GONSOULIN 538

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

GONSOULIN 538 is a 2013 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2013, most recently in September 2025, along with 1 deficiency — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 3 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2026.

Records from 2013 to 2026. Most recent: casualty investigation, 19 June 2026.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 22 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2019–2026
Inspected with: 6 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 22 September 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2013–2025)

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

1248279

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1250067

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1250067

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

BuilderLEBEOUF BROS TOWING LLC · BOURG, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2013

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 14 October 2025 · expires 30 November 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, Net Ton
1619 - Simplified, Gross 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 · 6

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.

CITATION Towing Vessel · MISLE 991900 · 29 March 2025 · activity 8102697 CECIL V NEAL Towing Vessel · MISLE 1354963 · 29 March 2025 · activity 8102697 IB1982 Tank Barge · MISLE 1463841 · 29 March 2025 · activity 8102697 ARNE CHRISTIANSEN Towing Vessel · MISLE 1027007 · 5 August 2019 · activity 6774934 BUD SONIER Towing Vessel · MISLE 994857 · 24 June 2015 · activity 5164122 GONSOULIN 537 Tank Barge · MISLE 1250066 · 24 June 2015 · activity 5164122

Inspection history · 15

22 September 2025 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8239906

29 March 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8101795

29 March 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8102697

17 January 2024 Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7850799

2 January 2024 Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7844276

16 December 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6874731

5 August 2019 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6773693

5 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6774934

17 January 2019 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6611558

9 November 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6308012

25 October 2016 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6029270

15 December 2015 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5827279

24 June 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5164122

8 January 2015 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5053962

17 October 2013 Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Construction Oversight · Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4736589

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 29 March 2025 No resolution recorded

Scantlings, material, and workmanship shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of ABS or other recognized classification society. The bow void of vessel received an (approximately) 2' x '2 hole after another vessel's tow allided with it. After offload of current cargo, make permanent repairs to shell damage and any associated internal structures to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector prior to further cargo operations.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo

Casualty record · 3

5 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6774934

29 March 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8102697

19 June 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8450589

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.