AGS Dry Cargo Covered Barge

General
- Vessel Name : AGS
- Operator : YAZOO RIVER TOWING, INC.
- Ships Type (ICST) : Dry Cargo Covered Barge
- Vessel Type : Covered Hopper Barge
- Construction : Steel
Engine
Location
- City : VICKSBURG
- STATE : MS
Capacity
- Net Tonnage : 770
- Full Load Capacity : 1500 Short ton
Size
- Register length : 195 Feet
- Regular Breadth : 35 Feet
- Overall Length : 195 Feet
- Overall Breadt : 35 Feet
- Load draft : 9 Feet
- Light Draft : 1.5 Feet
- Height : 14.5 Feet
Other
- Year : 1967
- EQUIP1 : NONE
- Coast Guard Number : 509823

YAZOO RIVER TOWING, INC.

Area of Operation : YAZOO, MISSISSIPPI, BLACK-WARRIOR, TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE, TENNESSEE, OHIO AND ARKANSAS RIVERS, LOWER MISSISSIPPI, UPPER MISSISSIPPI AND INTERCOASTAL
Principal Commodity : GRAIN, ROCK AND LIQUID FERTILIZER

BRIMSTONE

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

J. O. BRADFORD

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

JINX P SMITH

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

KRISTI P SMITH

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

MELVIN L. KING

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

R. H. HUFFMAN

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

TERESIA

Type : Pushboat
Construction : Steel

Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck: MSC Needs More Mariners, New Ships

Founded as the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and renamed Military Sealift Command in 1970, MSC today not only support the Navy, but we are the Department of Defense's provider of all sealift. Maritime Reporter & Engineering News recently interviewed Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, U.S. Navy, for insights on the service today and it’s needs to grow in the future.

The Need for [U.S. Navy Shipbuilding] Speed

The Navy wants, and needs, more ships; but it can’t build them fast enough.While the U.S. Navy aims to achieve a 355-ship fleet, it is decommissioning older (and some not so old) ships at about the same rate it's adding new ones.A Congressional Research Service report stated that, as of April 17, 2023, the Navy included 296 battle force ships.