MERLE M. MCCURDY * is a 1910 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 1985, most recently in July 1987, along with 6 deficiencies.
Records from 1985 to 1987. Most recent: inspection, 16 July 1987.
The 5 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 39 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 it7869 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 6271 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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 · 5
16 July 1987Administrative
Administrative · MSO CLEVELAND · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1325737
30 August 1985Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO BUFFALO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 986960
23 August 1985Damage Survey
Physical examination · MSO DULUTH · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1293215
19 June 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO DULUTH · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 980989
30 May 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CLEVELAND · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 978294
MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS TO COAL BUNKERS IN WAY OF HOLED AND WASTED PLATING. EXTENT OF SURVEY AND REPAIR TO BE TO THE SATISFACTION OF [name withheld], NY. REPAIRS ARE TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM BUFFALO, NY.
Condition: Unknown
Due 23 August 1985
Resolved 23 August 1985
Lifesaving
Issued 30 May 1985Resolved
WEIGHT TEST THE PORT LIFEBOAT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 30 May 1985
Resolved 30 May 1985
Construction/Loadline
Issued 30 May 1985Resolved
RENEW ALL DEFECTIVE (5) WEATHERTIGHT DOOR GASKETS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 30 May 1985
Resolved 30 May 1985
Lifesaving
Issued 30 May 1985Resolved
PROVIDE THREE ADDITIONAL (36 TOTAL) SURVIVAL SUITS AND STENCIL AFTER THE INSPECTOR SEES THEM.
Condition: Unknown
Due 30 May 1985
Resolved 30 May 1985
Unknown
Issued 30 May 1985Resolved
MAKE THE SOUND POWERED PHONE AT THE AFT STEERING STATION OPERATIONAL. (MAGNETO FOUND INOPERATIVE)
Condition: Unknown
Due 30 May 1985
Resolved 30 May 1985
Lifesaving
Issued 30 May 1985Resolved
STRIP, REFURBISH, AND PAINT THE PORT AND STARBOARD LIFEBOATS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 30 May 1985
Resolved 30 May 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.
