ART 945B

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

ART 945B is a 1995 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 45 inspections since 1995, most recently in August 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2011 and 2023.

Records from 1995 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 August 2025.

Built: 1995
Last inspected: 21 August 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 45
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2011–2023
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

1027691

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416354

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-416354

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations32

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded10

Years with a record 26 calendar years (1995–2025)

The 45 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.

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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it705 - Simplified, Gross Ton
705 - Simplified, Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 4

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.

IN075026 Freight Barge · MISLE 879505 · 20 April 2023 · activity 7684223 SIR CARMA SUE Towing Vessel · MISLE 1400763 · 20 April 2023 · activity 7684223 PRAIRIE DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 95294 · 27 July 2011 · activity 4096284 ART 188 Freight Barge · MISLE 170650 · 27 July 2011 · activity 4096284

Inspection history · 45

21 August 2025 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8217384

24 February 2025 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8076368

4 May 2023 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7680999

20 April 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7684223

21 October 2019 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6835518

30 July 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6531466

31 October 2017 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6298121

18 November 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6050626

27 July 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Quad Cities · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5954500

21 August 2015 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5227637

31 October 2014 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5011618

6 August 2013 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4852879

27 December 2012 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4507404

3 October 2011 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4160134

27 July 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4096284

27 July 2011 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Peoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4123708

10 December 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3976538

6 June 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3497118

28 January 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3401392

5 March 2008 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3163035

13 February 2007 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2876655

8 March 2006 Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2624629

14 February 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2292249

28 December 2004 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Hull Examination · Examination of Repairs · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2260687

30 December 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MIDET WEST DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1984508

18 December 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSD PEORIA · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1967030

2 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1957746

23 December 2002 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1722265

7 June 2002 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSO Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1628821

13 May 2002 Damage Survey

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1619870

15 November 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1405288

20 September 2000 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1365965

11 April 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 527425

12 January 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1467180

5 January 2000 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1365504

5 November 1998 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1461924

3 September 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 492610

15 February 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 776848

4 December 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1378215

7 October 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD QUAD CITIES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 478955

9 December 1996 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1414723

19 April 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSD ST. PAUL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 519723

17 January 1996 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1396430

21 April 1995 Damage Survey

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1180046

27 January 1995 Initial Certification · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1170540

Deficiency record · 1

Construction/Loadline › Hull

Issued 23 May 2002 Resolved

Make permanent repairs to aft set of port bitts of bent double plate due to failure of weld. Incident as a result of earlier bridge allision. Strain on mooring wires caused failure of weld where doubler plate and deck meet. Make permanent repairs to the satisfaction of an attending Marine Insp. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Weld

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 7 June 2002
Resolution: 4.5'' X 6.5'' insert placed under port stern bitt.

Casualty record · 2

27 July 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4096284

20 April 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 7684223

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.