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NRC ADMIRAL
- Built
- 1976
- Last inspected
- 15 July 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 47 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 Miscellaneous Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Inspection record
Last inspected
15 July 2025
…with no type recorded1
Deficiencies
47 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
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Identity
578658
8978461
WCC8506
48996
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-48996
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)100.6 ft × 26.0 ft × 12.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 98 / net 66
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)100.6 ft × 26.0 ft × 12.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 212 / net 63
BuilderOFFSHORE TRAWLERS INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1976
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portPHILADELPHIA, PA
Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un, reg
DocumentationValid · issued 9 February 2026 · expires 28 February 2027
Service, as the file records itOil Recovery
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it212 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
63 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
66 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
63 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
66 - 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.
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Inspection history · 18
15 July 2025
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8185897
8 July 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8178517
6 June 2025
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8154488
14 May 2025
Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8135711
12 March 2025
Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8084504
14 May 2024
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7912212
15 May 2023
In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7685290
8 March 2022
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7407996
25 June 2021
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7194173
17 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6978915
9 June 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6971794
3 June 2020
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6967226
21 February 2020
Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6913289
30 April 2019
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6673803
17 April 2018
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6395041
3 April 2017
Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6116942
10 August 2016
DAPI Audit · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5967308
6 May 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5873935
Deficiency record · 47
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 9 September 2025
Resolved
All unfired pressure vessels meet the applicable requirements of Subchapter F (Marine Engineering) of this chapter. The spring in a relief valve in service for pressures up to and including 250 pounds per square inch must not be reset for any pressure more than 10 percent above or 10 percent below that for which the relief valve is marked. The safety relief valve for the vessel's air receiver could not be tested.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 9 September 2025
Resolved
A means of escape which is not readily apparent to a person from both inside and outside the space must be adequately marked in clearly legible letters at least 2 inches high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”. Markings for the emergency exits from the lower berthing and engine room spaces were either incomplete or missing entirely.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors
Issued 9 September 2025
Resolved
A hatch cover must be attached to the hatch frame or coaming by hinges, captive chains, or other devices of substantial strength to prevent its loss. Securing devices were missing from the forward void, aft port, center, and starboard voids, and engine room escape hatches.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Lighting (Working spaces)
Issued 9 September 2025
Resolved
Each lighting fixture, globe, lens, or diffuser must have a guard or be made of high strength material. The protective cover for two fluorescent lighting fixtures in the engine room and one in the galley could not be properly secured and a nighttime/red light bulb in the lower berthing space was not fitted with a guard/cover.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
A fire hose with a nozzle must be attached to each fire hydrant at all times. The vessel's two fire hoses were found to be deteriorated/inoperable and the nozzle was seized on one of the hoses.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
The owner, managing operator, or a qualified servicing facility as applicable must conduct annual maintenance and recharging of extinguishers. The owner or managing operator must provide satisfactory evidence of the required servicing to the marine inspector. Two of the vessel's required portable fire extinguishers have not been serviced in more than one year.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
Electrical equipment on a vessel must be installed and maintained to protect passengers, crew, other persons, and the vessel from electrical hazards including fire, caused by or originating in electrical equipment, and electrical shock. Numerous dead end or loose wires were found under the operating station console.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
At each inspection for certification and at every other vessel inspection the bilges and other spaces may be examined to see that there is no excessive accumulation of oil that might create a fire hazard. Standing oil was noted inside the port main diesel engine fuel filter flame shield.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
The installation of fuel lines, including pipe, tube, and hose, must comply with the requirements of this paragraph. A suitable metal marine type strainer must be fitted in the fuel supply line in the engine compartment. One of the fuel filters for the crane's diesel engine was fitted with a plastic petcock.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
A vessel on an oceans route must carry six hand red flare and six hand orange smoke distress signals. The vessel could only produce three hand red flare distress signals.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
Each lifeline on a ring life buoy must be of a dark color if synthetic, or of a type certified to be resistant to deterioration from ultraviolet light. The lifeline connected to the ring buoy on the starboard side of the pilot house was found to be deteriorated. Additionally, the ring buoy's retro-reflective tap was found to be deteriorated.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Lighting (Working spaces)
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
Each lighting fixture globe, lens, or diffuser must have a guard or be made of high strength material. The protective cover over one of the light fixtures in the galley could not be secured.
18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
A marine employer shall comply with the requirements of 46 CFR 4.06 and must have a sufficient number of alcohol testing devices readily accessible on board the vessel to determine the presence of alcohol in the system of each individual who was directly involved in a Serious Marine Incident. The alcohol testing devices maintained on board expired in 2023.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 8 July 2025
Resolved
A vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date U.S. Coast Pilot or similar publication, Coast Guard Light List, and tide tables. The Coast Guard Light List was not maintained on board and the U.S. Coast Pilot and tide tables were found to be outdated.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 6 June 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be suitable in type and design for propulsion requirements of the hull in which it is installed and capable of operating at constant marine load under such requirements without exceeding its designed limitations.
Vessel rep reported that the port MDE sustained a cracked exhaust manifold and not operating as designed. Vessel is to make repairs as needed and complete satisfactory sea trial with marine inspector prior to departing Sector Miami AOR.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 14 May 2025
Resolved
Each survival craft must be:Stowed so that when the vessel sinks the survival craft floats free and, if inflatable, inflates automatically. Both port and stbd life floats painter lines were not correctly attached to the weak link. Correct on the spot.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 14 May 2024
Resolved
All engines must have at least two means for
stopping the engines under any operating
conditions. The fuel oil shut off required at the engine
by 185.455(b)(4) will satisfy one means of stopping
the engine. Port main engine needs air dampener
repair so it will close fully and shutdown engine.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
The items contained in the first aid kit shall be as listed in table 160.041(b). Splint, wire missing from kit.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
Placards containing instructions for the donning and use of the life jackets on board the vessel must be posted. Renew life jacket donning placard to life vests on board.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 21 June 2023
Resolved
A durable placard must be posted next to all radiotelephone installations with the emergency broadcast instructions and information, specific to the individual vessel.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 8 April 2022
Resolved
Battery terminals shall be of the soldered type and all connections shall be made to the battery terminals with permanane ttype connectros.
Both Port and STBD main batteries had wing nut type connectors.
46 CFR 183.05-20(c)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 8 April 2022
Resolved
Wiring joints and splices shall be of the mechanically secure and made in junction boxes.
Mulitiple wires were spliced together with wire nuts under the wheel house navigation panel, hydraulic work tank in engine room and on STBD main engine.
46 CFR 183.05-50(b)(1)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 8 April 2022
Resolved
Propulsion machinery shall be suitable in type and design for propulsion requirements of the hull in which it is installed and capable of operating.
Port main engine had zip ties holding linkage together.
46 CFR 182.05-1(a)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 8 April 2022
Resolved
All electrical installations shall be to the satisfaction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspections.
Remove dead end wires under wheel houst navigation panel and above port main engine.
46 CFR 182.01-15(a)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
A vessel must be provided with a satisfactory arrangement for draining any watertight compartment, other than small buoyancy compartments, under all practicable conditions. The sea suction valve on the secondary bilge pumping configuration (ballast manifold) was not secured. Secure valve onto valve stem with nut.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
All engines must have at least two means for stopping the engine(s) under any operating conditions. The means of stopping engines from the bridge would not fully shut down the main propulsion engines, leading the engines to continue breathing and running at a low rpm. Install suitable means to completely shut down both main propulsion engine from the operating station.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Safety and relief valves for air service shall be provided with a substantial lifting device so that the disk can be lifted from its seat when the pressure in the vessel is 75 percent of that at which the valve is set to blow. Inspector could not lift the relief valve disc at a pressure of 150 psi. Renew pressure relieving device.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Each battery must be secured to protect against shifting with the roll and pitch of the vessel. The starboard engine room battery bank was not secured against shifting or rolling within the box. Install dunnage or other non-conductive material to prevent against shifting.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
The general construction of the vessel must be such as to minimize fire hazards. Inspector found the dryer vent duct hose separated allowing lint to enter the machinery space. Replace duct hose.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Flexible hose designed for use with hose clamps may be installed with two clamps, at both ends of the hose.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Each overnight accommodation space on a vessel with overnight accommodations must be fitted with an independent modular smoke detection and alarm unit IAW 46 CFR 181.450. Marine Inspectors observed that the lower berthing arrangements in the vessel did not have an installed modular smoke detection unit. Install a modular smoke detector in the space to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspectors.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Doors on a cooking appliance must be provided with hinges and locking devices to prevent accidental opening in heavy seas. The oven door did not have a means to prevent the door from opening in heavy seas. Effect permanent repair to the attending Marine Inspector.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
At each inspection for certification and at every other vessel inspection all observed unsafe practices, fire hazards and other hazardous situations must be corrected and all required guards and protective devices must be in satisfactory condition. Marine Inspectors observed that the refrigerator in the galley was not permanently secured to the deck, or the bulkhead. Permanently secure the refrigerator to the deck, or bulked head to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspectors.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
The frame or support of each semi-portable fire extinguisher must be welded or otherwise permanently attached to a bulkhead or deck. Marine Inspectors observed one portable fire extinguisher on the bridge and one portable fire extinguisher in the accommodation space that were not mounted to the bulkhead, or deck. Permanently install the portable fire extinguishers to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspectors.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
As appropriate for the intended voyage, a vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts and publications. Marine Inspectors observed that the U.S. Coast Pilot and Coast Guard Light List were the 2020 edition. Acquire the 2021 editions and place them on board the vessel.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Portable and semi portable extinguishers must be inspected and maintained IAW NFPA 10. Where manual inspections are conducted, records for manual inspections shall be kept on a tag or label attached to the fire extinguisher, or an inspection checklist maintained on fire. Marine Inspectors did not observe monthly inspection documentation for the portable fire extinguishers. Provide a corrective action to carry out and document monthly inspections for portable and semi portable fire extinguishers on the vessel to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
The marine employer must have a sufficient number of alcohol testing devices readily accessible on board the vessel to determine the presence of alcohol in the system of each individual who was directly involved in the SMI. The alcohol test strips were expired. Acquire a suitable number of new alcohol test strips to be placed on the vessel.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Radio life-saving appliances
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
Each EPIRB must be tested monthly using the integrated test circuit and output indicator to determine that it is operative. The EPRIB test required shall be logged or otherwise documented. The operator could not provide proof of documentation of the monthly test of the EPRIB. Provide means to document the monthly test of the EPIRB and conduct monthly test for JUN 2021 to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspectors.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved IAW 46 CFR 160.041, or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. A first-aid kit must be easily be easily visible and readily available to the crew. The first-aid kit on the bridge and the medical chest in the crew accommodations were expired. Acquire and place on board at least one new suitable first-aid kit on the vessel to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspectors.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 June 2021
Resolved
A vessel must have one more life buoys be approved IAW 46 CFR 160.50 in Sub-chapter Q. The grab line shall encircle the buoy and shall be held in place by beckets. Marine Inspectors observed that the grab line for the starboard side life buoy aft of the pilot house had apartially severed grab line. Replace the line, or life buoy to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspectors.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 June 2020
Resolved
No conducting mats or grating must be provided on the deck in front of each switchboard and, if accessible from the rear, on the deck in the rear of the switchboard. Vessel must provide satisfactory evidence of mat meeting the no conducting standards to the satisfaction of the MI.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 3 June 2020
Resolved
Where flexible nonmetallic hose is permitted for use in piping systems by this section, it must meet SAE J-1942 (incorporated by reference; see 46 CFR 175.600) or be specifically approved by the Commandant. Flexible hose on the center diesel generator was not labeled. Vessel must provide satisfactory evidence of J-1942 standards to the satisfaction of the MI.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 June 2020
Resolved
A vessel's hull must not carry current as a conductor. The switchboard displayed a ground. Vessel must rectify the ground to the satisfaction of the attending MI.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 3 June 2020
Resolved
Each ungrounded system must be provided with a suitably sensitive ground detection system located at the respective switchboard that provides continuous indication of circuit status to ground with a provision to momentarily remove the indicating device from the reference ground. MI's discovered that continuous indication status was not able to be removed. Vessel must meet the intent of the regulation to the satisfaction of the attending MI.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 3 June 2020
Resolved
Vessel is required to have 6 red flare distress signals. MI's discovered that all of the red distress signals had expired May 31, 2020. Vessel must obtain proper amount of distress signals to the satisfaction of the MI.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 June 2020
Resolved
Vessel must have three ring life buoys of not less than 24 inches in diameter with beckets for securing the grab line. Beckets are worn and must be replaced to the satisfaction of the MI.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 30 April 2019
Resolved
Life jacket must be approved in accordance with either 160.002, 160.005, or 16160.055 in sub-chapter Q. 08 life jackets had deteriorated to the point where thy were no longer acceptable to the attending [name withheld] will replace the 08 life jackets immediately identified and submit a plan/time line to MSU Texas City for replacing the remaining life jackets, which were deemed questionable.
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