XL 279

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 1997 and 2000, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1972–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

The 2 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 26 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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

Tonnage as PSIX records it676 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
676 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. 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.

ART 24142 Freight Barge · MISLE 6561 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 ART 44127 Freight Barge · MISLE 6562 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 CORAL DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 95132 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 JZL 5 B Freight Barge · MISLE 115003 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 MWT-7237 Freight Barge · MISLE 116726 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 ART 178 Freight Barge · MISLE 166184 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 RRS 7937 Freight Barge · MISLE 175577 · 23 February 2000 · activity 167827 AMERICAN BEAUTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 95721 · 14 January 1997 · activity 76506 XL 134 Freight Barge · MISLE 106438 · 14 January 1997 · activity 76506 ART 291B Freight Barge · MISLE 161299 · 14 January 1997 · activity 76506

Inspection history · 2

23 February 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 167827

14 January 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 76506

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.

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.