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MELVIN H. BAKER
MELVIN H. BAKER is a 1956 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 34 inspections since 1984, most recently in July 1995, along with 18 deficiencies.
Records from 1984 to 1995. Most recent: inspection, 10 July 1995.
- Built
- 1956
- Last inspected
- 10 July 1995
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 18 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
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221191
Flag
PANAMA
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Maury page id
psix-221191
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded34
Years with a record
12 calendar years (1984–1995)
The 34 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 31 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1980.
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it12258 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
17657 - Dead Weight, Ton
17657 - Dead Weight, Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.
Radio station licence
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
Inspected as a tow unit · 1
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.
CEDAR POINT Towing Vessel · MISLE 66530 · 19 January 1993 · activity 104420Inspection history · 34
10 July 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN FRANCISCO BAY · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 380458
12 June 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 379398
20 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSD CONCORD · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 368761
20 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN FRANCISCO BAY · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1396152
19 July 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAN FRANCISCO BAY · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 28615
5 March 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 518701
28 August 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 449099
8 July 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 538137
20 April 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 503001
19 January 1993
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 104420
2 October 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 466323
25 August 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 646954
24 August 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 352777
17 July 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 354719
20 February 1992
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 527729
11 October 1991
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 443846
20 September 1991
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 468254
5 March 1991
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 528871
17 September 1990
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 339354
21 April 1990
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 440971
14 February 1990
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 335335
14 February 1990
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 335710
6 October 1989
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 333188
23 April 1989
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 537102
30 November 1988
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 327073
10 June 1988
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 495597
29 November 1987
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 319923
7 April 1987
Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 447607
10 January 1987
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 313717
29 December 1986
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 313504
15 June 1986
Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 468611
6 January 1986
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 306249
28 April 1985
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 523574
27 November 1984
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORTLAND MAINE · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 299084
Deficiency record · 18
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE VESSEL'S "HOSPITAL SPACE" SERVED AS BERTHING FOR FOUR CREWMAN--VSL NEEDS TO HAVE A DEDICATED HOSPITAL SPACE ONBOARD.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE VESSEL'S EPIRB FAILED TO TEST PROPERLY.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THREE OF THE VESSELS LIFE RINGS HAD MARKER LIGHTS WHICH WERE INOPERABLE.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE LARGE AMOUNT OF PAINT STORED ON THE CREW'S ACCOMODATION DECK AND NEAR THE GALLEY NEEDS TO BE MOVED TO THE PAINT LOCKER.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
CREW NEEDS TO MOVE FOUR DRUMS OF CLASS 6 ELECTRICAL MOTOR CLEANER STORED NEAR THE GALLEY AND FOOD STORES TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE STARBOARD LIFEBOAT'S SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE LASHED DOWN TO THE LIFEBOAT'S STRUCTURE.
Construction/Loadline
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE FORECASTLE DECK DRAIN PIPE ON THE STBD SIDE WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE ROPESTORES IS HOLED AND WASTED AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. ANY WATER GOING THROUGH THIS PIPE WILL DRAIN INTO THIS COMPARTMENT.
Electrical
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE FORECASTLE DECK STORES, PAINT LOCKER, AND ROPE STORE NEED TO BE REWIRED. THE CREW MODIFIED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO PROVIDE MORE LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE FORECASTLE. THERE WERE MANY BARE "LIVE"WIRES EXPOSED.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE PORT LIFEBOAT'S SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE LASHED SECURELY TO THE LIFEBOAT.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
OXYGEN AND ACETYLENE BOTTLES STORED NEXT TO CREWMAN'S COMPARTMENTS NEED TO BE KEPT ELSEWHERE. BOTTLES WERE BEING USED FOR WELDING WHILE IN PROXIMITY TO LIVING SPACES.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE STBD LIFEBOAT'S FIRST AID KIT CONTAINED MEDICINE WHICH WAS EXPIRED. EXPIRED MEDICINE NEEDS TO BE DISPOSED OF AND REPLACED.
Lifesaving
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
THE STBD LIFEBOAT'S BOW FALLS BLOCK BROKE OFF DURING A LIFEBOAT LOWERING TEST.
Fire Fighting
Issued 12 June 1995
Resolved
FIRE MAIN LINE WAS HOLED AND WASTED IN TWO PLACES BY THE PORTSIDE #1 AND #4HOLDS AND ON THE STBD SIDE THERE WERE TWO MORE FIRE MAIN HOLES NEXT TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.
Navigation
Issued 24 August 1992
Resolved
A VIO OF 33 CFR 164.11(r) IN THAT THE SECONDARY RADAR REQ BY SECTION 33 CFR164.37(a) WAS NOT MAINTAINED IN A OPERABLE CONDITION WHILE THE VSL WAS U/W IN THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S.
Navigation
Issued 24 August 1992
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
Navigation
Issued 6 October 1989
Resolved
A VIO OF 33 CFR 164.30 IN THAT THE U.S. CHART 12281 USED BY THE VSL WERE NOT CORRECTED UP THRU NTMS 28/89, RESPECTIVELY, WHICH WERE REASONABLY AVAILABLE AND CONTAINED CORRECTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE VSLS ROUTE FROM THE C & D CANAL TO BALTIMORE HBR. NO FOREIGN EQUIVALENT ON BOARD.
Documentation
Issued 29 December 1986
Resolved
NO POLLUTION PLACARD POSTED AS REQUIRED BY 33CFR155.450.
Documentation
Issued 29 December 1986
Resolved
OIL RECORD BOOK NOT BEING KEPT AS REQUIRED BY 33CFR151.25(D)
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.