RRS 7946

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

RRS 7946 is a 1979 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 1996, most recently in January 2016, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2016.

Records from 1996 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 28 January 2016.

Built: 1979
Last inspected: 28 January 2016
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2016
Inspected with: 7 other vessels

Identity

611592

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175586

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-175586

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (1996–2016)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 1996 and 2016, 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 10 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 10.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 694 / net 694

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT INC · JEFFERSONVILLE IN, UNITED STATES · built 1979

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 April 2004 · expires 30 April 2005

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 it694 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
694 - 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 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.

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 · 7

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.

CRIMSON GEM Towing Vessel · MISLE 128394 · 28 January 2016 · activity 5806458 ART 471 Freight Barge · MISLE 166171 · 28 January 2016 · activity 5806458 XL 359 Freight Barge · MISLE 193876 · 28 January 2016 · activity 5806458 ART 35184 Freight Barge · MISLE 1054035 · 28 January 2016 · activity 5806458 YANGTZE AMBITION Freight Ship · MISLE 1137933 · 28 January 2016 · activity 5806458 MS DANIELLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1215881 · 28 January 2016 · activity 5806458 VIKING QUEEN Towing Vessel · MISLE 132750 · 19 April 1996 · activity 115769

Inspection history · 2

28 January 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5806458

19 April 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 115769

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 · 1

28 January 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 5806458

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.