PURPLE BEACH

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

PURPLE BEACH is a 1998 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2003, most recently in October 2014, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2003 to 2014. Most recent: inspection, 10 October 2014.

Built: 1998
Last inspected: 10 October 2014
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9138135 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V7FK3

MISLE id

616451

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-616451

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2003–2014)

The 9 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 12 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it44085 - Displacement, Ton
33678 - Dead Weight, Ton
13150 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
23401 - Convention (Subpart B), 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.

Inspection history · 9

10 October 2014 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4999273

16 June 2014 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4889944

17 March 2014 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4827114

16 July 2004 PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2135612

2 July 2004 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2123031

6 November 2003 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · MSO SAVANNAH · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1943371

5 November 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO SAVANNAH · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1942878

24 April 2003 Annual Inspection · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1780008

18 April 2003 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1776506

Deficiency record · 3

Engineering › Diesel Engine (propulsion-direct drive) › Cylinder

Issued 10 October 2014 Resolved

1420-Cleanliness- Provision shall be made to facilitate cleaning, inspection and maintaining of main propulsion and aux machinery. Main engine had several oil leaks, drip pans and rags. - SOLAS74 (04) II-1/26.7

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 27 January 2015
Resolution: Engine room was cleaned with small minor leak. no drip pans found.

Fire Fighting › Structural - A Class Divisions › Doors

Issued 10 October 2014 Resolved

0750-Fire Prevention- The construction of all doors and door frames, the means of securing them when closed, shall be provided resistance to fire as well as the passage of smoke and flame. Class A fire door leading to engine room had a hole puncturing through, which would allow the passage of smoke and flame. - SOLAS74 (97) II-2/30.2

Due 10 October 2014
Resolved 10 October 2014
Resolution: Door was repaired while CG inspectors were on on board.

Stability › Unintentional Flooding › General

Issued 17 March 2014 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. Piping arrangements for the healing pump on the starboard side has a small wasted hole resulting in water leakage. 74 SOLAS (09) I/11 50 (a)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 April 2014
Resolved 20 June 2014
Resolution: Vessel submitted documentation to the proper repair. see attached survey

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.