ART 497

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

ART 497 is a 1975 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2007, most recently in October 2010, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2010.

Records from 2007 to 2010. Most recent: inspection, 5 October 2010.

Built: 1975
Last inspected: 5 October 2010
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 · 2007–2010
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

554861

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126674

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-126674

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 16 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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations1

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2007–2010)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

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 1975

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 7 September 1983 · 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 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.

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 · 4

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.

PROSPERITY Towing Vessel · MISLE 205218 · 5 October 2010 · activity 3869034 ART 952B Tank Barge · MISLE 416361 · 5 October 2010 · activity 3869034 ART 962B Tank Barge · MISLE 433636 · 5 October 2010 · activity 3869034 STARFIRE Towing Vessel · MISLE 67624 · 4 April 2007 · activity 2902355

Inspection history · 3

5 October 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3869034

9 February 2009 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3414976

4 April 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2902355

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

4 April 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2902355

5 October 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3869034

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.