HIROSHIMA STAR

Freight Ship · Bulk Carrier class · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

HIROSHIMA STAR is a freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2017, most recently in January 2026, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 14 January 2026.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 14 January 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 8
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 Bulk Carrier class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 14 January 2026

Recorded inspections8

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2017–2026)

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

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9770567

D5MO7

1431405

Flag

LIBERIA

Maury page id

psix-1431405

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it43019 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
81789 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
94361 - Displacement, Metric Ton
27465 - 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.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 8

14 January 2026 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8293710

9 January 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8293770

19 March 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7877899

5 August 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7017165

4 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7024329

22 December 2018 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6601967

6 September 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6519763

16 August 2017 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6242191

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 19 March 2024 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all lifesaving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. PSCO received dispensation letter and confirmed onboard that freefall lifeboat starter had failed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 21 March 2024
Resolution: Received satisfactory class report attesting to the replacement of the engine starter.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of machinery

Issued 6 September 2018 Resolved

1499 - Other (steering gear drift) - All the steering gear components and the rudder stock shall be of sound and reliable construction to the satisfaction of the administration. There is a drift when given a command to starboard in local control and in non-follow up of one degree every 25 seconds. 74 SOLAS (14) II-1/29.2.1 40ac

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 December 2018
Resolution: PSC NOLA recieved a class report from NKK satisfying the requirement.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 6 September 2018 Resolved

1499 - Other (system modification) The machinery, boilers and other pressure vessel, associated piping systems and fittings shall be of a design and construction adequate for the service for which they are intended. The fuel oil piping between the service tank and the low pressure F/O pump has a modification of a can with a brass line leading to the fuel oil strainer. 74 SOLAS (14) II-1/26.1

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 22 December 2018
Resolution: PSC NOLA recieved a class report from NKK satisfying the requirement.

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.