MICHAEL G BARNETT

Towing Vessel · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MICHAEL G BARNETT is a 2005 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 29 inspections since 2005, most recently in May 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 8 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2016.

Records from 2005 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 11 May 2026.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 11 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 29
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2007–2016
Inspected with: 17 other vessels
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 11 May 2026

Recorded inspections29

…physical examinations7

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded15

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 18 calendar years (2005–2026)

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

1173549

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WDC6154

762288

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-762288

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)82.3 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 278 / net 189

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)82.3 ft × 30.0 ft × 10.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 331 / net 99

BuilderVERRET SHIPYARD · PLAQUEMINE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2005

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 6 May 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it331 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
278 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
99 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
189 - 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.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 17

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.

Inspection history · 29

11 May 2026 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8371220

16 January 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC TIGER SHARK (WPB 87359) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8297841

1 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7905201

14 November 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7824342

4 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7662636

17 March 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7655218

10 February 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Freeport · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7635260

16 December 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7610306

15 October 2021 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7333638

22 December 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6877816

3 June 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6702546

31 August 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5994753

20 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5858680

5 June 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5149481

4 June 2015 MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5143707

2 January 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4951269

8 March 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4564903

9 August 2012 DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification · Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4409554

1 January 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4217445

4 May 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4002618

19 April 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3719791

3 April 2010 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3709585

2 April 2010 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Victoria · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3711188

17 November 2009 Industry Initiated Exam · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3636708

26 January 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3401035

23 April 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3190643

19 July 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3035305

9 February 2006 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2582238

29 June 2005 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2407795

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 22 December 2019 Resolved

Port Main clutch damage.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 29 December 2019
Resolved 24 December 2019
Resolution: Cleared by MSU Duluth [name withheld]

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 3 June 2019 Resolved

The vessels port side steering system is surging with a 10° fluctuation when ordered 25-40° left rudder.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 June 2019
Resolved 7 June 2019
Resolution: Sector Detroit received the tech report and cleared the CG 835

Casualty record · 8

19 July 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3035305

26 January 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3401035

3 April 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3709585

19 April 2010Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3719791

1 January 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4217445

8 March 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4564903

5 June 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5149481

31 August 2016Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 5994753

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.

Recorded names · 1

JAMES L. OBERSTAR (2007–2016). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.