CHALMETTE

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

CHALMETTE is a 1962 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2026, along with 7 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2009.

Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 27 March 2026.

Built: 1962
Last inspected: 27 March 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2009

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 27 March 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations11

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

1075588

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WPD4868

487801

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-487801

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)45.0 ft × 14.0 ft × 5.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 22 / net 18

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSEWARD SEACRAFT INC · BERWICK LA, UNITED STATES · built 1962

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPORT CANAVERAL, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 31 March 2026 · expires 30 April 2027

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 it22 - Simplified, Gross Ton
18 - Simplified, 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 · 13

27 March 2026 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8332844

25 November 2025 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8273861

14 April 2025 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8111401

7 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7915677

6 March 2024 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7872377

4 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7150529

7 May 2020 Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6949628

7 May 2019 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6678786

6 June 2018 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6435906

23 May 2018 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6421652

23 February 2017 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6094087

9 June 2016 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5906864

31 May 2016 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5895459

Deficiency record · 7

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 20 March 2024 Resolved

Each ring life buoy must be marked with Type II retroreflective material approved in accordance with 46 CFR 164.018. The retro-reflective tape was missing.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 April 2024
Resolved 25 March 2024

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Evidence of Basic Training

Issued 20 March 2024 Resolved

50% of the crew must have a current first aid / CPR certification. No crew members had current 1st aid training.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 April 2024
Resolved 25 March 2024

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 20 March 2024 Resolved

On a vessel of at least 26 feet in length, a visual and audible alarm must be provided at the operating station to indicate a high water level in the engine room. Visual indication did not illuminate.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 April 2024
Resolved 25 March 2024

Engineering › Bilge Water Management System › Not Operational

Issued 23 February 2017 Resolved

Audbile alarm for engine bilge alarm was inoperable.

Due 23 March 2017
Resolved 24 February 2017
Resolution: Corrected

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Wiring

Issued 23 February 2017 Resolved

Install metallic wire supports where needed thru out engine room.

Due 23 March 2017
Resolved 24 February 2017
Resolution: Corrected

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights

Issued 23 February 2017 Resolved

Anchor light inoperable.

Due 24 February 2017
Resolved 24 February 2017
Resolution: corrected

Engineering › Sea-water System (primary cooling) › Piping

Issued 23 February 2017 Resolved

Double clamp generator raw water intake.

Due 24 February 2017
Resolved 24 February 2017

Casualty record · 1

21 December 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3663401

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.