ART 169

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

ART 169 is a 1974 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1993, most recently in April 2014, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2014.

Records from 1993 to 2014. Most recent: inspection, 14 April 2014.

Built: 1974
Last inspected: 14 April 2014
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2002–2014
Inspected with: 8 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 12 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 14 April 2014

Recorded inspections3

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (1993–2014)

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

554843

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126656

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-126656

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.

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 · 8

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.

ROYCE WILKEN Towing Vessel · MISLE 128602 · 14 April 2014 · activity 4848106 KIRBY 10118 Tank Barge · MISLE 1272913 · 14 April 2014 · activity 4848106 COOPERATIVE VENTURE Towing Vessel · MISLE 145431 · 16 June 2002 · activity 1645911 SIR J-ETTE Towing Vessel · MISLE 211230 · 16 June 2002 · activity 1645911 AB 95 Freight Barge · MISLE 114948 · 5 January 1993 · activity 53914 SER 143 Freight Barge · MISLE 118422 · 5 January 1993 · activity 53914 AB 218B Freight Barge · MISLE 119707 · 5 January 1993 · activity 53914 PERRY HUSKEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 145211 · 5 January 1993 · activity 53914

Inspection history · 3

14 April 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4848106

16 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1645911

5 January 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 53914

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 · 2

16 June 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1645911

14 April 2014Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4848106

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.