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JOHN PURVES

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1910s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Other hulls named JOHN PURVES

JOHN PURVES is a 1919 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 1987, most recently in September 2008, along with 1 casualty investigation in 1994.

Records from 1987 to 2008. Most recent: inspection, 19 September 2008.

Built
1919
Last inspected
19 September 2008
Documentation
No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
12
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
1 investigation · 1994
Inspected with
1 other vessel

Identity

US Official No.
218244
IMO number
6507438 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WA3197
MISLE id
56664
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
—
Maury page id
psix-56664

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2
…administrative events3
…with no type recorded7
Years with a record 7 calendar years (1987–2008)
The 12 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 18 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)142.0 ft × 27.7 ft × 14.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 436 / net 296
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderUNKNOWN · ELIZABETH, NJ, UNITED STATES · built 1919
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portMUSKEGON, MI
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 20 March 2003 · expires 30 April 2004
Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)
Hull formbarge (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it296 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
436 - 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

WCB5820MMSI not assigned · cancelled · compulsorily equipped · granted 6 August 1998, cancelled 5 April 2004
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

A-410 Tank Barge · MISLE 51053 · 27 November 1994 · activity 145729A-410 Tank Barge · MISLE 51053 · 25 June 1993 · activity 101619

Inspection history · 12

19 September 2008 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3328105
4 September 2008 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3318320
24 June 2008 Attraction Vessel Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 3246625
10 June 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8917
16 June 1998 Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · MSO MILWAUKEE · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1128344
29 May 1998 Administrative
Administrative · MSO CHICAGO · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1127922
16 November 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MILWAUKEE · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 520303
24 January 1995 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAULT STE MARIE · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 654995
27 November 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO SAULT STE MARIE · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 145729
22 September 1994 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 505106
25 June 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 101619
28 October 1987 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 469680

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 1

27 November 1994Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 145729
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.