EMS 392

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

EMS 392 is a 2015 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2015, most recently in November 2024, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2020.

Records from 2015 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 25 November 2024.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 25 November 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2020
Inspected with: 3 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 25 November 2024

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations8

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2015–2024)

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

1257299

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1312231

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1312231

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 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 · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUMA, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 1 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 · 3

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.

LOCK MASTER Towing Vessel · MISLE 93363 · 9 June 2020 · activity 6972193 EMS 384 Tank Barge · MISLE 1168473 · 9 June 2020 · activity 6972193 LEE W Towing Vessel · MISLE 1585023 · 9 June 2020 · activity 6972193

Inspection history · 10

25 November 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8039855

4 November 2024 Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8029735

6 May 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7445186

28 July 2020 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7017550

9 June 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6972193

9 June 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6972349

7 August 2018 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6503237

26 April 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6155531

17 August 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6005273

23 February 2015 Internal Structural Exam · Construction Oversight · Initial Certification · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5137805

Deficiency record · 1

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Hatch Cover

Issued 26 April 2017 Resolved

HPV cover hinge broken on pressure side

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 28 April 2017
Resolution: Hinge and cover replaced by Coastwide Marine

Casualty record · 1

9 June 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6972193

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.