The 13 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 30 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 it32376 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 80220 - Dead Weight, Ton 43471 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 · 13
16 June 1996Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 391972
7 December 1994Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 373023
6 November 1994Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 371757
19 November 1993Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 536615
28 August 1993Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 360466
13 January 1989Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 327867
18 July 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 455200
3 January 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 313444
28 August 1986Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 311086
9 June 1986Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 529774
15 September 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 304228
9 September 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · COTP PHILADELPHIA · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 304119
2 October 1984Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 298393
INSTALL REFLECTIVE TAPE ON THE KEEL AND BOTTOM OF THE LIFEBOATS._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ SOLAS 74 AMENDED III/30.2.7.
Condition: Unknown
Due 17 June 1996
Resolved 14 January 2002
Resolution: Administratively closed due to age of deficiencies.
Navigation
Issued 16 June 1996Resolved
DEMONSTRATE OPERATION OF THE SECONDARY RADAR, PRESENTLY INOPERATIVE._x001C_ _x001C_ _x001C_ 33 CFR 164.37(a).
Condition: Unknown
Due 17 June 1996
Resolved 18 June 1996
Navigation
Issued 3 January 1987Resolved
THE VESSEL'S MANEUVERING INFORMATION WAS INCOMPLETE
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 July 1987
Resolved 3 January 1987
Documentation
Issued 3 January 1987Resolved
THE DATES AND RESULTS OF THE TESTS REQUIRED BY 33CFR156.170 WERE NOT LOGGED
Condition: Unknown
Due 18 July 1987
Resolved 3 January 1987
Navigation
Issued 9 September 1985Resolved
THE VESSEL DID BOT HAVE A CURRENT COPY OF INLAND RULES OF THE ROAD ON BOARD
Condition: Unknown
Due 9 September 1985
Resolved 9 September 1985
Engineering
Issued 9 September 1985Resolved
THE VESSEL DID NOT HAVE A RECORD OF THE DATES AND RESULTS OF TESTS REQUIRED BY 33CFR156.170.
Condition: Unknown
Due 9 September 1985
Resolved 9 September 1985
Navigation
Issued 9 September 1985Resolved
THE VESSEL DID NOT HAVE A BLOCK DIAGRAM AND SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS SHOWING CHANGEOVER PROCEDURES FROM MANUAL TO EMERGENCY STEERING POSTED ON THE BRIDGE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 9 September 1985
Resolved 9 September 1985
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.