BL 203

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named BL 203

BL 203 is a 1974 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2007, most recently in December 2019, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2019.

Records from 2007 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 19 December 2019.

Built: 1974
Last inspected: 19 December 2019
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2007–2019
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

Identity

561796

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132219

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-132219

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2007–2019)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2007 and 2019, 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 7 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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 623 / net 623

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMAXON MARINE INDUSTRIES · TELL CITY IN, UNITED STATES · built 1974

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itFreight Barge

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it623 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
623 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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.

A report is not offered for this hull: It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 5

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.

VICTORIA BAKER Towing Vessel · MISLE 67328 · 19 December 2019 · activity 6878099 BL209 Freight Barge · MISLE 132225 · 19 December 2019 · activity 6878099 GENERAL PATTON Unclassified · MISLE 1525594 · 19 December 2019 · activity 6878099 A. J. MORRIS Towing Vessel · MISLE 122915 · 4 December 2007 · activity 3117100 KEN ECHOLS Towing Vessel · MISLE 250344 · 4 December 2007 · activity 3117100

Inspection history · 2

19 December 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6878099

4 December 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3117100

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

4 December 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3117100

19 December 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6878099

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.