AMERICAN EMPRESS

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

AMERICAN EMPRESS is a 2003 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 60 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2025, along with 22 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 23 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2023.

Records from 2003 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 20 October 2025.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 20 October 2025
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 60
Deficiencies: 22 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 23 investigations · 2003–2023
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 20 October 2025

Recorded inspections60

…physical examinations36

…administrative events10

…with no type recorded14

Deficiencies 22 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

1140867

9263538

WDH3834

617340

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-617340

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)299.3 ft × 58.3 ft × 20.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 296 / net 201

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)299.3 ft × 58.3 ft × 20.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 5,975 / net 1,963

BuilderNICHOLS BROS BOAT BUILDERS INC · FREELAND, WA, UNITED STATES · built 2003

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Electric

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portCAMAS, WA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it5975 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
29188 - Displacement, Gross Ton
296 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1963 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
201 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 60

20 October 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8256437

24 April 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7900876

24 April 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7977020

7 December 2023 Drydock Extension · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7836116

27 October 2023 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7815127

7 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7807030

21 September 2023 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7796787

16 June 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7726410

4 June 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7702878

22 April 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7673602

10 April 2023 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7666672

6 March 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7647832

2 November 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7588343

18 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7579851

29 September 2022 In-Service Inspection · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7572528

4 September 2022 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7552493

29 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7606994

22 June 2022 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7490944

1 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7465115

31 May 2022 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7465586

25 February 2022 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7401680

27 September 2021 Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7322377

22 September 2021 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7317717

22 September 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7318375

2 August 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7275424

21 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7263376

9 July 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7250525

15 June 2021 In-Service Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7227051

3 March 2021 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7145211

2 September 2020 Security Breach · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7048758

28 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6962176

23 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6942855

15 March 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6926695

21 January 2020 DAPI Audit · Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6893823

2 October 2019 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6826363

12 June 2019 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6711765

6 June 2019 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6709801

10 April 2019 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6659556

10 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6668402

11 March 2019 Security Plan Review - VSP · COI Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6640131

13 December 2018 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6596162

12 December 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6600934

3 October 2018 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6557489

13 June 2018 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6443694

13 February 2018 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6354356

10 November 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6634326

9 November 2017 Damage Survey · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6305645

19 October 2017 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6303741

8 August 2017 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6237514

29 June 2017 In-Service Inspection · MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Columbia River · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6190116

26 May 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6187525

21 December 2016 MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex V Examination · COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6061038

26 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6049458

26 November 2016 Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6052859

3 October 2016 MTSA Verification · DAPI Audit · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6015176

27 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6567665

13 July 2016 In-Service Inspection · DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5938676

5 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5869558

26 April 2016 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5903991

16 February 2016 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5825597

Deficiency record · 22

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 4 June 2023 Resolved

All vessels must have navigation lights that are in compliance with the applicable sections of the International and Inland Navigation Rules. Marine inspector was informed that vessel collided with Monumental Bridge resulting in inoperable stern light. Make repairs to operational standards to be observed by qualified CG marine inspector. Vessel is restricted to daylight operations only until deficiency is corrected.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 4 August 2023
Resolved 5 June 2023

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Laundry

Issued 4 September 2022 Resolved

An inspection, either general or partial depending on the circumstances, shall be made whenever any important repairs or alterations are undertaken. Vessel master reported a fire contained to a single dryer in the laundry room, damaging the appliance. Lock out / tag out affected dryer to prevent use until repairs are made by ship's crew and inspected by a Coast Guard Marine Inspector, or until the dryer is serviced by a third-party organization, or the dryer is replaced in kind.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 6 October 2022
Resolved 10 September 2022
Resolution: Vessel crew inspected dryer. Found no fire damage to the unit. Cleaned soot from the drum and exhaust piping. Tested unit in all modes with satisfactory results.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency source of power - Emergency generator

Issued 22 September 2021 Resolved

The emergency power source must meet table 112.05-5(a) and have the capacity to supply all loads that are simultaneously connected to it, except a load on a bus-tie to the main switchboard or non-required loads that are connected in accordance with § 112.05-1(c). Vessel reported that the emergency generator is inoperable. Vessel is required to make satisfactory repairs to the emergency generator to the satisfaction of the OCMI prior to departure from its current port. Vessel may proceed to its next immediate port of call if supplied with adequate fire fighting arrangements required by 46 CFR subchapter H and to the satisfaction of the OCMI.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 27 September 2021
Resolved 27 September 2021
Resolution: Conducted satisfactory test of emergency generator under load.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 10 June 2021 Resolved

Where extinguishing systems or equipment are not required, but are installed, the system or equipment and its installation must meet the requirements of this part. The No. 3 pump in the vessels sprinkler system is leaking and requires replacement. Replacement pump is on order.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 July 2021
Resolved 2 August 2021
Resolution: New pump was installed and operation was verified by MI.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 6 June 2019 Resolved

It was reported that your vessel experienced a fire in the number 3 engine turbo charger while down bound on the Columbia River just upriver from Umatilla, Oregon. You are directed to proceed to the nearest available moorage and make the vessel available for attendance by the Coast Guard Marine Inspector. You are to remain at the moorage until cleared to proceed by the Attending Coast Guard Inspector.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 6 June 2019
Resolved 6 June 2019
Resolution: Attended Vessel Fire was caused by loose cooling oil supply line to turbo. Repairs and clean up has been completed. Turbo Charger seal cartridge needs to be replaced. Issued CG-835 to replace seals and allow for passage to the Dalles without ENG #3.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 6 June 2019 Resolved

Cleared CG-835 BO1 for initial damage survey after fire and preliminary repairs. ALL SAT. CAT and C/E requested to change #3 engine seal cartridge prior to use of #3 ENG. Vessel is allowed to proceed to the Dalles but no further until proper repairs have been made and CAT reports attesting to proper operation has been recieved by USCG [name withheld] of #3 ENG is not permitted until repairs are complete.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 7 June 2019
Resolved 7 June 2019
Resolution: Recieved report from CAT attesting to proper repairs of #3 ENG turbo. turbo has been replaced in its entirety.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency source of power - Emergency generator

Issued 10 April 2019 Resolved

Emergency Generator failed to secure upon emergency stop. Provide technician report attesting to the proper operation of the emergency generator prior to departure. 46CFR112.50-1

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 April 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Received technician report attesting to repairs.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 10 April 2019 Resolved

Failure of generator number 4 caused generator to parallel to the bus, generator number 2 failed to parallel with the bus. Provide technician report attesting to the proper operation and paralleling capability of generator number 2 prior to departure. 46 CFR 111.30-25

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 April 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Received technician report from generator manufacturer attesting to proper repairs.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 10 April 2019 Resolved

Water pump failure on generator number 4 replace cooling water pump prior to departure.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 10 April 2019
Resolved 10 April 2019
Resolution: Received pictures from vessel rep demonstrating replaced cooling pump.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Bulkhead -corrosion

Issued 21 December 2018 Resolved

Port and starboard side: The top 3.5' of frame 153 and the attached stiffeners were found to be heavily corroded/wasted in way of the inboard bay where the exhaust pipe penetrates the hull. Insets were also identified on the starboard side shell at frames 170/168. Permanent repairs will be required for the areas listed above.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 1 March 2019
Resolved 25 February 2019
Resolution: All sections of wasted steel in the vicinity of Frame 153 were cropped and renewed to good metal. Areas addressed included both the port and starboard side sponsons.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks

Issued 21 December 2018 Resolved

A 2.5" sewage line in the No. 3S void, in the vicinity of frame 96, was found to be temporarily repaired with a soft patch. Permanent repairs will need to be completed on the wasted section of pipe.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 1 March 2019
Resolved 25 February 2019
Resolution: A short section of 2.5" sewage pipe was replaced in the No.3S void. A satifactory static pressure test was conducted on this section of repaired piping.

Fire Fighting › Structural - A Class Divisions › Fire Doors

Issued 15 March 2018 Resolved

Restore the A-rated fire screen door to hotel laundry space and complete installation of new A-rated fire screen doors for upper/lower engineroom access from EOS. 46 CFR 72.05-10(c)

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 24 March 2018
Resolved 17 March 2018

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Ventilation › General

Issued 13 February 2018 Resolved

Complete the permanent connection of small clothes dryer to hotel laundry space ventilation exhaust duct. Duct connection to be sheet metal construction similar to existing exhaust duct in that space. 46 CFR 71.65-5(h)

Condition: Improper Installation
Due 15 April 2018
Resolved 26 March 2018

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Sleeping Accommodations › Berth