BRUCE W 542

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BRUCE W 542 is a 1991 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1991, most recently in August 1993.

Records from 1991 to 1993. Most recent: inspection, 12 August 1993.

Built: 1991
Last inspected: 12 August 1993
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 33 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 12 August 1993

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations1

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (1991–1993)

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

974102

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361153

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-361153

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)211.2 ft × 54.0 ft × 14.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,139 / net 341

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)211.2 ft × 54.0 ft × 14.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 1,139 / net 341

BuilderCONRAD INDUSTRIES INC · MORGAN CITY LA, UNITED STATES · built 1991

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portBOSTON, MA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 22 May 1991 · expires 31 May 1992

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 it341 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
1139 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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 · 1

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.

H.W.ORR Towing Vessel · MISLE 69234 · 23 January 1992 · activity 22689

Inspection history · 3

12 August 1993 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1156833

23 January 1992 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 22689

15 May 1991 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Initial Certification · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1028214

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.

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.