AI 527

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

AI 527 is a 1996 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 54 inspections since 1997, most recently in October 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 2 casualty investigations between 2024 and 2025.

Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 14 October 2025.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 14 October 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 54
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2024–2025
Inspected with: 4 other vessels

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 14 October 2025

Recorded inspections54

…physical examinations31

…administrative events9

…with no type recorded14

Deficiencies 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 27 calendar years (1997–2025)

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

1048316

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448905

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-448905

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 · 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.

A. W. BAYER Towing Vessel · MISLE 176926 · 19 August 2025 · activity 8231564 KIRBY 28060 Tank Barge · MISLE 666436 · 19 August 2025 · activity 8231564 KIRBY 29064 Tank Barge · MISLE 1429103 · 19 August 2025 · activity 8231564 ALLEGHENY Towing Vessel · MISLE 119658 · 22 October 2024 · activity 8089589

Inspection history · 54

14 October 2025 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8247424

19 August 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8214021

19 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8231564

22 October 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8089589

3 May 2024 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7906261

24 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7813889

26 October 2021 COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · National Maritime Center · Activity 7339841

23 June 2020 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6985613

27 September 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6822431

1 April 2019 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6653814

1 June 2018 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6431544

24 April 2017 Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6132117

17 March 2016 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5836202

25 March 2015 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5090497

26 February 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5075459

10 July 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4939437

18 February 2014 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4801540

19 October 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4467531

23 May 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4320345

7 May 2012 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4304558

21 October 2011 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4174821

24 May 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3746508

27 January 2010 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3670916

28 July 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3548557

29 June 2009 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3518470

30 December 2008 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3386477

6 November 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3358273

10 June 2008 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3232872

15 January 2008 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3132140

17 May 2007 Cargo Tank Internal · Annual Inspection · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2932728

11 April 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2622116

16 February 2006 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2587238

4 August 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2451398

28 March 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2321442

18 March 2005 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2320299

14 March 2005 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2309916

10 November 2004 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2238796

20 February 2004 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2009836

30 December 2003 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1984475

5 February 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1740394

22 April 2002 Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1608394

12 February 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1486607

3 October 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 498190

18 September 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 510856

30 March 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 488798

23 March 2001 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1472176

14 August 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 479630

5 April 2000 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1047153

30 August 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 466473

12 April 1999 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1451384

6 May 1998 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HUNTINGTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1124878

30 December 1997 Administrative

Administrative · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1118540

13 June 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Cincinnati · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 502452

22 May 1997 Initial Certification · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO LOUISVILLE · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1453357

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 19 August 2025 Resolved

Damage to rake approx 2' x 5"

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 September 2025
Resolved 14 October 2025
Resolution: Attended vessel for EOR. All sat.

Casualty record · 2

22 October 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8089589

19 August 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8231564

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.