RCI 253B

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

RCI 253B is a 1992 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2005, most recently in February 2012, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2006.

Records from 2005 to 2012. Most recent: inspection, 20 February 2012.

Built: 1992
Last inspected: 20 February 2012
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2005–2006
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

Identity

987747

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379768

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-379768

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 14 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 inspections3

…physical examinations1

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2005–2012)

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)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 705 / net 705

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCARUTHERSVILLE SHIPYARD INC · CARUTHERSVILLE, MO, UNITED STATES · built 1992

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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, Gross Ton
705 - 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 · 5

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.

LEMONT TRADER Towing Vessel · MISLE 130066 · 9 May 2006 · activity 2657013 ABC 301 Freight Barge · MISLE 159993 · 27 June 2005 · activity 2432301 SCNO 8116 Freight Barge · MISLE 195408 · 27 June 2005 · activity 2432301 BONNIE G SELVICK Towing Vessel · MISLE 203494 · 27 June 2005 · activity 2432301 RCI 255B Freight Barge · MISLE 379774 · 27 June 2005 · activity 2432301

Inspection history · 3

20 February 2012 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4248167

9 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2657013

27 June 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2432301

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

27 June 2005Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 2432301

9 May 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2657013

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.