KIRBY 31005B

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

KIRBY 31005B is a 2015 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2015, most recently in October 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations in 2018.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 24 October 2025.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 24 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2018
Inspected with: 9 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 24 October 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations10

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2015–2025)

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

1252829

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1280759

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1280759

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.6 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,619

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE LTD · PALACIOS, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 March 2026 · expires 31 March 2027

Service, as the file records itTank Barge

Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - Simplified, 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 9

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 · 14

24 October 2025 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8255704

20 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7354735

17 June 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6978963

12 August 2019 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6781192

1 August 2018 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6492269

14 May 2018 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6405263

15 March 2018 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6381457

14 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6373317

3 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6367737

17 February 2018 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6359442

3 August 2017 MTSA/ISPS Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6229745

19 July 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5945027

11 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5212944

25 March 2015 Construction Oversight · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5123520

Deficiency record · 2

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 15 March 2018 Resolved

An approx 14' x 8" inset int he #1 port wing void.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 14 May 2018
Resolution: Cropped and install new insert of 12.5' X 20' covering #1 and #2 port wing voids. Voids were Air tested with satisfactory results.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 17 February 2018 Resolved

3' x 3" fracture below the deck at the second kevel on the starboard side.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 March 2018
Resolved 14 May 2018
Resolution: Looked for damage on this area and Marine Inspectors were not able to find any damage in need of repairs. All completed repairs were completed on the Port side of the barge.

Casualty record · 2

3 March 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6367737

14 March 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6373317

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.

Recorded names · 1

CTCO 356B (2018). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.