EVER USEFUL

Freight Ship · General Dry Cargo Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

EVER USEFUL is a 1999 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2026, along with 6 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 18 March 2026.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 18 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 6 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 18 March 2026

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations5

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 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

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9168879

3FCC9

509312

Flag

PANAMA

Maury page id

psix-509312

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it69246 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
63216 - Dead Weight, Ton
87544 - Displacement, Ton
30235 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 9

18 March 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8328087

27 June 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8168931

22 May 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8132579

2 April 2025 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8097212

6 February 2025 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8071942

2 September 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7044004

18 July 2020 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7001773

17 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6126367

27 June 2016 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5921154

Deficiency record · 6

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 6 February 2025 Resolved

The following basic principles underlie the regulations in the chapter and are embodied in the regulations as appropriate, having regard to the type of ships and the potential fire hazard involved:...protection of means of escape or access for fire fighting. PSCO observed wing-nut release for escape trunk from engine room was seized, preventing means of escape. 74 SOLAS 2001 II-2/2.2.6 17c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 6 February 2025
Resolved 6 February 2025
Resolution: Deficiency was cleared after crew greased wing nut to restore proper function.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions

Issued 6 February 2025 Resolved

Fire doors in main vertical zones bulkheads, galley boundaries and stairway enclosures, other than power-operated watertight doors and those which are normally locked, shall satisfy the following requirements: the doors shall be self-closing and be capable of closure against an angle of inclination of up to 3.5 degrees opposing closure. PSCO observed A-0 fire door in main stairway inncapable of closing, on its own. 74 SOLAS 2001 II-2/30.4.1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 6 February 2025
Resolved 6 February 2025
Resolution: Crew adjusted door actuator to enable door to fully seat against door frame.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboat inventory

Issued 2 September 2020 Resolved

A food ration as described in paragraph 4.1.5.1.18 totalling not less than 10,000 kj for each person the lifeboat is permitted to accomodate these rations shall be kept in airtight packaging and be stowed in a watertight container. Four of the fourty-six required lifeboat food rations lost their vacuum seal. SOLAS 2014 CH III Sec IV Reg 34 ISA CH IV 4.4.8.12

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 4 September 2020
Resolution: Vessel received new emergency food rations and provided photo and receipt.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces

Issued 18 July 2020 Resolved

Every oil fuel pipe, which, if damaged would allow oil to escape from a storage tank shall be fitted with a cock or valve directly on the tank capable of being closed from a safe postion outside the space in the event of a fire. There were wood blocks observed that would prevent the valve from operating. 74 SOLAS II-2/Reg. 15.2.5

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 July 2020
Resolution: Crew removed wood block.

Lifesaving › Lifeboat Equipment › Water/Water Receptacles

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

74SOLAS(14)IX/3.1 ISM CODE PART A/10.1 THE PSCO DISCOVERED BOTH PORT AND STARBOARD LIFEBOATS WERE SHORT 15.5L OF WATER, AS SHIPS 75 500ML WATER PACKETS ONLY AMOUNT TO 37.5L. COMPANY SMS LIFESAVING TRAINING MANUAL ONLY REQUIRES THE 75 WATER PACKETS, BUT DOES NOT PROPERLY INDICATE HOW REMAINING WATER MUST BE SUPPLIED TO SHIP, CREW TEMPORARILY USING BINS. 50B

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 July 2016
Resolved 6 July 2016
Resolution: Reviewed safety training manual, ch. 3, with proper water ration capacity for each lifeboat - ship temporarily using water bins for proper water rations, company sending additional water packets to ship. Chief officer further trained with lifesaving SMS.

Fire Fighting › Structural - A Class Divisions › Open Deck Spaces

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

74SOLAS(2001CONS.)II-2/9.3.1 WHERE A CLASS DIVISIONS ARE PENETRATED, SUCH PENETRATIONS SHALL BE SUITABLY INSULATED BY EXTENSION OF SAME LEVEL OF DIVISION. PSCO DISCOVERED NUMEROUS SECTIONS OF INSULATION MISSING SURROUNDING ELECTRICAL WIRING IN "A" CLASS FIRE DIVISION OF FOLLOWING SPACES: E DECK AND UPPER DECK ELECTRICAL CABLE TRUNK. 10C

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 June 2016
Resolved 27 June 2016
Resolution: CORRECTED ON THE SPOT. FILLED OPEN SPACES.

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.