CAPE MAY

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

CAPE MAY is a 1972 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2017, most recently in August 2021, along with 14 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2010 and 2021.

Records from 2010 to 2021. Most recent: inspection, 3 August 2021.

Built: 1972
Last inspected: 3 August 2021
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 14 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2010–2021
Inspected with: 8 other vessels

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 3 August 2021

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations10

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 14 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2017–2021)

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

536671

7205958

WDOU

47051

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-47051

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)725.0 ft × 106.0 ft × 39.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 21,667 / net 12,128

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)824.2 ft × 105.8 ft × 53.6 ft

ITC tonnagegross 47,674 / net 15,662

BuilderGENERAL DYNAMICS QUINCY · QUINCY, MA, UNITED STATES · built 1972

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionSteam Turbine

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNORFOLK, VA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

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 it21667 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
47674 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
12128 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
38370 - Dead Weight, Ton
55660 - Displacement, Ton
15662 - Convention (Subpart B), 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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Inspected as a tow unit · 8

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

Inspection history · 11

3 August 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7283568

5 November 2020 Administrative Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Annual Inspection · ACP Annual Oversight

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7088892

28 January 2020 ACP Annual Oversight · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6897613

12 September 2019 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6810354

17 March 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6649307

13 February 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6625653

23 January 2019 ACP Annual Oversight · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6613123

30 November 2017 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6324266

2 November 2017 ACP Annual Oversight · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6298180

13 March 2017 ACP COI Oversight · Re-Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6104028

25 January 2017 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6079506

Deficiency record · 14

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

Issued 9 November 2020 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to ensure the ship will remain fit to proceed at sea safely. Ships main fire pump shaft bearing failed. 74 SOLAS (14) I/11

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 9 November 2020
Resolved 10 November 2020

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Division - decks, bulkheads and penetrations

Issued 9 November 2020 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to ensure the ship will remain fit to proceed at sea safely. Cable transits above bridge on stbd side to antenna and below the mast to the outlet need to be renewed. 74 SOLAS (14) I/11

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 9 December 2020
Resolved 10 November 2020

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 28 January 2020 Resolved

Suitable arrangements shall be made for embarkation into the lifeboats and shall include means for illumination for launching and water. Vessel starboard embarkation light extinguished. Solas 60 III Reg 19aii

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 February 2020
Resolved 5 February 2020
Resolution: ABS Report #4120018

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors

Issued 28 January 2020 Resolved

In all classes of WTD indicators shall be fitted which show whether the doors are open or closed. Indicator light at operating station for open not visible. Solas 60 II 113fv

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 February 2020
Resolved 5 February 2020
Resolution: ABS Report #4120018

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 23 January 2019 Resolved

Exposed parts of pipes to ballast and other tanks that extend above the freeboard deck shall be of substantial construction. Emergency generator fuel tank vent pipe corroded and cracked. ICLL 66 Annex I/20

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 6 February 2019
Resolved 13 February 2019
Resolution: Received documentation for ABS Surveyor [name withheld] attesting to the clearing of the deficiency; all sat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 23 January 2019 Resolved

No changes shall be made in the structural arrangements, machinery equipment, and other items covered by a survey. Smoke extraction detection system shows an error and has no audible alarm. SOLAS 60 I/11

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 23 January 2019 Resolved

Machinery space openings shal be properly framed and efficiently enclosed by steel with opeings fitted with covers complying with regulation 12(1). Engine compartment port side stack vent plenum's weathertight closure is corroded. ICLL 66 Annex I/17(1)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 February 2019
Resolved 13 February 2019
Resolution: Received documentation for ABS Surveyor [name withheld] attesting to the clearing of the deficiency; all sat.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Embarkation arrangement survival craft

Issued 23 January 2019 Resolved

Suitable arrangements shall also be made for embarkation into the liferafts, which shall include sufficient ladders to facilitate embarkation into the liferafts when waterborne... The Administration may permit the replacement of some or all of such ladders by approved devices. The Port and Starboard aft liferafts do not have suitable embarkation arrangements when the liferafts are waterborne. Provide a proposal to comply with suitable arrangements for embarkation of the Port and Starboard aft liferafts to the satisfaction of Class and the attending USCG Marine Inspector. SOLAS 60 III/19(b)

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 17 March 2019
Resolution: Embarkation arrangements for liferafts when waterborne revised an captured in activity #6298180.

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