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BLACK BEAR
BLACK BEAR is a 1948 school ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2025, along with 19 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: operational control imposed, 3 June 2025.
- Built
- 1948
- Last inspected
- 3 June 2025
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 19 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
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 School Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Inspection record
Last inspected
3 June 2025
Deficiencies
19 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
WTE4208
275778
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-275778
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it80 - Simplified, Gross Ton
58 - Simplified, Net Ton
58 - Simplified, Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 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.
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 · 12
3 June 2025
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8149784
25 June 2024
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7939106
26 June 2023
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7721824
10 May 2023
Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7685408
11 August 2022
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7501089
24 June 2021
Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7235202
28 July 2020
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7018528
23 July 2019
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6759331
31 October 2018
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6570305
17 May 2018
Drydock Exam · Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6417193
31 July 2017
Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6226281
16 August 2016
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5966575
Deficiency record · 19
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces
Issued 3 June 2025
Resolved
Shutoff valves, installed so as to close against the fuel flow, must be fitted in the fuel supply lines, one at the tank connection and one at the engine end of the fuel line to stop fuel flow when servicing accessories. The shutoff valve at the tank must be manually operable from outside the compartment in which the valve is located. Main engine fuel shutoff assembly failed to close fuel supply valve. Correct prior to carriage of passengers. 46 CFR 182.455(b)(4)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Warning notices
Issued 3 June 2025
Resolved
All escape hatches and other emergency exits used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”, unless such markings are deemed unnecessary by the cognizant [name withheld] missing for secondary means of escape on watertight door forward in engine room and through forward void deck hatch. 46 CFR 185.606
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress messages: obligations and procedures
Issued 3 June 2025
Resolved
A durable placard must be posted next to all radiotelephone installations with the emergency broadcast instructions and information, specific to the individual vessel. Emergency broadcast instructions are missing. 46 CFR 184.506
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 3 June 2025
Resolved
Each vessel must be marked as required by part 67, subpart I, of this chapter. : The name of the vessel must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the port and starboard bow and the stern of the vessel. The hailing port of the vessel must be marked on some clearly visible exterior part of the stern of the vessel. Vessel name not marked on bows and hailing port not visibly marked on stern. 46 CFR 185.602(a)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 25 June 2024
Resolved
The marine inspector shall examine all accessible parts of the vessel's hull, machinery, and equipment to be assured that they are in satisfactory condition. The starboard generator raw water discharge piping was leaking at the elbow closest to the bulkhead. Repair issue to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 26 June 2023
Resolved
Piping used in a vital system must: Be composed of ferrous materials. Temporary repair found on underside of fire pump intake piping just before the manifold leading into the fire pump. Submit repair details for making a permanent repair to fire pump piping. Alternatively, provide three, 2.5 gallon fire buckets onboard as a fire pump is not required on this vessel.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 26 June 2023
Resolved
Each survival craft must be: secured to the vessel by a painter with a float free link permanently attached to the vessel. The link must be constructed essentially as shown in figure 160.073–10. The link must be formed from a single saltwater corrosion-resistant wire. A loop at least 50 mm (2 in.) in diameter must be provided at each end of the wire. Each loop must be permanently secured…. The breaking strength of each link must be between: 450 N (100 lb.) and 600 N (134 lb.) for links intended for life floats and buoyant apparatus of 10 persons and less capacity….. Float free link on life float is insufficient, replace with properly rated wire.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Gauges, thermometers, etc
Issued 26 June 2023
Resolved
A voltmeter and an ammeter shall be provided that can be used for measuring voltage and current of each generator that is in operation…..Repair or replace starboard generator ammeter.
46 CFR 183.10-5(g) Old T
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Entry dangerous spaces
Issued 26 June 2023
Resolved
Each entrance to a space storing carbon dioxide cylinders, a space protected by carbon dioxide systems, or any space into which carbon dioxide might migrate must be conspicuously marked as follows: Spaces protected by carbon dioxide—“CARBON DIOXIDE GAS CAN CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. WHEN ALARM OPERATES, DO NOT ENTER UNTIL VENTILATED. LOCK OUT SYSTEM WHEN SERVICING.”…. Entrance to engine room space does not have a CO2 warning placard, install placard in a visible location on the exterior area of entry into engine room space.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Warning notices
Issued 26 June 2023
Resolved
All escape hatches and other emergency exits used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 2 inches high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”. Emergency escape in forward portion of engine room not marked.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 26 June 2023
Resolved
Employers must maintain records of chemical tests as provided in 49 CFR 40.333 and must make these records available to Coat Guard officials upon request. Test records for empolyees were not available onboard and crewmembers onboard were not listed under document showing which employees were subject to drug tests.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › General alarm
Issued 11 August 2022
Resolved
At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification of a vessel, the owner shall be prepared to conduct tests and have the vessel ready for inspection of electrical equipment and systems, including the following: Operational test of all emergency electrical systems. General alarm did not sound despite it being on a closed emergency circuit at the time of the inspection.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 11 August 2022
Resolved
Except as noted in paragraph (d) of this
section, the data shall be stamped directly on the pressure vessel. The data shall be legibly stamped and shall not be obliterated during the service life of
the pressure vessel. The data plate that meets the requirements of 46 CFR 54.10-20(a) regulations for the pressure vessels (air receivers) is missing.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Ventilation (Working spaces)
Issued 23 July 2019
Resolved
Exhaust piping shall be led to the point of escape with a minimum number of bends and elbows. It shall be gas-tight throughout its length and shall be properly supported by non-combustible hangers or blocks. MIs onboard and at least one crew member observed an apparent exhaust leak in the engine room while both generators and the main engine were running. Identify and prove that the engine room exhaust piping is gas-tight.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills
Issued 23 July 2019
Resolved
Abandon ship and man overboard drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. Fire fighting drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. Drills and training logs were not kept up to date. Logs were updated in the presence of the attending MI.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 31 October 2018
Resolved
46CFR 183.05-20 - Batteries shall be effectively screened by a cage or simliar structure to minimize the danger of accidental spark through dropping a metal object across terminals. Numerous storage conatiners of ships batteries not screened or covered as required.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 31 October 2018
Resolved
46CFR 176.25-25 - The fire pump shall be tested and teh fire hose shall be satisfactorily subjected to the available fire pump pressure. Fire hose tear witnessed during test. Replacement hose required.
Documentation › Logs/Records › Drug Test Records
Issued 2 August 2017
Resolved
Complete 2017 DAPI Audit 46CFR185.210
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Floating Electric Waterlight
Issued 2 August 2017
Resolved
Provide proper operation of float light on life float. 46CFR180.710
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.