CBC 398

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 2010s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

CBC 398 is a 2015 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2015, most recently in December 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2024.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 30 December 2025.

Built: 2015
Last inspected: 30 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2024
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 30 December 2025

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations11

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 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

1265000

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1356552

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1356552

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

BuilderCONRAD SHIPYARD LLC · MORGAN CITY, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2015

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry, non-fishing vessel

DocumentationValid · issued 16 September 2025 · expires 30 September 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 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 · 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.

FATHER PAT Towing Vessel · MISLE 1163616 · 10 May 2024 · activity 7911328

Inspection history · 12

30 December 2025 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8288264

12 November 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8265272

3 January 2025 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8059903

15 July 2024 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7959066

16 May 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7913353

11 May 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7910523

10 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7911328

19 November 2020 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7096242

21 September 2018 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6544294

19 October 2017 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6291212

14 October 2016 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6020793

10 September 2015 Construction Oversight · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5731325

Deficiency record · 3

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

Issued 30 December 2025 Resolved

Upon off load of cargo, and prior to departing MSU Chicago's inspection zone effect permanent repairs to the barges head log, side shell and deck knuckle including all damaged structural members. Barge may transit loaded to IMT Channahon fleet MM 279 and off load cargo at Exxon/Mobile MM 278 ILR. Upon off Load barge may transit to IMT shipyard MM 299.5 ILR.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 30 January 2026
Resolved 26 January 2026
Resolution: Examined repairs, cleared 835

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors

Issued 16 May 2024 Resolved

Scantlings, material, and workmanship shall be at least equivalent to the requirements of ABS or other recognized classification society. Vessel has damage to the #5 and #6 port void tank entrances and hatch covers that prevent it from closing to be watertight. Make permanent repairs with in 60 days. Repairs are to be to the satisfaction of the attending USCG Marine Inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Conducted exam of repair with satisfactory air test of void #5 and #6 void hatches; all sat.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors

Issued 11 May 2024 Resolved

The cognizant OCMI may require additional examinations of the vessel wheneverhe or she discovers or suspects damage or deterioration to hull plating or structural members that may affect seaworthiness or fitness for route or service of the vessel. Vessel has damage to the #5 and #6 port void tank entrances and hatch covers that prevent it from closing to be watertight.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 25 May 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Conducted exam of repair with satisfactory air test of void #5 and #6 void hatches; all sat.

Casualty record · 1

10 May 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7911328

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.