BIG THUNDER

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named BIG THUNDER

BIG THUNDER is a 1981 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 1983, most recently in March 1996, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 1983 to 1996. Most recent: inspection, 4 March 1996.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 4 March 1996
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 23
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

629940

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52466

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-52466

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations12

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 12 calendar years (1983–1996)

The 23 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 30 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)172.8 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 867 / net 260

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)172.8 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 867 / net 260

BuilderMAXON MARINE IND INC · TELL CITY, IN, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portPORT OF WEST ST MARY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it260 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
867 - 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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

MERLIN EXPLORER Tank Ship · MISLE 54072 · 25 May 1994 · activity 517984

Inspection history · 23

4 March 1996 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1077437

28 April 1995 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1377431

25 May 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 517984

25 May 1994 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1387545

7 April 1994 Administrative

Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1166922

14 December 1993 Damage Survey

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1459839

19 March 1993 Examination of Repairs · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1399831

3 August 1992 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1387264

19 March 1992 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1010692

20 May 1991 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 917039

10 April 1991 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1239502

30 April 1990 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 911140

2 August 1989 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1280868

10 April 1989 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1205251

8 April 1988 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1342763

23 April 1987 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1331990

2 February 1987 Administrative

Administrative · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1313349

6 August 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1295464

12 February 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1280548

24 January 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 978612

23 March 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1277122

18 March 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1275165

28 January 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1275870

Deficiency record · 1

Construction/Loadline

Issued 24 January 1985 Resolved

RENEW UNDER DECK CONTINUATION TRIPPING BRACKET IN #3 CENTER AND #3 PORT EXTENDING OUT FROM #3,4 DIVISION BULKHEAD. 7 (SEVEN) IN EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 14.

Condition: Unknown
Due 24 January 1985
Resolved 24 January 1985

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.