CHIPS AHOY

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1970s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Other hulls named CHIPS AHOY

CHIPS AHOY is a 1979 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1985, most recently in January 2002, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2002.

Records from 1985 to 2002. Most recent: inspection, 20 January 2002.

Built: 1979
Last inspected: 20 January 2002
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2002

Identity

606381

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50259

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-50259

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded9

Years with a record 13 calendar years (1985–2002)

The 19 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 24 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 60.0 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,224 / net 1,224

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)192.0 ft × 60.0 ft × 14.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 2,714 / net 1,449

BuilderJEFFBOAT INCORPORATED · JEFFERSONVILLE IN, UNITED STATES · built 1979

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portPORTLAND, OR

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 15 October 2025 · expires 30 November 2026

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 it1224 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
1449 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
1224 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
2714 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton

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

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspection history · 19

20 January 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1482044

4 March 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 784230

1 May 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND, OREGON · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1099173

30 March 1994 Administrative

Administrative · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1166429

19 February 1993 Re-Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 834583

30 March 1992 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1264479

5 June 1991 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 935506

14 September 1990 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1233607

3 May 1990 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 930851

10 April 1989 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1349741

16 December 1988 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 501908

8 April 1988 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 891652

2 March 1988 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1334922

20 January 1988 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 538454

4 November 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 477490

25 June 1987 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1021597

28 February 1986 COI Inspection · Credit Drydock

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1304557

28 October 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO JUNEAU · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 500425

14 March 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1288326

Deficiency record · 3

Construction/Loadline

Issued 30 March 1992 Resolved

Crop out and renew damaged section of headlog stringor at centerline in theforward rake. Vee out and reweld broken welds on eather side of centerline at the headlog stringer and frames inthe forward rake.

Condition: Unknown
Due 14 September 1995
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past

Construction/Loadline

Issued 2 March 1988 Resolved

PROPERLY MARK VESSEL NAME ON THE PORT BOW.

Condition: Unknown
Due 2 March 1988
Resolved 2 March 1988

Documentation

Issued 14 March 1985 Resolved

PROVIDE MARINE DOCUMENT WITH CURRENT ENDORSEMENT TAG. THIS DEFICIENCY WAS TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BY 12 APRIL 1985.

Condition: Unknown
Due 14 March 1985
Resolved 14 March 1985

Casualty record · 1

20 January 2002Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · 1 injured · activity 1482044

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.