GBW 97

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

GBW 97 is a 1997 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 1998, most recently in June 2021, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2021.

Records from 1998 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 26 June 2021.

Built: 1997
Last inspected: 26 June 2021
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2019–2021
Inspected with: 7 other vessels

Identity

1054114

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457170

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-457170

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections3

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 3 calendar years (1998–2021)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)195.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 14.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 802 / net 802

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderGALVESTON SHIPBUILDING CO · GALVESTON TX, UNITED STATES · built 1997

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it802 - Simplified, Gross Ton
802 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspected as a tow unit · 7

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.

M/G 151 * Freight Barge · MISLE 114175 · 14 August 2019 · activity 6783497 M/G 165 * Freight Barge · MISLE 114189 · 14 August 2019 · activity 6783497 M/G 235 Freight Barge · MISLE 114219 · 14 August 2019 · activity 6783497 INDEPENDENCE Towing Vessel · MISLE 152914 · 14 August 2019 · activity 6783497 M/G 201 Freight Ship · MISLE 831978 · 14 August 2019 · activity 6783497 M/G 244 Freight Ship · MISLE 866911 · 14 August 2019 · activity 6783497 UNCLE PETER Towing Vessel · MISLE 92004 · 6 June 1998 · activity 72413

Inspection history · 3

26 June 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Vicksburg · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7238381

14 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6783497

6 June 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 72413

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

14 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6783497

26 June 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7238381

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.