ART 161

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ART 161 is a 1974 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 1995, most recently in January 2008, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2011.

Records from 1995 to 2011. Most recent: casualty investigation, 20 May 2011.

Built: 1974
Last inspected: 13 January 2008
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2006–2011
Inspected with: 12 other vessels

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This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 18 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 13 January 2008

Recorded inspections4

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (1995–2008)

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Identity

554835

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126648

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-126648

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.1 ft × 35.1 ft × 10.9 ft

Registered tonnagegross 701 / net 701

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderAMERICAN BRIDGE DIV/USS · AMBRIDGE, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1974

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 7 September 1982 · expires 30 September 1998

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 it701 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
701 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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.

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Detail on this page

4 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 12 vessels inspected with it, by name and date; 3 casualty investigations, with date and classification; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port, endorsements, dates. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.

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Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspected as a tow unit · 12

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.

Inspection history · 4

13 January 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3129926

12 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2820524

4 January 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 70445

15 January 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 63539

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

12 October 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2820524

13 January 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3129926

20 May 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4019856

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

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