 June 2017 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6175505

14 June 2017 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6176128

14 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6228366

18 August 2016 Deficiency Check · Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5973364

14 September 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5718177

3 April 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5095965

5 August 2014 Hull Examination · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Construction Oversight · Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4975081

Deficiency record · 4

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems

Issued 18 October 2018 Resolved

Upon pulling the emergency shutdown chord frayed and broke. Successful shut down of the prime mover however, the chord will need to be replaced prior to operation of prime mover.

Action required: 703 - Prior to bunkering operations
Due 25 October 2018
Resolved 19 October 2018
Resolution: New chord installed and successful shutdown.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 15 July 2017 Resolved

Complete repairs identified on marine survey report from damage survey completed on 18JUL17.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 July 2017
Resolved 11 August 2017
Resolution: Wittnessed satisfactory repairs and 1.5lbs air test.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Double Hull

Issued 14 June 2017 Resolved

Vessel ran aground and must make vessel available for inspection via 3rd party or CG MI.

Due 14 June 2017
Resolved 14 June 2017
Resolution: MI conducted damage survey. no damage to report.

Engineering › Diesel Engine (auxiliary) › Emergency shutdown

Issued 18 August 2016 Resolved

Renew frayed emergency shutdown cable.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 September 2016
Resolved 25 August 2016
Resolution: Satisfactory photographic evidence was submitted of the renewed cable.

Casualty record · 2

14 June 2017Routine · role: Subject to Marine Inspection · activity 6228366

5 July 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7250716

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 335 (2017). 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.