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SM CHARLESTON

SM CHARLESTON is a freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2017, most recently in October 2018, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 2017 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 12 October 2018.

Built
Not recorded
Last inspected
12 October 2018
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

9305465
1151281
Flag
LIBERIA
Maury page id
psix-1151281

Inspections, by type

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2017–2018)
The 3 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 8 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it135445 - Displacement, Metric Ton
107612 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
91649 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
56693 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 1 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspection history · 3

12 October 2018 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6559869
30 August 2018 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6527082
10 July 2017 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6204176

Deficiency record · 5

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Steam pipes and pressure pipes
Issued 30 August 2018 Resolved
EVERY STEAM PIPE AND FITTING SHALL BE INSTALLED TO WITHSTAND THE MAX WORKING STRESSES. HOLE FOUND IN STEAM FUEL HEATER DRAIN LINE. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/REG 33.1
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 September 2018
Resolved 12 October 2018
Resolution: Received class report attesting that the steam fuel heater drain line was satisfactorily repaired by the crew.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Steam pipes and pressure pipes
Issued 30 August 2018 Resolved
EVERY STEAM PIPE AND FITTING SHALL BE INSTALLED TO WITHSTAND THE MAX WORKING STRESSES. BOILER STEAM DRAIN PIPE FOUND LEAKING THROUGH SOFT PATCH. 74 SOLAS (04) II-1/REG33.1
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 September 2018
Resolved 12 October 2018
Resolution: Received class report attesting that the leaking area on the boiler steam pipe was satisfactorily repaired by crew.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)
Issued 30 August 2018 Resolved
THE MARK OF THE AUTHORITY BY WHOM THE LOAD LINES ARE ASSIGNED MAY BE INDICATED. LOAD LINE ON SHIP DOES NOT MATCH CERTIFICATE IN THAT "GL" IS WELDED VICE "KR". ICLL REG 7
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 12 October 2018
Resolution: Received class report attesting that ship's crew re-welded load line to match "KR" instead of "GL".
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)
Issued 30 August 2018 Resolved
THE RING, LINES AND LETTERS SHALL BE PAINTED. LOAD LINE IS EXTREMELY WORN ICLL REG 8
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 12 October 2018
Resolution: Received class report attesting marking condition was restored to a satisfactory condition.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of GMDSS equipment
Issued 30 August 2018 Resolved
EVERY RADIO INSTALLATION SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE CALL SIGN, THE SHIP STATION IDENTITY, AND OTHER CODES AS APPLICABLE FOR THE USE OF RADIO INSTALLATION GMDSS SUITE. DID NOT HAVE CALL SIGN OR MMSI NUMBER CLEARLY MARKED. 74 SOLAS (2014 CONS) IV / 6.2.5
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 30 August 2018
Resolution: SHIPS CREW CREATED LABELS AND AFFIXED THEM TO GMDSS.

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.