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AMERICAN FREEDOM

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1980s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

AMERICAN FREEDOM is a 1981 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 48 inspections since 1984, most recently in January 2002, along with 35 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 1 casualty investigation in 2002.

Records from 1984 to 2002. Most recent: inspection, 3 January 2002.

Built
1981
Last inspected
3 January 2002
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
48
Deficiencies
35 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
1 investigation · 2002
Inspected with
2 other vessels

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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 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 3 January 2002
Recorded inspections48
…physical examinations28
…administrative events8
…with no type recorded12
Deficiencies 35 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 17 calendar years (1984–2002)
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

US Official No.
639499
IMO number
—
Call sign
—
MISLE id
55264
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-55264

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it14379 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
14379 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
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Detail on this page

48 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 35 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; 1 operational control with the dates imposed and removed; 2 vessels inspected with it, by name and date; 1 casualty investigation, with date and classification; the documentation record, as PSIX holds it. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.

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Vessel history report
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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 · 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.

CROSBY KNIGHT Towing Vessel · MISLE 134231 · 9 January 2000 · activity 86282CROSBY KNIGHT Towing Vessel · MISLE 134231 · 26 September 1999 · activity 47086GULF MAJESTY Towing Vessel · MISLE 143207 · 22 March 1992 · activity 114945

Inspection history · 48

3 January 2002 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN JUAN · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1489298
30 December 2001 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN JUAN · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1479252
9 January 2000 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 86282
26 September 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 47086
21 April 1996 Administrative
Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1085808
6 October 1995 Administrative
Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1185176
7 September 1995 Administrative
Administrative · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1464601
30 August 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 872188
28 August 1995 Administrative
Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1190725
24 June 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 1417794
14 April 1995 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1466933
6 April 1995 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1403922
14 November 1994 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 862118
10 August 1994 Administrative
Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1175154
27 July 1994 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1181853
13 July 1994 Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1374096
16 March 1994 Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1165876
22 September 1993 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1442059
31 August 1993 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1139135
7 July 1993 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 841395
29 April 1993 COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1469752
28 September 1992 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 940390
4 June 1992 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 946143
21 May 1992 Administrative
Administrative · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 950401
16 May 1992 Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 948498
6 April 1992 Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1270797
22 March 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 114945
20 March 1992 Administrative
Administrative · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1318966
12 March 1992 Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1263584
17 May 1991 Examination of Repairs · COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1226400
7 August 1990 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 904120
27 July 1990 Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1216446
10 July 1990 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1242711
20 February 1990 Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 931018
20 February 1990 Administrative
Administrative · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1217434
21 June 1989 COI Inspection
Physical examination · MIO HOUSTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 897031
15 March 1989 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1205809
20 July 1988 Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1037264
17 February 1988 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1337060
20 July 1987 COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1336533
3 April 1987 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1024859
25 March 1987 Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1326950
22 March 1987 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1017929
9 March 1987 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1008803
2 February 1987 Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1008301
16 September 1986 Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1006921
1 August 1985 COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1292103
31 October 1984 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PROVIDENCE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1283064

Deficiency record · 35

Construction/Loadline
Issued 30 August 1995 Resolved
CONDUCT REQUIRED DRYDOCKING AND INTERNAL STRUCTURAL EXAM. VESSEL MAY PROCEED TO TAMPA TO DISCHARGE CARGO THEN RETURN TO N.O.LA. IN BALLAST. NO OTHER MOVEMENTS, VOYAGES OR CARGO OPERATIONS ARE PERMITTED PRIOR TO DRYDOCKING VESSEL IN N.O.LA. VESSEL TO BE DRYDOCKED NLT 01OCT95 OR THE
Condition: Unknown
Due 1 October 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
Engineering
Issued 24 June 1995 Resolved
PROVIDE PROPER FIXED FILL PIPING MEANS FOR PORT AND STARBOARD AFTERPEAK TANKS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 August 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
Documentation
Issued 24 June 1995 Resolved
PROVIDE PROPER DOCUMENTATION AUTHORIZING THE CARRIAGE OF FUEL.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 August 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
System not recorded
Issued 14 April 1995 Resolved
REMOVE AIR RECEIVER FROM VSL OR INTERNALLY INSPECT, TEST RELIEF VALVE AND AMEND COI TO REFLECT A PRESSURE VESSEL.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 August 1995
Resolved 14 April 1995
Construction/Loadline
Issued 6 April 1995 Resolved
Renew wasted and detached side longitudinal in the forepeak tank in way of the mid-level aft port corner.
Condition: Unknown
Due 6 April 1995
Resolved 6 April 1995
Construction/Loadline
Issued 6 April 1995 Resolved
Renew wasted flange on three deep webs in the #3 stbd wing tank adjacent tothe cargo hold.
Condition: Unknown
Due 6 April 1995
Resolved 6 April 1995
Construction/Loadline
Issued 6 April 1995 Resolved
Renew wasted and detached side longitudinal in the forepeak tank in way of the mid-level aft stbd corner.
Condition: Unknown
Due 6 April 1995
Resolved 6 April 1995
Construction/Loadline
Issued 6 April 1995 Resolved
Make permanent repairs to side longitudinal and buckled deep web flange in the forepeak tank in way of the side shell inset on the port side at the tenth side long up from the centerline and the second deep web from the aftbulkhead.
Condition: Unknown
Due 6 April 1995
Resolved 6 April 1995
Deck/Cargo
Issued 27 July 1994 Resolved
PROVE PROPER OPERATION OF PORT SIDE MOORING WINCH CONTROL STATION._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1994
Resolved 27 July 1994
Electrical
Issued 27 July 1994 Resolved
REMOUNT OR REPLACE LIGHT ON GANTRY CRANE STARBOARD SIDE FORWARD._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1994
Resolved 27 July 1994
Deck/Cargo
Issued 13 July 1994 Resolved
REPLACE WIRING AND COMMENTATOR ON GANTRY CRANE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 13 July 1994
Resolved 13 July 1994
Construction/Loadline
Issued 13 July 1994 Resolved
PAINT ALL HULL MARKINGS, TO INCLUDE DRAFT MARKINGS, LOADLINE, NAME AND HOMEPORT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 13 July 1994
Resolved 13 July 1994
Deck/Cargo
Issued 13 July 1994 Resolved
PROVE PROPER OPERATION OF AFT PORT MOORING WINCH.
Condition: Unknown
Due 13 July 1994
Resolved 13 July 1994
Electrical
Issued 13 July 1994 Resolved
REMOVE OR PROPERLY RE-WIRE DECK LIGHTS AND JUNCTION BOXES ALONG STARBOARD SIDE MAIN DECK.
Condition: Unknown
Due 13 July 1994
Resolved 13 July 1994
Deck/Cargo
Issued 29 April 1993 Resolved
DROP ANCHOR AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY (PRIOR TO OPEN WATER TRANSIT) AND PAY OUT ENOUGH ANCHOR CABLE TO REMOVE ALL OVERLAYS ON THE CABLE REEL. WHILE RETRIEVING ANCHOR, ENSURE CABLE IS NOT OVERLAYED AGAIN.
Condition: Unknown
Due 29 April 1993
Resolved 29 April 1993
Documentation
Issued 29 April 1993 Resolved
PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, MAKE VESSEL READY FOR USCG INSPECTION FOR CERTIFICATION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 17 May 1993
Resolved 30 April 1993
Deck/Cargo
Issued 29 April 1993 Resolved
REPLACE STARBOARD (FORE AND AFT) MOORING WINCH/CAPSTAN CONTROL PANELS AND PROVE PROPER OPERATION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 29 April 1993
Resolved 29 April 1993
Deck/Cargo
Issued 12 March 1992 Resolved
REMOVE GRAIN FROM CARGO HOLD #4 AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 March 1992
Resolved 12 March 1992
Construction/Loadline
Issued 12 March 1992 Resolved
MAKE ALL SALT WATER BALLAST TANKS AVAILABLE FOR INTERNAL EXAMINATION BY A COAST GUARD MARINE INSPECTOR._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 March 1992
Resolved 12 March 1992
Documentation
Issued 12 March 1992 Resolved
SUBMIT PLANS TO G-MSC FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL FOR CARGO HOLDS 1 THROUGH 4 MODIFICATIONS._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_
Condition: Unknown
Due 12 March 1992
Resolved 12 March 1992
Construction/Loadline
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
REPLACE MISSING BOLTS (5) SECURING THE MAIN DECK FORWARD FOREPEAK HATCH.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Construction/Loadline
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
PROVIDE LOCKING PINS FOR ALL BALLAST TANK SOUNDING TUBE CLOSURE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
REWELD DECK HANDRAIL STANCHION THAT IS ADJACENT TO # 8 PORT CARGO HOLD (RENEW TO DECK).
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Navigation
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
PREFORM TEST OF PRESSURE VESSEL RELIEF VALVE TO SATISFACTION OF MARINE INSPECTOR.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Engineering
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
LABEL REMOTE FUEL SHUTOFF.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Construction/Loadline
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
PROVIDE SOUNDING TUBE CLOUSE FOR BALLAST TANK #4 STARBOARD. ITEM MAY BE TEMPORARILY PLUGGED UNTIL PERMANENT CLOSURE IS OBTAINED. PROVIDE PERMENT CLOSURED WITH IN 30 DAYS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Electrical
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
PREFORM OVERSPEED ON BOTH GENERATORS TO SATISFACTION OF ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Electrical
Issued 27 July 1990 Resolved
PERFORM REVERSE POWER TRIPS ON GENERATORS TO SATISFACTION OF ATTENDING INSPECTOR.
Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 1990
Resolved 27 July 1990
Construction/Loadline
Issued 20 July 1988 Resolved
REPAINT DRAFT MARKS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1988
Resolved 20 July 1988
Documentation
Issued 20 July 1988 Resolved
POST FUEL OIL DIAGRAM WITH OIL TRANSFER PROCEDURES.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1988
Resolved 20 July 1988
Engineering
Issued 20 July 1988 Resolved
INSTAL MECHANICAL PROTECTION AROUND F/O DAY TANK SIGHT GLASS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1988
Resolved 20 July 1988
Documentation
Issued 20 July 1988 Resolved
PROVIDE COPY OF DESIGNATED PERSON IN CHANGE OF OIL TRANSFER ON BOARD BARGE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1988
Resolved 20 July 1988
Navigation
Issued 20 July 1988 Resolved
CHANGE OUT SWITCHES TO NAV LIGHTS TO THOSE AUTHORIZED BY MANUFACTURER.
Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1988
Resolved 20 July 1988
Construction/Loadline
Issued 3 April 1987 Resolved
REMOVE DOUBLE PLATES LOCATED IN BOWRAKE RIGHT OF CENTER AT INTERMEDIATE LONGTITUDINAL STRINGER AND AFT THIRD TRANSVERSE FRAME AT SECOND LONGITUDINAL STRINGER AND EFFECT PERMANENT REPAIRS TO ABOVE AREAS REPAIRS TO BE COMPLTED NO LATER THAN NEXT CREDIT DRYDOCKING PERIOD.
Condition: Unknown
Due 3 April 1987
Resolved 3 April 1987
Construction/Loadline
Issued 25 March 1987 Resolved
EFFECT ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY REPAIRS AS OUTLINED IN YOUR PROPOSAL OF 26MARCH1987. REPAIRS TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO DEPARTING PORT OF TAMPA UPON NEXT VOYAGE BUT NO LATER THAN 3 APRIL 1987.
Condition: Unknown
Due 25 March 1987
Resolved 25 March 1987

Casualty record · 1

3 January 2002Routine · role: Subject to Marine Inspection · activity 1489298
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

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