AB 500

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

AB 500 is a 1980 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1983, most recently in April 2021, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 1983 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 23 April 2021.

Built: 1980
Last inspected: 23 April 2021
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2021
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

630043

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52168

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-52168

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations14

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded6

Years with a record 15 calendar years (1983–2021)

The 22 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 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)180.0 ft × 54.1 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,053 / net 1,053

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBERGERON SHIPYARD, INC. · BRAITHWAITE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1980

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUnknown

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portBRATHWAITE, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 18 June 2026 · expires 31 July 2027

Service, as the file records itFreight Barge

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it1053 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1053 - 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

GOL DANCER Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 425682 · 23 April 2021 · activity 7183890 KAITLIN OLIVIA Towing Vessel · MISLE 470705 · 23 April 2021 · activity 7183890

Inspection history · 22

23 April 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7183890

4 July 1996 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1087170

3 May 1995 Re-Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1363273

12 April 1994 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1374017

8 June 1993 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO SAN JUAN · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1155114

10 February 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1471090

14 May 1992 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO SAN JUAN · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1258767

18 October 1991 Administrative

Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1249911

26 September 1991 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1246881

23 August 1991 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO SAN JUAN · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1249796

25 May 1990 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1237792

11 May 1990 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 921093

14 July 1989 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1199736

3 April 1989 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1339983

14 December 1988 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 899246

8 July 1988 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1042476

6 July 1988 COI Inspection

Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1207382

5 June 1987 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1310625

8 July 1986 Credit Drydock · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 999131

2 August 1985 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 988033

25 May 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 977382

9 April 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1275487

Deficiency record · 3

Construction/Loadline

Issued 23 August 1991 Resolved

MAKE THE BARGE'S DECK AREA AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 August 1991
Resolved 23 August 1991

Construction/Loadline

Issued 23 August 1991 Resolved

REPAIR THE DAMAGED (FRACTURED) PORT FORWARD RUB RAIL.

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 August 1991
Resolved 23 August 1991

Navigation

Issued 23 August 1991 Resolved

PROVE THAT THE BARGE'S NAV LIGHTS COMPLY WITH THE COLREGS RULE 22

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 August 1991
Resolved 23 August 1991

Casualty record · 1

23 April 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7183890

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.