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LITTLE CHIEF

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1920s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Other hulls named LITTLE CHIEF

LITTLE CHIEF is a 1925 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 27 inspections since 1997, most recently in July 2025, along with 28 deficiencies.

Records from 1997 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 17 July 2025.

Built: 1925
Last inspected: 17 July 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 27
Deficiencies: 28 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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497920

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UNITED STATES

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Maury page id

psix-497920

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations26

…administrative events1

Years with a record 23 calendar years (1997–2025)

The 27 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.

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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1977.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it10 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
13 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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 2 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 · 27

17 July 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8230422

13 June 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7710872

10 May 2022 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7447701

9 September 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7308453

9 June 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7225169

7 August 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7026520

10 June 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6714090

12 June 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6501419

14 June 2017 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6162665

23 September 2016 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6007960

13 June 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5916981

22 June 2014 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4887870

6 June 2012 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4335746

13 September 2011 Simplified Stability Test

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4149436

19 July 2011 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 4077955

19 June 2008 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 3328152

5 June 2007 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2952351

3 October 2006 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2799484

20 July 2006 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2719394

26 August 2005 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2475670

1 July 2004 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 2196597

19 June 2003 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1913641

19 June 2002 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1612630

23 June 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1068267

13 June 2000 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1420351

11 June 1999 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1430708

29 May 1997 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO PUGET SOUND · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 1092589

Deficiency record · 28

Communications › Alarms/Indicators › Fire Alarm

Issued 14 June 2017 Resolved

Provide a separate audible alarm for the engine rooms pre-engineered extinguishing system IAW 46CFR181.420(b)(2).

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 June 2017
Resolved 14 June 2017
Resolution: Regulation does not require a separate and distinct audible alarm specifically for the pre-engineered extinguishing system. Vessels current enunciating alarm at the operating station meets current regulation. Corrected on the spot.

Engineering › Bilge Water Management System › Pump

Issued 13 June 2016 Resolved

Middle compartment automatic bilge pump does not have a visual indicator light at the operating station as required by 46CFR182.530(c).

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 June 2016
Resolved 13 June 2016
Resolution: Visual indicator light affixed to the operating station console.

Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Mounting Bracket

Issued 19 July 2011 Resolved

Fix or replace bracket for fire extinguisher near operating station. 46CFR181.30-10(b) by 30 JUL 11

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 30 July 2011
Resolved 30 July 2011
Resolution: Fire extinguisher is properly bracketed.

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Storage

Issued 19 July 2011 Resolved

Mark lifejacket quantity for overhead stowage. 46 CFR 185.604(f) by 02 AUG 11

Condition: Improper Installation
Due 2 August 2011
Resolved 2 August 2011
Resolution: Lifejacket quantity is properly indicated.

Fire Fighting › Fire Bucket › Availability

Issued 19 July 2011 Resolved

Aquire and additional 2.5 gallon fire bucket. 46 CFR 181.10-1(c) by 30 JUL 11

Due 30 July 2011
Resolved 30 July 2011
Resolution: Vessel acquired an additional fire bucket.

Lifesaving › Buoyant Apparatus › Float-free Link

Issued 19 July 2011 Resolved

Properly install and equip buoyant apparatus. 46 CFR 180.137; 46 CFR 180.175(e) by 02 AUG 11

Condition: Improper Installation
Due 2 August 2011
Resolved 2 August 2011
Resolution: Buoyant apparatus is installed IAW regulations.

Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Not on Board

Issued 5 June 2007 Resolved

Vessel evaluated per Sector Seattle Ltr dated Nov 15 2006. Provide 50% life floats.

Due 1 May 2008
Resolved 15 July 2008
Resolution: Installed

Communications › Alarms/Indicators › Bilge Alarm

Issued 5 June 2007 Resolved

Provide visual indicator at the operating station for all installed automatic bilge pumps.

Condition: Unknown
Due 1 May 2008
Resolved 19 June 2008
Resolution: corrected

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Storage

Issued 5 June 2007 Resolved

Label life jacket storage locker.

Condition: Unknown
Due 18 July 2007
Resolved 19 June 2008
Resolution: Corrected

Fire Fighting › Fixed Gas Fire Extinguishing System › Operating Controls

Issued 5 June 2007 Resolved

Prove annual fire extinguishing system servicing.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Due 18 July 2007
Resolved 19 June 2008
Resolution: corrected

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Hull Plating

Issued 3 October 2006 Resolved

Starbord Garboard plank from Bow stem aft has excessive dry rot. and is constructed of plywood. All wood needs to be removed to good framing inspected and repaired/ sistered or replaced as required. New garboard plank installed

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 20 June 2007

Operations/Management › Drills/Instruction › Abandon Ship

Issued 20 July 2006 Resolved

Establish vessel specific procedures for abandon ship and flood control and drill crew Daily checks of bilge alarm and pumps need to be recorded prior to operation each day

Due 20 July 2006
Resolved 20 June 2007

Construction/Loadline › Structures › Door

Issued 20 July 2006 Resolved

Locate and identify emergency exits from passenger area

Due 20 July 2006
Resolved 20 June 2007

Lifesaving › Buoyant Apparatus › Not on Board

Issued 20 July 2006 Resolved

Investigate and propose a procedure to rescue passengers in the event of sinking

Due 20 July 2006
Resolved 20 June 2007

Fire Fighting

Issued 23 June 2001 Resolved

Install a means to reset devices used to automatically shut down ventitation systems and engines. 46 CFR 181.420 (b)(3).

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 July 2001
Resolved 23 July 2001

Fire Fighting

Issued 23 June 2001 Resolved

minimize leak located 1' fwd transom port side of keel.

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 July 2001
Resolved 23 July 2001

Fire Fighting

Issued 23 June 2001 Resolved

repair leak in copper water cooling to shaft stuffing tube.

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 July 2001
Resolved 23 July 2001

Electrical

Issued 13 June 2000 Resolved

SECURE SPARE BATTERY IN ENGINE ROOM AND COVER POSITIVE TERMINAL.

Condition: Unknown
Due 13 June 2000
Resolved 13 June 2000

Lifesaving

Issued 13 June 2000 Resolved

PROVIDE A LADDER TO ASSIST IN MAN OVERBOARD RETRIVAL.

Condition: Unknown
Due 13 June 2000
Resolved 13 June 2000

Lifesaving

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

PROVIDE 3 RED FLARE AND 3 ORANGE SMOKE DISTRESS SIGNALS APPROVED FOR MARINEUSE.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Lifesaving

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

PROVIDE A WATERTIGHT CONTAINER FOR DISTRESS SIGNALS, THE CONTAINER MUST BE OF A BRIGHT COLOR AND LABELED "DISTRESS SIGNALS".

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Fire Fighting

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

LABEL ENGINE INTAKE "CLOSE IN CASE OF ENGINE FIRE".

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Navigation

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

PROVIDE EMERGENCY BROADCAST PLACARD IAW 46CFR184.506.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Lifesaving

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

POST EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS IAW 46CFR185.510 AND 185.512.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Electrical

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

PROVIDE 1 ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY FLASHLIGHT.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Fire Fighting

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

PROVE PROPER OPERATION OF FIXED EXTINGUISHER ENGINE SHUTDOWN.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

Fire Fighting

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

INSTALL MANUAL ACTUATION FOR FIXED FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

Condition: Unknown
Due 11 June 1999
Resolved 11 June 1999

Construction/Loadline

Issued 11 June 1999 Resolved

PROVE PROPER OPERATION OF THE BILGE HIGH LEVEL ALARM.

Condition: Unknown
Due 20 July 1999
Resolved 20 July 1999

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.