CHEM 3261

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

CHEM 3261 is a 2014 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2014, most recently in September 2024, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2021 and 2023.

Records from 2014 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 24 September 2024.

Built: 2014
Last inspected: 24 September 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2021–2023
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

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 September 2024

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations9

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2014–2024)

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

1255311

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1301492

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1301492

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

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

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 8 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 · 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.

AMERICAN RELIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1393296 · 23 September 2023 · activity 7809521 AMERICAN SPIRIT Towing Vessel · MISLE 1281812 · 1 September 2021 · activity 7301806 AMERICAN RELIANCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1393296 · 1 September 2021 · activity 7301806 HOLY ROSARY Towing Vessel · MISLE 993498 · 31 January 2019 · activity 6619586 CHEM 3222 Tank Barge · MISLE 1141990 · 31 January 2019 · activity 6619586

Inspection history · 13

24 September 2024 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8008759

23 September 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7809521

1 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7301806

27 August 2019 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6792376

1 February 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6618780

31 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6619586

5 December 2018 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6620180

29 November 2018 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6589271

2 November 2017 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6299718

12 July 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6000467

8 October 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5743477

10 August 2015 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5736063

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

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4961150

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

1 September 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7301806

23 September 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7809521

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.