R 8898

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

R 8898 is a 1988 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2017, most recently in January 2018, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2018.

Records from 2017 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 6 January 2018.

Built: 1988
Last inspected: 6 January 2018
Documentation: Valid · 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 · 2017–2018
Inspected with: 8 other vessels

Identity

931796

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301411

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-301411

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 8 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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2017–2018)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2017 and 2018, 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. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 601 / net 601

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCARUTHERSVILLE SHIPYARD · CARUTHERSVILLE, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1988

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 3 March 2026 · expires 31 March 2027

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 it601 - Simplified, Gross Ton
601 - 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

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 · 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.

ARTHUR E SNIDER Towing Vessel · MISLE 72161 · 6 January 2018 · activity 6334032 TITLETOWN U S A Towing Vessel · MISLE 120117 · 6 January 2018 · activity 6334032 CAPTAIN JAMES MCWILLIAMS Towing Vessel · MISLE 209966 · 6 January 2018 · activity 6334032 R 8889 Freight Barge · MISLE 301400 · 6 January 2018 · activity 6334032 PT411 Freight Barge · MISLE 1257168 · 6 January 2018 · activity 6334032 CROSBY EXPRESS Towing Vessel · MISLE 101622 · 14 October 2017 · activity 6288386 R 8899 Freight Barge · MISLE 301412 · 14 October 2017 · activity 6288386 HD 418 Freight Barge · MISLE 1266235 · 14 October 2017 · activity 6288386

Inspection history · 2

6 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6334032

14 October 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6288386

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

14 October 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6288386

6 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6334032

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.