ART 485

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

ART 485 is a 1974 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 1992, most recently in September 2007, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2007.

Records from 1992 to 2007. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2007.

Built: 1974
Last inspected: 4 September 2007
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: 2 investigations · 2006–2007
Inspected with: 10 other vessels

Identity

554849

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126662

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-126662

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 4 calendar years (1992–2007)

The 4 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 19 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 681 / net 681

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTWIN CITY SHIPYARD, INC · ST PAUL, MN, UNITED STATES · built 1974

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 15 June 1983 · expires 31 August 1997

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 it681 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
681 - 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.

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. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 10

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 · 4 September 2007 · activity 3050596 TATUM HOUGHTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 194424 · 6 February 2006 · activity 2623822 PROSPERITY Towing Vessel · MISLE 205218 · 24 February 1993 · activity 155349 AT 71 Freight Barge · MISLE 80922 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541 XL 204 Freight Barge · MISLE 85530 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541 AT 522B Freight Barge · MISLE 90782 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541 AT 526B Freight Barge · MISLE 90786 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541 XR 587B Freight Barge · MISLE 113118 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541 XL 146 Freight Barge · MISLE 130179 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541 TILC 40 Freight Barge · MISLE 190086 · 31 March 1992 · activity 28541

Inspection history · 4

4 September 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3050596

6 February 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2623822

24 February 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 155349

31 March 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 28541

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

6 February 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2623822

4 September 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3050596

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.