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BIG 9609B

BIG 9609B is a 1996 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2012, most recently in July 2023, along with 4 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2023.

Records from 2012 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 29 July 2023.

Built
1996
Last inspected
29 July 2023
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

434879
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-434879

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded4
Years with a record 4 calendar years (2012–2023)
The 4 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 3 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 × 14.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 823 / net 823
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTRINITY MARINE GROUP · MADISONVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1996
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeBox
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portST LOUIS, MO
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 13 January 2026 · expires 31 December 2026
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 it823 - Simplified, Gross Ton
823 - Simplified, Net 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.

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. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 28

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.

CITY OF LOUISVILLE Towing Vessel · MISLE 80114 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 9617B Unknown · MISLE 434274 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 9911B Freight Barge · MISLE 498888 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 555 Freight Barge · MISLE 650949 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 560 Freight Barge · MISLE 651150 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454SME 106B Industrial Vessel · MISLE 1052013 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 599 Freight Barge · MISLE 1112510 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454MEG 1145 Freight Barge · MISLE 1180386 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 768B Freight Barge · MISLE 1195592 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BRD 1B Freight Barge · MISLE 1300235 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454BIG 689 Freight Barge · MISLE 1387694 · 29 July 2023 · activity 7761454CAPT. GREGORY SMITH Towing Vessel · MISLE 111666 · 9 July 2018 · activity 6473280ACL 9218 Freight Barge · MISLE 378505 · 9 July 2018 · activity 6473280AEP 3202 Freight Barge · MISLE 420413 · 9 July 2018 · activity 6473280MARK DOUGHERTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 488195 · 9 July 2018 · activity 6473280SCF 2125B Freight Barge · MISLE 22640 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611ARTHUR E SNIDER Towing Vessel · MISLE 72161 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611PRAIRIE DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 95294 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611BIG 754B Freight Barge · MISLE 1159596 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611BIG 601 Freight Barge · MISLE 1169676 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611SCF 14101B Freight Barge · MISLE 1274699 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611BIG 628 Freight Barge · MISLE 1290199 · 31 July 2017 · activity 6234611RIVER TITAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 125862 · 4 April 2012 · activity 4279255MTC 257B Freight Barge · MISLE 374463 · 4 April 2012 · activity 4279255BIG 593 Freight Barge · MISLE 1112502 · 4 April 2012 · activity 4279255BIG 753B Freight Barge · MISLE 1159595 · 4 April 2012 · activity 4279255MTC 813B Freight Barge · MISLE 1166025 · 4 April 2012 · activity 4279255MTC 814B Freight Barge · MISLE 1166026 · 4 April 2012 · activity 4279255

Inspection history · 4

29 July 2023 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7761454
9 July 2018 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6473280
31 July 2017 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6234611
4 April 2012 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4279255

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 · 4

4 April 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4279255
31 July 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · at BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD BRIDGE, QUINCY MEMORIAL BRIDGE · activity 6234611
9 July 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6473280
29 July 2023Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 7761454
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.

Recorded names · 1

BIG 9609 B (2012–2018). 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.