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CHEM 1238

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named CHEM 1238 · FLOWERS, J. RUSSELL, INC. operator of record, 2023

CHEM 1238 is a 2014 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2014, most recently in January 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2014 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 6 January 2025.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 6 January 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

1254992

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1290288

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1290288

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2014–2025)

The 12 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.

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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 735 / net 735

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2014

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 November 2025 · expires 31 December 2026

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 it735 - Simplified, Net Ton
735 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

LARRY BARBER Towing Vessel · MISLE 869658 · 17 October 2022 · activity 7579040

Inspection history · 12

6 January 2025 Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8058890

5 December 2022 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7604353

17 October 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7579040

17 October 2022 Permit to Proceed · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7579196

19 December 2019 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6870536

2 October 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6563541

23 March 2018 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6377171

13 December 2016 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6065523

14 March 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5832827

19 October 2015 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5746016

10 February 2015 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5067997

8 November 2014 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Initial Certification · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5033404

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 17 October 2022 Resolved

When major alterations or major repairs of tank vessels become necessary the work shall be done under the direction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, and shall be in accordance with the regulations in effect for new construction insofar as possible. As a result of running aground, the CHEM 1238's bottom rake was damaged. Damaged sustained was a 5'6" tear at a point 13'6' inboard the port side at the extreme aft of the rake bottom. Conduct permanent repairs to the rake bottom to the satisfaction of the attending USCG Marine Inspector.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 9 December 2022
Resolution: Repairs completed on 09DEC22 and witnessed by [name withheld]

Casualty record · 1

17 October 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7579040

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.