Ato Matsumoto The Steamboat Inspection Service

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beginning and development of a federal maritime safety program arose from disasters which caused much death, injury and property loss. The public's growing concern over these maritime accidents prompted congressional action. Maritime safety laws were passed. Captain Edward Tripp introduced steamboating to Baltimore in 1813 with the building of the steamboat Chesapeake. Also,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Captain Tripp was the first Baltimore hull inspector and was appointed by a federal district judge to perform the safety inspection on the few vessels in Baltimore. Captain Tripp performed these duties between 1838 and 1852. At that time the law provided a $5.00 fee for each inspection to be paid by the vessel's owner.
Steamboat Act of May 30, 1852
The 1838 law proved inadequate as steamboat disasters increased in volume and severity. The 1847 to 1852 era was marked by an unusual series of disasters primarily caused by boiler explosions, however,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, many were also caused by fires and collisions. These disasters resulted in the passage of the Steamboat Act of May 30, 1852 (10 Stat. L., 1852) in which enforcement powers were placed under the Department of the Treasury rather than the Department of Justice as with the Act of 1838. Under this law, the organization and form of a federal maritime inspection service began to emerge. Nine supervisory inspectors responsible for a specific geographic region were appointed. There were also provisions for the appointment of local inspectors by a commission consisting of the local District Collector of Customs, the Supervisory Inspector, and the District Judge.
The important features of this law were the requirement for hydrostatic testing of boilers, and the requirement for a boiler steam safety valve. This law further required that both pilots and engineers be licensed by the local inspectors. Even though time and further insight proved the Steamboat Act inadequate, it must be given credit for starting legislation in the right perspective. Probably the most serious shortcoming was the exemption of freightboats, ferries, tugboats and towboats, which continued to operate under the superficial inspection requirements of the law of 1838. Again, disasters and high loss of life prompted congressional action through the passage of of the Act of February 28, 1871.
Act of February 28, 1871 & the Creation of the Steamboat Inspection Service
This act retained the useful function of the prior acts and added new requirements which provided a comprehensive Marine Safety Code, on which our present marine safety code has been built. The organization created by the Act of 1871 became known as the Steamboat Inspection Service. This new law sought to protect the crew as well as the passengers and applied to all steam vessels. Furthermore,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, it established a Supervisory Inspector General directly responsible to the Secretary of the Treasury, extended licensing requirements to all masters and chief mates, provided for the revocation of licenses,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, authorized periodic inspection and gave the Board of Supervisory Inspectors the authority to prescribe nautical Rules of the Road. On February 14, 1903, congressional action transferred the Steamboat Inspection Service to the newly created Department of Commerce and Labor. It remained here until its functions were transferred to the Coast Guard during World War II. Prior to that time, it was merged with the Bureau of Navigation, itself created in 1884 to oversee the regulation of merchant seamen, on June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. L., 415). This "new" organization was named the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation and remained within the Department of Commerce.
Act of May 27, 1936 (Public Law 622)
Merchant Marine InspectionThe Morro Castle (left) fire off the coast of New Jersey in 1934, which caused the loss of 124 persons, paved the way for the Act of May 27, 1936. The law, known as Public Law 622, reorganized and changed the name of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection Service to Bureau
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