ORCHID AMERICAS

Tank Ship · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ORCHID AMERICAS is a 2004 tank ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 40 inspections since 2004, most recently in July 2022, along with 8 deficiencies and 16 operational controls.

Records from 2004 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 2 July 2022.

Built: 2004
Last inspected: 2 July 2022
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 40
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9304306 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

V7IH2

MISLE id

729223

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-729223

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations19

…administrative events8

…with no type recorded13

Years with a record 18 calendar years (2004–2022)

The 40 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 4 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 Tank Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it11924 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
5842 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
19707 - Dead Weight, Ton
25565 - Displacement, 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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

JESS NEWTON Towing Vessel · MISLE 17678 · 2 July 2022 · activity 7496994 ATLAS Towing Vessel · MISLE 487419 · 2 July 2022 · activity 7496994

Inspection history · 40

2 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7496994

22 June 2022 Administrative Inspection · PSC B · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7484488

16 June 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7479706

29 November 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7358562

25 July 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7268326

26 June 2021 Ballast Water Examination · PSC B · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7236338

26 June 2020 COC-CHEM & TVE Annual · Ballast Water Examination · PSC A

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6982451

3 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6947522

23 March 2020 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6928195

24 May 2019 COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Jacksonville · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6689959

29 April 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6672526

28 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6671767

27 November 2018 COE-Administrative

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6587381

31 August 2018 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6528476

26 June 2018 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6450401

26 November 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6312879

20 September 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6270963

15 May 2017 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · COC-CHEM & TVE Renew · COE-Dockside

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6143914

2 January 2017 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6062656

20 April 2016 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM & TVE Annual

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5858662

30 December 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5788712

7 August 2014 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 4946990

30 July 2012 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4395166

19 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4384280

29 June 2012 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4358764

27 June 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4358112

17 September 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4147365

6 February 2010 Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM Annual · MARPOL Annex VI Survey · ISPS II Exam · MARPOL Annex I Examination · MARPOL Annex II Examination

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3675332

20 January 2009 COC-CHEM Renew · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3393231

25 February 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3153275

1 February 2008 MARPOL Annex V Examination · ISPS II Exam · MARPOL Annex II Examination · Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · COC-CHEM Annual

Physical examination · Resident Inspection Office St. Croix · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3140075

30 May 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2949253

16 May 2007 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2932333

29 January 2007 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2863434

24 January 2007 COC-CHEM Renew · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2861271

2 March 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2594909

28 April 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2345012

23 November 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2246991

18 November 2004 Ballast Water Examination · COC-CHEM Renew · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2243850

17 November 2004 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2243928

Deficiency record · 8

Deck/Cargo › Cargo Stowage › General

Issued 26 June 2018 Resolved

Csrgo tanks shall be fitted with a visual and audible high level alarm which complies with 15.19 to 15.19.5 and which indicates when the liquid level in cargo tank approached the normal full condition. PSCO's observed the following independent cargo tank high level alarms were tested and found inoperable; 2P, 4P, 7S, 10P, 11P and 12S. 74SOLAS(14) VII/10.1 Ref. IBC code 15.19.6

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 26 July 2018
Resolved 31 August 2018
Resolution: PSC HOU Branch received Class NKK report attesting to satisfactory repairs of high level alarm oscillation devices, all cargo tank alarms tested satisfactorily.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Radar

Issued 19 July 2012 Resolved

Primary Marine Radar inoperable. Vessel must repair and submit tech report to Cost Guard prior to departure from port.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 30 July 2012
Resolution: RECEIVED TECH REPORT ATTESTING TO THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE PRIMARY RADAR.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Gyro Compass

Issued 27 June 2012 Resolved

Vessel reported inop gyro compass. 33 CFR 164.35

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 29 June 2012
Resolution: Rcvd tech report attesting to the completion of the repairs and the gyro is now operational

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)

Issued 1 February 2008 Resolved

Make repairs to the O.W.S. three way valve solenoid. until corrected block discharge to the sea and retain slops on board. Rectify deficiency prior to departure to the satisfaction of Class/RO/RSO.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 3 February 2008
Resolution: Deficiency Cleared.

Fire Fighting › Firemans Outfit › Helmet

Issued 1 February 2008 Resolved

Complete emergency fire drill and provide additional fire suit helmet. deficiency to be rectified prior to departure from port to the satisfaction of the attending U.S. Coast Guard Marine Inspector.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 4 February 2008
Resolution: Def. Cleared. Conducted a satisfactory Fire drill.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Maneuvering Information Fact Sheet

Issued 1 February 2008 Resolved

Update maneuvering fact sheet to reflect bow thruster characteristics. make repairs to the satisfaction of the US Coast Guard within 14 days.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 February 2008
Resolved 25 February 2008
Resolution: Received copy of the bow thruster maneuvering characteristics and the Captain of the vessel reported the poster of same is posted in the proper location onboard the vessel.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Radar

Issued 16 May 2007 Resolved

Primary marine radar not functioning properly

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 31 May 2007
Resolved 30 August 2007
Resolution: Cleared per technician''s report.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Cargo Monitor/Control System

Issued 24 January 2007 Resolved

Vessel can not provide proper operation of the ODME. It is required that the vessel has technician verify the proper operation of the ODME. Class is also required to verify that the crew can properly operate the ODME.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 29 January 2007
Resolution: Received a technician’s report attesting to the proper repair and operation of the ODME. Documentation from class was also provided verifying the crews competence regarding the operation of the ODME.

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.