MPC 708

The 11 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

Tonnage as PSIX records it1754 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1754 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

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.

BETSY BLESSEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 23678 · 29 November 2016 · activity 6050848

Inspection history · 11

10 September 2025 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8231032

22 December 2023 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7842429

9 September 2020 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7054309

19 December 2019 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6877160

17 October 2018 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6563772

18 December 2017 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6326518

13 March 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6103590

30 November 2016 Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6049947

29 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6050848

16 November 2016 Examination of Repairs · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6043562

23 November 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5768822

Deficiency record · 5

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 19 December 2019 Resolved

The emergency shutdown did not shut down the pump engine.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 17 September 2020
Resolution: Witnessed operational test.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 19 December 2019 Resolved

There was a missing electrical cover on an electical piece inside the housing on the generator.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 17 September 2020

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo operation

Issued 17 October 2018 Resolved

Thermal Fluid Heater flame safeguard system visible indicator must demonstrate proper operation.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 October 2018
Resolution: Visible indicator light replaced.

06 - Cargo Operations Including Equipment › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (cargo)

Issued 17 October 2018 Resolved

All of the high-level indicating devices couldn't visually indicate the liquid level due to discoloration.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 October 2018
Resolution: Devices replaced.

Construction/Loadline › Structures › Rake

Issued 30 November 2016 Resolved

Found outer vertical shell plate and rub bar of the #1 port void to have a smooth inset approximately 14 ft long by 7 ft high by 4" deep, pictures from marine surveyor show outer chord in void to be pushed in 3 inches at the top of the chord. After off loading product take vessel to shipyard for permanent repairs.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 January 2017
Resolved 28 December 2016
Resolution: Inspected weld while in drydock: pneumatically tested and found satisfactory.

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.