MEM 2159

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1990s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

MEM 2159 is a 1998 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2001, most recently in November 2016, along with 3 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2015.

Records from 2001 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 28 November 2016.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 28 November 2016
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2006–2015
Inspected with: 26 other vessels

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 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 28 November 2016

Recorded inspections6

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2001–2016)

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

1072970

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483919

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-483919

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 13.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 764 / net 764

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBOLLINGER MARINE FAB · AMELIA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1998

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 13 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 it764 - Simplified, Gross Ton
764 - 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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 26

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 · 6

28 November 2016 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6048435

16 November 2016 Load Line/Change of Employment

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6042655

18 September 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Paducah · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5732482

5 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4369820

5 April 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Ohio Valley · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2617224

5 December 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO ST LOUIS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1490667

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 · 3

5 April 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2617224

5 July 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4369820

18 September 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Investigation (non-casualty) · activity 5732482

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.