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BARBARA B
BARBARA B is a 1980 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 1996, most recently in September 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2011.
Records from 1996 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 24 September 2025.
- Built
- 1980
- Last inspected
- 24 September 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2007–2011
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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.
Inspection record
Last inspected
24 September 2025
…with no type recorded10
Deficiencies
4 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
19 calendar years (1996–2025)
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
623250
8037645
WHD732
186231
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-186231
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)55.8 ft × 24.1 ft × 9.2 ft
Registered tonnagegross 131 / net 89
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLOUIS G. ORTIS BOAT CO IN · KROTZ SPRINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1980
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 30 July 2026 · expires 31 July 2027
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it131 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
89 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
89 - 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.
Vessel history report
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299
Every recorded inspection, 1980 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 · 8
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.
PHILIP M. PFEFFER Towing Vessel · MISLE 206548 · 14 September 2011 · activity 4145650ING7528 Freight Barge · MISLE 364662 · 14 September 2011 · activity 4145650DAVID L. FIELDS Towing Vessel · MISLE 851671 · 29 November 2009 · activity 3645995COOPERATIVE VANGUARD Towing Vessel · MISLE 207539 · 23 November 2009 · activity 3638517ING 5841 Freight Barge · MISLE 36650 · 20 May 2007 · activity 2937057BILL BERRY Towing Vessel · MISLE 205089 · 20 May 2007 · activity 2937057ING 5522 Freight Barge · MISLE 209738 · 20 May 2007 · activity 2937057CRIMSON GLORY Towing Vessel · MISLE 97634 · 14 June 1999 · activity 110093Inspection history · 24
24 September 2025
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8226737
8 October 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7997753
1 November 2023
DAPI Audit · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813517
25 September 2023
Hull Examination · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7796583
20 December 2022
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7600466
23 November 2021
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7356287
15 November 2021
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7351804
31 August 2020
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7046663
20 November 2019
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6858964
14 March 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6663791
30 November 2018
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6568855
21 August 2012
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCG Heartland District (dwb) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4418220
14 September 2011
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4145650
29 April 2010
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3726925
29 November 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3645995
23 November 2009
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3638517
29 September 2009
Administration
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3618203
20 May 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2937057
30 December 2003
Security Plan Review - VSP
Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1971689
24 October 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 283396
14 June 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 110093
2 June 1998
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 417156
12 May 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 403665
26 August 1996
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 472822
Deficiency record · 4
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
Aft portable fire extinguisher for the flamable storage locker was discovered not mounted properly.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 20 December 2022
Resolved
The portable fire pump must be self-priming and power-driven, with: (1) A minimum capacity of at least 300 LPM (80 gpm) at a discharge gauge pressure of not less than 414 kPa (60 psi), measured at the pump discharge. Portable fire put was unable to start due to extreme low temperatures. Provide video of pump working as intended.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 20 December 2022
Resolved
Each lifebuoy on a towing vessel must: Be marked in block capital letters with the name of the vessel...
Place labels on 02 identified life buoys with proper labeling.
Electrical
Issued 12 May 1997
Resolved
REPLACE WIRE NUTS ON GRINDING MOTOR IWO MSD.
Casualty record · 4
20 May 2007Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 2937057
23 November 2009Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3638517
29 November 2009Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3645995
14 September 2011Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 4145650
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.