This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 1993, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 1979–2026 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.

The 2 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 33 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Miscellaneous Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1979.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)300.0 ft × 68.0 ft × 24.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 553 / net 553

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderAVONDALE SHIPYARD INC · MOBILE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1945

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itIndustrial Vessel

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it553 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
553 - 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.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

CHUCK PIEPMEIER Towing Vessel · MISLE 136274 · 28 August 1993 · activity 132281

Inspection history · 2

28 August 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 132281

28 August 1993 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1419158

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.

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.