FLAG MERCHANT is a 1966 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 1988, most recently in November 1989, along with 7 deficiencies.
Records from 1988 to 1989. Most recent: inspection, 20 November 1989.
The 2 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 37 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.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it8142 - Simplified, Net Ton 23711 - Dead Weight, Ton 12098 - Simplified, Gross 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.
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 · 2
20 November 1989Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 333768
10 July 1988Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 324398
VESSEL HAD A 1989 EDITION OF THE U.S. COAST PILOT ON BOARD NOT CORRECTED UPTO DATE AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR 164.33(A)(2)(I).
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Navigation
Issued 20 November 1989Resolved
VESSEL HAD A 1989 EDITION OF THE COAST GUARD LIGHT LIST ON BOARD NOT CORRECTED UP TO DATE AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR 164.33(A)(2)(II).
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Navigation
Issued 20 November 1989Resolved
PRE-ARRIVAL TESTS (33CFR164.25(A)) WERE NOT LOGGED AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR 164.11(Q).
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Navigation
Issued 20 November 1989Resolved
VESSEL ENTERED THE PORT OF NEW YORK WITHOUT HAVING FIRST CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY STEERING DRILL AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR 164.25(D).
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Navigation
Issued 20 November 1989Resolved
EACH OPERATION IN OIL RECORD BOOK NOT SIGNED BY PERSON IN CHANGE AS RE- QUIRED BY 33 CFR 151.25(H).
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Navigation
Issued 20 November 1989Resolved
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR STEERING GEAR CONTROL WAS NOT DISPLAYED IN THE BRIDGE AS REQUIRED BY 33 CFR 164.35(K).
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 May 2002
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
Navigation
Issued 10 July 1988Resolved
A VIO OF 33 CFR 164.11(R) IN THAT THE ELECTRONIC POSITION FIXING DEVICE REQBY 33 CFR 164.41(A) WAS NOT MAINTAINED IN AN OPERABLE CONDITION WHILE THE VSL WAS U/W IN THE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S.
Condition: Unknown
Due 10 July 1988
Resolved 10 July 1988
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.
