CHIEF

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

CHIEF is a 1965 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2019, along with 46 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 8 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2015.

Records from 2007 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 9 September 2019.

Built: 1965
Last inspected: 9 September 2019
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 46 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 8 investigations · 2007–2015
Also recorded as: 1 other name

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 7 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 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 9 September 2019

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations10

Deficiencies 46 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2016–2019)

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

500279

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WDG8270

45021

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-45021

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)79.7 ft × 23.3 ft × 6.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 93 / net 63

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDITTMAR & DONALDSON CO · COSTA MESA, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1965

Hull materialWood

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSAN DIEGO, CA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it93 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
63 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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 · 10

9 September 2019 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6810844

23 July 2019 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6759473

20 September 2018 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6549394

3 August 2018 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6502604

11 June 2018 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6429224

20 April 2018 Hull Examination · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6384279

30 March 2017 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6105147

29 August 2016 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5986984

19 April 2016 Hull Examination · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5857506

23 March 2016 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5832734

Deficiency record · 46

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 9 September 2019 Resolved

Complete damage survey and make repairs to identified areas prior to the carriage of passengers.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 8 October 2019
Resolution: COI surrendered, vessel to be destroyed.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 30 July 2019 Resolved

Make anchor and stern navigation lights operational prior to operating at night.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 30 July 2019
Resolved 30 July 2019
Resolution: Verified operational.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes

Issued 30 July 2019 Resolved

Mount fire pump.