A-4

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1970s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

A-4 is a 1976 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 1981, most recently in January 2026.

Records from 1981 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 January 2026.

Built: 1976
Last inspected: 13 January 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
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 13 January 2026

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations4

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded7

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 12 calendar years (1981–2026)

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

580163

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49076

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-49076

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)140.1 ft × 39.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 401 / net 401

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBERGERON INDUSTRIES INC · BRAITHWAITE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1976

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSTURGEON BAY, WI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 30 June 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it401 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
401 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 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-7 Tank Barge · MISLE 47241 · 9 June 2002 · activity 1637551 MISS JAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 91190 · 9 June 2002 · activity 1637551 MISS JAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 91190 · 8 May 2002 · activity 1624042 B-14 Freight Barge · MISLE 48669 · 26 June 1999 · activity 18916 MISS SALLY Towing Vessel · MISLE 118794 · 26 June 1999 · activity 18916

Inspection history · 14

13 January 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · USCG Great Lakes District (dp) · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8295823

10 June 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Duluth · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4885005

9 June 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1637551

8 May 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1624042

26 June 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 18916

25 April 1989 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1037319

11 July 1988 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 898668

20 May 1987 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1337014

18 December 1986 Administrative

Administrative · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1027822

10 January 1986 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1305876

1 March 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 985888

27 February 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1278602

17 February 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 969265

29 January 1981 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 970453

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.