VPF 301

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

VPF 301 is a 1995 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 50 inspections since 1995, most recently in July 2024, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2024.

Records from 1995 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 9 July 2024.

Built: 1995
Last inspected: 9 July 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 50
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2005–2024
Inspected with: 7 other vessels
Also recorded as: 2 other names

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 9 July 2024

Recorded inspections50

…physical examinations30

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded15

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 25 calendar years (1995–2024)

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

1034319

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428162

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-428162

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 ft × 54.0 ft × 13.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,754 / net 1,754

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1995

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portVICKSBURG, MS

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 10 June 2026 · expires 30 June 2027

Service, as the file records itTank Barge

Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it1754 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1754 - 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1972 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 7

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.

WEB 319T Tank Barge · MISLE 869600 · 9 July 2024 · activity 7997163 RICHARD TOLAR Towing Vessel · MISLE 1053506 · 9 July 2024 · activity 7997163 CAPT. JACK GREEN Towing Vessel · MISLE 944570 · 6 July 2012 · activity 4369823 SCOTT R. WILSON Towing Vessel · MISLE 29674 · 18 May 2005 · activity 2367898 VPF 402 Tank Barge · MISLE 428165 · 18 May 2005 · activity 2367898 SETH D Towing Vessel · MISLE 196697 · 26 November 2000 · activity 165018 THOMAS PETERSON Towing Vessel · MISLE 197764 · 2 May 1997 · activity 96435 VPF 402 Tank Barge · MISLE 428165 · 2 May 1997 · activity 96435

Inspection history · 50

9 July 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7997163

5 July 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7733103

27 June 2023 Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7724862

21 August 2020 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7039384

3 October 2019 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6827013

16 November 2018 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6582129

11 October 2017 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6285672

7 December 2016 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6052955

21 September 2015 Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5724593

1 October 2014 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4997429

12 September 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4983956

22 January 2014 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4787208

6 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4369823

29 November 2011 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4197356

9 November 2010 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3888495

20 July 2010 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3800663

5 January 2010 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3659406

30 September 2008 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3335480

19 October 2007 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3083092

23 January 2007 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2860399

12 September 2005 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2490224

11 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2459013

18 May 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2367898

20 September 2004 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2199965

17 September 2004 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2197980

24 November 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1954111

11 September 2003 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1902475

19 August 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1663271

19 March 2002 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MIDET HARVEY CANAL DETAIL · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1494655

4 December 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1382453

26 November 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 165018

13 November 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 470956

19 September 2000 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 821107

13 July 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 467613

8 June 2000 Administrative

Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 819037

6 October 1999 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1399188

18 June 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 473738

24 February 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 506240

3 December 1998 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 807224

16 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 442374

3 March 1998 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 788249

24 February 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1117964

25 October 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 468489

7 October 1997 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1434622

2 May 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 96435

18 February 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 224065

18 February 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 488308

9 December 1996 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1433126

29 November 1995 Administrative

Administrative · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1191616

6 October 1995 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Hull Examination · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1190384

Deficiency record · 6

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 28 June 2023 Resolved

Exhaust pipe installations must conform to the requirements of ABYC P–1 and part 1, section 23 of NFPA 302. CG Marine Inspector observed exhaust piping insulation missing from half of exhaust piping and flame arrestor. Vessel is to enact permanent repairs to the satisfaction of CG Marine Inspector. 46 CFR 58.10-5(d)(1)

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 July 2023
Resolved 29 June 2023
Resolution: New exhaust coverings installed on prime mover exhaust piping and muffler.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Overfill Devices

Issued 20 September 2004 Resolved

Overfill Devices - Unknown Cause/Condition

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 20 September 2004
Resolution: witnessed satisfactory test of high level alarms.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Shore Connection Box

Issued 20 September 2004 Resolved

Shore Connection Box - Fractured

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 20 September 2004
Resolution: witnessed repair of fitting an staboard side overflow control system receptacle.

Deck/Cargo › Holds/Tanks › Liquid Level Gaging

Issued 17 September 2004 Resolved

Prove operation of cargo tank high level alarms.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 20 September 2004

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Outlet Box

Issued 17 September 2004 Resolved

Renew broken class 1, div. 1 fitting on starboard side overflow control system receptacle.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 20 September 2004

Deck/Cargo

Issued 24 February 1998 Resolved

Repair mast-riser swivel to make operable. item to be completed to the satisfaction of cognizant OCMI prior to 24MAR98.

Condition: Unknown
Due 24 February 1998
Resolved 24 February 1998

Casualty record · 2

18 May 2005Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 2367898

9 July 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7997163

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.

Recorded names · 2

WEB-301 (2005), WEB 301 (2024). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.