RF 503

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

RF 503 is a 2005 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2012, most recently in October 2013, along with 2 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2013.

Records from 2012 to 2013. Most recent: inspection, 27 October 2013.

Built: 2005
Last inspected: 27 October 2013
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2012–2013
Inspected with: 5 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 13 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 27 October 2013

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2012–2013)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2012 and 2013, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1972–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

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

1178787

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796663

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-796663

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)200.0 ft × 35.0 ft × 13.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 764 / net 764

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJEFFBOAT LLC · JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, UNITED STATES · built 2005

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portST LOUIS, MO

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 29 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 it764 - Simplified, Gross Ton
764 - Simplified, 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

A report is not offered for this hull. It has no inspection history to report. A report is offered only when the record carries six or more inspections, a deficiency, or an operational control. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspected as a tow unit · 5

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.

BETHANY DAWN Towing Vessel · MISLE 129794 · 27 October 2013 · activity 4759128 SHERYL Towing Vessel · MISLE 89800 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700 VOLUNTEER Towing Vessel · MISLE 211373 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700 L 228 Freight Barge · MISLE 354018 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700 L 1044 Freight Barge · MISLE 370013 · 7 August 2012 · activity 4404700

Inspection history · 2

27 October 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Lower Mississippi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4759128

7 August 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Upper Mississippi River · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4404700

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 2

7 August 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4404700

27 October 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4759128

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.