BUFFALO 252

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

BUFFALO 252 is a 1997 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 39 inspections since 1997, most recently in February 2026.

Records from 1997 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 February 2026.

Built: 1997
Last inspected: 2 February 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 39
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 2 February 2026

Recorded inspections39

…physical examinations33

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 27 calendar years (1997–2026)

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

1050698

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452438

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-452438

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 50.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 982 / net 982

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTRINITY MARINE GROUP · HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1997

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHOUSTON, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 8 April 2026 · expires 30 April 2027

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 it982 - Simplified, Gross Ton
982 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

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 · 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.

CAPT. DUB ALLEN Towing Vessel · MISLE 350899 · 19 December 2014 · activity 5049535

Inspection history · 39

2 February 2026 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8305065

6 February 2025 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8075580

5 February 2024 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7860534

16 November 2022 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7595681

10 March 2022 Bulk Liquid Transfer Monitor

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7410044

6 December 2021 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7363429

18 February 2021 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7142171

13 January 2020 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6888288

30 January 2019 Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6617418

9 February 2018 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6352618

25 October 2016 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6029553

4 February 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5809798

22 January 2015 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5057674

19 December 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5049535

12 February 2014 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4798728

5 December 2012 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4496603

7 November 2011 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4183992

23 August 2010 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3831586

16 February 2010 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3680594

18 February 2009 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3419678

6 March 2008 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3159504

8 January 2007 MTSA Verification · Cargo Tank Internal · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2819824

16 March 2006 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2603626

7 June 2005 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2383308

2 June 2004 Periodic Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2086336

9 December 2003 Security Plan Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 1962534

12 June 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1815528

18 June 2002 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1633246

22 October 2001 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1403477

21 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 199399

21 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 754252

5 April 2001 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1397613

18 May 2000 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 818512

23 November 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 509835

1 September 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 481137

12 April 1999 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1122425

6 April 1999 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1122934

9 June 1998 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 792667

9 April 1997 Hull Examination · Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1096320

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.