CAPE DECISION

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

CAPE DECISION is a 1973 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2025, along with 3 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2012.

Records from 2003 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 October 2025.

Built: 1973
Last inspected: 8 October 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2003–2012

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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 8 October 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations12

…administrative events3

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

684098

7310911

WMGD

248442

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-248442

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)680.3 ft × 97.1 ft × 67.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 13,211 / net 9,287

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)635.0 ft × 97.0 ft × 67.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 29,386 / net 8,815

BuilderGOTEBORG, SWEDEN · GOTEBORG, SWEDEN · built 1973

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNORFOLK, VA

Trade endorsementsRegistry

DocumentationValid · issued 13 February 2026 · expires 28 February 2027

Service, as the file records itFreight Ship

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it9287 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
8815 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
13211 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
29386 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 15

8 October 2025 ACP Annual Oversight · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8249582

30 December 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8050928

23 August 2024 Annual Inspection · ACP Annual Oversight

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7990469

24 June 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7981213

22 December 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7841871

14 February 2023 ACP Drydock Oversight · Examination of Repairs · Re-Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · ACP COI Oversight · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7637058

27 May 2022 ACP COI Oversight · Administrative Inspection · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7460535

26 August 2021 Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Annual Inspection · ACP Annual Oversight

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7307244

30 October 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7087004

19 August 2020 ACP Annual Oversight · Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Special · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7037159

11 July 2019 ACP Annual Oversight · Annual Inspection · Special · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6747247

30 August 2018 ACP Annual Oversight · Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6534751

9 May 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Navigation Center · Activity 6409810

15 May 2017 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6146395

23 August 2016 ACP Annual Oversight · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5981140

Deficiency record · 3

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 9 October 2025 Resolved

All electrical apparatus shall be so constructed and installled so that danger of injury in ordinary handling shall not exist. Alarm cover for engine room general alarm is falling off.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 November 2025
Resolved 3 November 2025

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage

Issued 9 October 2025 Resolved

The opening below the lowest course of the guard rails shall not exceed 9 inches. The other courses shall be not more than 15 inches apart. Lowermost course on the deck rail immediately aft of the number 4 liferaft is missing. 1966 International Convention on Load Lines, Regulation 25 (3)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 November 2025
Resolved 3 November 2025

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

Issued 5 June 2023 Resolved

A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate shall be issued after survey to a cargo ship which satisfies the requirements for cargo ships on survey set out in Regulation 10 of this Chapter and complies with the applicable requirements of Chapter II. Fwd Ship service generator is inoperable and deck generator per short term certificate not present.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 15 December 2023
Resolution: Cleared by ABS, see finding # 1438.3

Casualty record · 3

26 February 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 1753866

14 March 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 1902231

27 November 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 4493301

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.