BIG BESSIE

Freight Barge · Barge class · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BIG BESSIE is a 1969 freight barge. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 1996, most recently in July 2021, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2005.

Records from 1996 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 23 July 2021.

Built: 1969
Last inspected: 23 July 2021
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2005
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

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This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 23 July 2021

Recorded inspections5

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (1996–2021)

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

518578

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99389

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-99389

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)191.1 ft × 83.1 ft × 11.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,267 / net 1,267

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNASHVILLE BRIDGE CO · NASHVILLE, TN, UNITED STATES · built 1969

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portORANGE, TX

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 11 July 2026 · expires 31 July 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 it1267 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1267 - 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.

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Detail on this page

5 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 3 vessels inspected with it, by name and date; 1 casualty investigation, with date and classification; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port, endorsements, dates. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.

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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 · 3

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.

PELICAN Freight Barge · MISLE 117988 · 26 September 2005 · activity 2960412 ELISABETH PRIEST Towing Vessel · MISLE 88549 · 6 August 1996 · activity 1743 PINTO Towing Vessel · MISLE 310143 · 6 August 1996 · activity 1743

Inspection history · 5

23 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7265488

23 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3422616

18 February 2009 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3420405

26 September 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Commandant (CG-INV) · Activity 2960412

6 August 1996 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1743

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 · 1

26 September 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2960412

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

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