AI 526

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

AI 526 is a 1996 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 50 inspections since 1997, most recently in June 2021, along with 5 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2021.

Records from 1997 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 30 June 2021.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 30 June 2021
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 50
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2007–2021
Inspected with: 16 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 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 30 June 2021

Recorded inspections50

…physical examinations27

…administrative events9

…with no type recorded14

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 23 calendar years (1997–2021)

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

1048315

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448903

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-448903

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - Simplified, Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

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 · 16

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 · 50

30 June 2021 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7240894

30 June 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7270406

24 June 2020 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6985816

19 February 2020 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6911594

3 April 2019 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6655648

29 March 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6381891

20 June 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6181644

3 February 2017 MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6082328

15 March 2016 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5833605

15 April 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5103627

23 March 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5088893

26 February 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5075455

16 May 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4862330

14 February 2014 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4801165

12 September 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4439664

30 March 2012 Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4277291

22 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4156938

7 July 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4072578

1 June 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3754877

7 January 2010 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3661009

29 December 2008 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3389559

14 January 2008 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3130827

14 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2996632

20 March 2007 Cargo Tank Internal · Hull Examination · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2891091

11 April 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2622115

23 March 2006 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2604308

4 August 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2451397

28 March 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2321439

18 March 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2320298

26 January 2005 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2281198

10 November 2004 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2238795

20 February 2004 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2009800

30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1984473

12 March 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1758552

16 May 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1617690

27 February 2002 Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1489894

28 January 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1482323

27 March 2001 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1370072

26 April 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 491101

6 April 2000 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 818397

11 January 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 531135

13 April 1999 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1372578

21 August 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 802443

6 August 1998 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1131156

1 June 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1130119

7 April 1998 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 789305

31 March 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 415185

30 December 1997 Administrative

Administrative · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1118539

21 July 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 509753

8 May 1997 Hull Examination · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1392671

Deficiency record · 5

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Beams, frames, floors-op. damage

Issued 10 August 2021 Resolved

Founds numerous missed pick ups that had been identified during the initial survey, Two Side shell repairs in the port no.3 void one 26 x 28 x 1/2" was incomplete with open pits and poor fusion in the weld, the second 24 x 26 x 1/2" was also incomplete and missing weld continuity, in both welds the welder failed to remove built up slag and complete a final inspection prior to presenting for inspection.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 August 2021
Resolved 11 August 2021
Resolution: MSU Huntington MI attened MRF in Catlettsburg, KY to verify repairs rectificaiton of the deficiency. All was found to be satisfactory.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 30 June 2021 Resolved

Except when otherwise considered necessary for inspection or pumping, all hatch covers and other hull closure devices for void spaces and hull compartments other than cargo spaces shall be closed and secured at all times. Deck of aft rake damaged on starboard quarter allowing void space to be compromised. Repair in accordance with NVIC 7-68.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 10 August 2021
Resolution: MSU Huntington MI attened MRF in Catlettsburg, KY to verify repairs of the aft starboard timberhead. Repairs were satisfactory and 1 PSI soapy water test was also satisfactory. Cleared outstanding Def from MSU Pittsburgh.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Beams, frames, floors-op. damage

Issued 30 June 2021 Resolved

During the pressure test of the bulkhead repairs between the No. 1 Starboard and box rake the weld repair was satisfactory but an additional crack was discovered via an air leak in the starboard centerline bulkhead under the no 1 cargo tank.

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

Issued 30 June 2021 Resolved

During the attempted start of the deep-well primer mover engine the mounting hardware came loose and a subsequent hydraulic oil leak occurred, diapers were applied to collect the leak.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 August 2021
Resolved 11 August 2021
Resolution: MSU Huntington MI attened MRF in Catlettsburg, KY to verify repairs rectificaiton of the deficiency. All was found to be satisfactory.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Overfill Devices

Issued 29 March 2018 Resolved

Starboard #2 cargo tank overfill alarm did not operate as designed.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 4 April 2018
Resolution: The overfill magnet within the float had come apart and would no longer trip the switch. Float was replaced.

Casualty record · 3

14 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 2996632

7 July 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4072578

30 June 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7270406

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.

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.