The 8 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 33 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 it22660 - Simplified, Net Ton 54681 - Dead Weight, Ton 30331 - 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 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. Reports.
Inspection history · 8
22 May 1993Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 358421
20 November 1991Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 487994
18 February 1991Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 341934
28 October 1989Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 333878
20 March 1989Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 528896
2 September 1988Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 325483
29 September 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 318667
21 October 1986Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 312175
A VIO OF 33 CFR 164.30 IN THAT THE U.S. COAST PILOT, VOL. 3, USED BY THE VSL, WAS NOT CORRECTED TO NTM 42/90, WHICH WAS REASONABLY AVAILABLE AND CONTAINED CORRECTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE VSL'S ROUTE FROM VA CAPES TO NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN COAL PIER.
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 February 1991
Resolved 18 February 1991
Documentation
Issued 28 October 1989Resolved
33 CFR 159.7(B)(1) VSL FAILED TO HAVE CERTIFICATION LABEL AFFIXED TO MSD. AUTH: 33 USC 1322(B)(1) PEN: 33 USC 1322(J)
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 November 1991
Resolved 21 November 1991
Navigation
Issued 21 October 1986Resolved
33CFR164.33(A)(II) THE VESSELS CHARTS OF THE AREA WERE NOT CURRENTLY CORRECTED.
Condition: Unknown
Due 21 October 1986
Resolved 21 October 1986
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.
