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CHIP XIV

CHIP XIV is a 1979 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 1982, most recently in January 1987, along with 13 deficiencies.

Records from 1982 to 1987. Most recent: inspection, 16 January 1987.

Built
1979
Last inspected
16 January 1987
Documentation
No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-50219

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded6
Years with a record 4 calendar years (1982–1987)
The 7 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 39 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 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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)64.1 ft × 17.0 ft × 7.7 ft
Registered tonnagegross 57 / net 39
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBREAUX'S BAY CRAFT · LOREAUVILLE LA, UNITED STATES · built 1979
Hull materialAluminum
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portHOUSTON, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational, Registry
DocumentationNo Operation - PM
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 it39 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
57 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

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 · 7

16 January 1987 Administrative
Administrative · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1006170
22 October 1985 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1302001
4 June 1985 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 985958
16 April 1985 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 982905
25 May 1984 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1281064
19 April 1984 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 977227
20 May 1982 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 968301

Deficiency record · 13

Lifesaving
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
MAKE ALL FLOAT LIGHTS OPERATIONAL PRIOR TO CARRAGE OF PASSENGERS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Unknown
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
INSTALL FLAME SCREENS IN ALL FUEL VENTS PRIOR TO TRANSFERING FUEL OR 19MAY84.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Unknown
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
PROVIDE RAILS AND CHAINS AROUND THE DECK WHERE MISSING PRIOR TO CARRAGE OF PASSENGERS OR 20MAY84.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Construction/Loadline
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
MAKE THE AFT BULKHEAD IN THE WHEELHOUSE WATERTIGHT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Fire Fighting
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
POVIDE THE VESSEL WITH SERVICABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AS PER THE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION PRIOR TO CARRAGE OF PASSENGERS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Lifesaving
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
PROVIDE TWO PADDLES FOR EACH LIFE FLOAT PRIOR TO CARRAGE OF PASSENGERS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Lifesaving
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
STENCIL VESSEL'S NAME ON LIFE RING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Unknown
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
DRYDOCK THE VESSEL PRIOR TO 20MAY84.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Unknown
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
REMOVE EXCESS OIL FROM THE ENGINE RROM BILGES PRIOR TO GETTING UNDERWAY.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Electrical
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
INSTALL LIGHT GLOBES (2) WHERE MISSING.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Lifesaving
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
MAKE ALL LIFEJACKET LIGHTS OPERABLE PRIOR TO CARRAGE OF PASSENGERS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Construction/Loadline
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS TO FRACTURES IN BOTH STERN CORNER WRAPPERS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984
Unknown
Issued 19 April 1984 Resolved
PROVIDE A HANDLE FOR THE PORT SEA VALVE PRIOR TO GETTING UNDERWAY.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 April 1984
Resolved 19 April 1984

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.