VPF 176

Tank Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named VPF 176

VPF 176 is a 1996 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 32 inspections since 1996, most recently in June 2019, along with 2 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2002 and 2018.

Records from 1996 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 20 June 2019.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 20 June 2019
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 32
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2002–2018
Inspected with: 17 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1039471

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436192

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-436192

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations26

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 22 calendar years (1996–2019)

The 32 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 7 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)150.0 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 816 / net 816

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTRINITY MARINE GROUP · GULFPORT, MS, UNITED STATES · built 1996

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portVICKSBURG, MS

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 7 August 2025 · expires 31 August 2026

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 it816 - Simplified, Gross Ton
816 - 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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 17

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.

Inspection history · 32

20 June 2019 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6720137

17 March 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6374403

1 March 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6505554

23 January 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6342601

31 March 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6113780

5 January 2017 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6063978

8 March 2016 COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5827885

24 February 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5075298

18 February 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4801622

12 April 2012 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4284442

12 May 2010 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3737439

26 July 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3547269

22 April 2009 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3458479

12 March 2008 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3163052

23 April 2007 Damage Survey · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2914879

3 March 2006 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2590483

8 August 2005 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2455571

23 May 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2365750

1 December 2004 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2252000

30 November 2004 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2251532

30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1996719

14 August 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1881163

26 June 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1636726

17 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1642716

31 August 2001 Re-Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1071824

22 August 2000 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1052768

13 October 1999 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1124713

25 September 1998 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1409972

13 August 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1413230

6 December 1996 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1093674

18 November 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1430309

27 September 1996 Initial Construction-Excluding Oversight · Initial Certification · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1367915

Deficiency record · 2

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Longitudinal Frame

Issued 24 April 2007 Resolved

Fractures to side chords of the #2 stbd./port trusses.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 26 April 2007

Deck/Cargo

Issued 18 November 1996 Resolved

PROCEED TO CHICAGO, IL FOR OFFLOADING CARGO. NO ADDITIONAL LOADING OF CARGOIN #3 CARGO TANK AUTHORIZED UNTIL TANK IS TESTED AND LEAK REPAIRED TO SATISFACTION OF ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. #2 WING VOIDS TO BE GAUGED EVERY 6 HOURS FOR ADDITIONAL LEAKAGE. SEE MINS FOR MORE DETAILS.

Condition: Unknown
Due 18 November 1996
Resolved 18 November 1996

Casualty record · 3

17 June 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 1642716

23 January 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6342601

17 March 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6374403

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

CBC 176 (2002–2018). 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.