Inflatable barge with compartmented interior

An air or surface deployable, inflatable, flexible wall, fluid holding towable container comprising a hollow, generally tubular, flexible wall container, a vertically oriented partition extending the length of the container, a plurality of partitions positioned in spaced relation to one another extending transversely to the lengthwise extending partition, said length-wise extending and transverse partitions dividing the container into a plurality of compartments, closeable fluid filling-emptying ports in the top wall of the container, gas inflatable barrier means extending at least along a substantial portion of the longitudinal side walls of said container in the zone of the water line of the container when it is filled with a liquid;

• said gas inflatable barrier means comprising a plurality of independently gas inflatable chambers arranged in a spaced array and connected together by impervious impregnated fabric, whereby rupturing of one of the plurality of independently inflatable chambers will not impair the function of the other of the chambers.