AR 856

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

AR 856 is a 1981 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 1995, most recently in August 2005, along with 2 casualty investigations between 1995 and 2005.

Records from 1995 to 2005. Most recent: inspection, 17 August 2005.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 17 August 2005
Documentation: On Deposit · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 1995–2005
Inspected with: 27 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 21 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 17 August 2005

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (1995–2005)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 1995 and 2005, 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.

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

636694

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198185

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-198185

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 11.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 700 / net 700

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderUSS FABRICATION DIV · AMBRIDGE, PA, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationOn Deposit · issued 20 July 2005 · expires 31 August 2006

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 it700 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
700 - 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

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspected as a tow unit · 27

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.

Inspection history · 2

17 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Greenville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2472133

19 November 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 41060

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

19 November 1995Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 41060

17 August 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2472133

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.