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VLB 9173

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named VLB 9173 · AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, LLC operator of record, 2023

VLB 9173 is a 1991 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2001, most recently in October 2015, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2015.

Records from 2001 to 2015. Most recent: inspection, 28 October 2015.

Built: 1991
Last inspected: 28 October 2015
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2005–2015
Inspected with: 14 other vessels

Identity

967622

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353230

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-353230

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2001–2015)

The 6 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 11 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 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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 705 / net 705

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1991

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portJEFFERSONVILLE, IN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 14 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it705 - Simplified, Net Ton
705 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

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 · 14

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.

RICHARD R RILEY Towing Vessel · MISLE 183248 · 28 October 2015 · activity 5757863 VLB 9134 Freight Barge · MISLE 353188 · 28 October 2015 · activity 5757863 VLB 9180 Freight Barge · MISLE 353237 · 28 October 2015 · activity 5757863 LASM-03 Tank Barge · MISLE 41301 · 13 June 2005 · activity 2398940 AURORA Towing Vessel · MISLE 127633 · 13 June 2005 · activity 2398940 MRM0102 Freight Barge · MISLE 29633 · 24 February 2004 · activity 2012345 AXL 223 Tank Barge · MISLE 48764 · 24 February 2004 · activity 2012345 DAVID A. LEWIS, JR Towing Vessel · MISLE 113937 · 24 February 2004 · activity 2012345 CCT 277 Freight Barge · MISLE 189621 · 24 February 2004 · activity 2012345 SCF 23134 Freight Barge · MISLE 653011 · 24 February 2004 · activity 2012345 BROWN WATER V Towing Vessel · MISLE 147819 · 15 September 2001 · activity 1482244 MEM 1514 Freight Barge · MISLE 335930 · 15 September 2001 · activity 1482244 VLB 9182 Freight Barge · MISLE 353239 · 15 September 2001 · activity 1482244 ART35673 Freight Barge · MISLE 500405 · 15 September 2001 · activity 1482244

Inspection history · 6

28 October 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5757863

3 January 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2559898

13 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2398940

7 December 2004 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2316339

24 February 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MEMPHIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2012345

15 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1482244

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

13 June 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2398940

28 October 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5757863

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.