The 13 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 10 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)172.7 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 850 / net 255

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)172.7 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 850 / net 255

BuilderNEWPARK SHIPBUILDING · HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1996

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMILWAUKEE, WI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 29 May 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

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 it255 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
850 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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 · 1

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.

ISLAND EXPLORER Towing Vessel · MISLE 182688 · 6 August 2015 · activity 5208501

Inspection history · 13

17 June 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5913279

6 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5208501

16 April 2009 MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3453777

28 July 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2727779

26 July 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2725911

18 July 2006 MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2717446

5 April 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2326786

20 December 2004 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2262727

16 March 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2025603

16 March 2004 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2025617

20 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1074323

8 February 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1126304

11 March 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1106282

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.

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.