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U 797

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named U 797 · MCDONOUGH MARINE SERVICE (DIV. OF MARMAC CORPORATION) operator of record, 2023

U 797 is a 1996 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1997, most recently in April 2016, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2016.

Records from 1997 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 14 April 2016.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 14 April 2016
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2007–2016
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

Identity

1046345

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446137

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-446137

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded4

Years with a record 8 calendar years (1997–2016)

The 12 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 it850 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
255 - Convention (Subpart B), 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 · 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.

COASTAL TRADER Towing Vessel · MISLE 937287 · 14 April 2016 · activity 5868731 GULF DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 90580 · 21 July 2007 · activity 3004695 AMERICAN LADY Towing Vessel · MISLE 162265 · 21 July 2007 · activity 3004695 U 795 Freight Barge · MISLE 346850 · 21 July 2007 · activity 3004695

Inspection history · 12

14 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5868731

31 August 2007 Administrative Inspection · MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3039839

21 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3004695

28 July 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2727780

26 July 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2725913

5 April 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2326796

11 February 2005 MARPOL Annex II Examination

Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2293096

20 December 2004 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2262729

16 March 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2025604

8 November 2002 MARPOL Annex I Examination

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1702691

30 October 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 803590

14 November 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1108899

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 · 2

21 July 2007Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 3004695

14 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 5868731

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.

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.