KIRBY 28047

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

KIRBY 28047 is a 2006 tank barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 31 inspections since 2006, most recently in November 2025, along with 4 deficiencies, 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded and 5 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2019.

Records from 2006 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 November 2025.

Built: 2006
Last inspected: 8 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 31
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 1 with no removal date recorded
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2009–2019
Inspected with: 13 other vessels

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 8 November 2025

Recorded inspections31

…physical examinations21

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls 1 with no removal date recorded

Years with a record 16 calendar years (2006–2025)

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

1185567

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818510

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-818510

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)297.5 ft × 54.0 ft × 12.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,619 / net 1,619

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWEST GULF MARINE LTD · GALVESTON, TX, UNITED STATES · built 2006

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 September 2025 · expires 31 October 2026

Service, as the file records itTank Barge

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it1619 - Simplified, Gross Ton
1619 - 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

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

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.

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 · 13

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.

CAPT. JAMES TODD Towing Vessel · MISLE 139470 · 22 August 2019 · activity 6792760 CBC 88 Tank Barge · MISLE 365812 · 22 August 2019 · activity 6792760 KIRBY 28051 Tank Barge · MISLE 862320 · 22 August 2019 · activity 6792760 POINT ISABEL Towing Vessel · MISLE 887559 · 22 August 2019 · activity 6792760 CELA CENAC Towing Vessel · MISLE 136061 · 12 April 2016 · activity 5852332 NATIVITY Towing Vessel · MISLE 133262 · 17 November 2013 · activity 4755275 KIRBY 28049 Tank Barge · MISLE 841780 · 17 November 2013 · activity 4755275 MICHELLE ELISE Towing Vessel · MISLE 188993 · 5 June 2013 · activity 4613108 KIRBY 28049 Tank Barge · MISLE 841780 · 5 June 2013 · activity 4613108 KIRBY 26400 Tank Barge · MISLE 48539 · 24 May 2009 · activity 3506415 COOPER T Towing Vessel · MISLE 135481 · 24 May 2009 · activity 3506415 T13878 Freight Barge · MISLE 461177 · 24 May 2009 · activity 3506415 T13915 Freight Barge · MISLE 461216 · 24 May 2009 · activity 3506415 LR095011 Freight Barge · MISLE 995854 · 24 May 2009 · activity 3506415

Inspection history · 31

8 November 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8265957

21 June 2022 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7464323

1 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7343115

4 September 2019 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6804348

22 August 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6792725

22 August 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lafayette · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6792760

17 January 2019 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6644751

5 December 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6337433

14 October 2016 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Cargo Tank Internal · MTSA Verification · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6014797

12 April 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5852332

16 February 2016 Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5815577

24 January 2016 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5802607

18 August 2015 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5882184

8 September 2014 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5058297

9 January 2014 Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4781094

17 November 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4755275

5 June 2013 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4613108

8 August 2012 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4463172

20 October 2011 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4166779

8 July 2010 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3885561

9 July 2009 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3601548

23 June 2009 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3511701

24 May 2009 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3486138

24 May 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3506415

5 September 2008 MTSA Verification · Periodic Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3316916

2 December 2007 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3108212

6 October 2007 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3071107

29 December 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2847698

24 October 2006 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2806857

6 September 2006 Internal Structural Exam · Construction Oversight · COI Inspection · Hull Examination · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2770844

24 May 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - ASP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2657851

Deficiency record · 4

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 22 August 2019 Resolved

Vessel was discovered to have an approximately 12" crack on the stbd fwd knuckle at the deckline doubler connecting deck to sideshell. Vessel placed temporary repairs using epoxy resin. Vessel is allowed to transit to Baton Rouge to conduct offload of cargo and shall conduct permanent repairs upon completion. Vessel shall inform local OCMI prior to commencement of permanent repairs. 46 CFR 30.01-10

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 4 September 2019
Resolution: Repairs completed and tested (air/soap) sat.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 2 February 2016 Resolved

Vessel permitted one way transit to Gretna, LA (New Orleans Inspection Zone) to be dry-docked to assess underwater hull damage in way of #3 starboard void. No cargo operations permitted until repairs approved by attending USCG Marine Inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 2 February 2016
Resolution: Attending Marine Inspector found underwater hull damage in way of #3 Starboard void repairs to be satisfactory.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 26 January 2016 Resolved

Hull breach in #3 starboard void.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 2 February 2016
Resolution: Cleared this CG-835 and issued a new CG-835 to allow transit for dry-docking and damage survey in New Orleans OCMI zone.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Weld

Issued 24 May 2009 Resolved

Proceed to KIRBY 186 Fleet to offload cargo. Make permanent repairs to barge bow rake void stbd corner and center and stern box void stbd side. Repairs to be made prior to loading next cargo and to the satisfaction of USCG Marine Inspector.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 June 2009
Resolved 23 June 2009
Resolution: Permanent repair made to the bow rake void stbd corner and the stern box void stbd side.

Casualty record · 5

24 May 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3506415

8 November 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3631336

17 November 2013Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4755275

12 April 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5852332

22 August 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6792760

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.