DME-153

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1950s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Other hulls named DME-153

DME-153 is a 1952 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2006, most recently in February 2025, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2006 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 February 2025.

Built: 1952
Last inspected: 27 February 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

263816

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68622

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UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-68622

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2

…administrative events1

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2006–2025)

The 3 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.

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)131.1 ft × 34.0 ft × 8.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 350 / net 350

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBETHLEHAM STEEL COMPANY · BEAUMONT, TX, UNITED STATES · built 1952

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portMOUNT CLEMENS, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 8 April 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it350 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
350 - 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 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 · 3

27 February 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · USCG Great Lakes District (dp) · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8085572

21 September 2010 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3853987

17 August 2006 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2752132

Deficiency record · 2

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Deck Rail

Issued 17 August 2006 Resolved

Stiffen handrails around entire perimeter of barge so as to be able to withstand 200 lbs of lateral force (IAW Sub T).

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 August 2006
Resolved 18 August 2006
Resolution: Stiffeners added every 4 ft

Stability › Severe Wind/Roll › General

Issued 17 August 2006 Resolved

Secure inboard side of guest canopies to deck.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 August 2006
Resolved 18 August 2006
Resolution: Welded rings attached to deck and tents secured.

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.