ISLAND EXPLORER 3

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

ISLAND EXPLORER 3 is a 2011 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2026, along with 18 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 10 March 2026.

Built: 2011
Last inspected: 10 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 18 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 10 March 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations11

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 18 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

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WDP2549

1172100

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1172100

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it2 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
2 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 13

10 March 2026 Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8323318

25 March 2025 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8099576

19 March 2024 Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7882261

24 October 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7813609

14 March 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7650922

2 March 2022 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7404333

2 March 2021 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7148717

25 March 2020 Drydock Extension · Annual Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6931318

26 February 2019 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6632469

12 March 2018 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6373171

14 March 2017 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6103961

29 April 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5865578

15 April 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5855131

Deficiency record · 18

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

Issued 10 March 2026 Resolved

Flexible nonmetallic hose may be used in lube oil, fuel oil and fluid power systems, subject to the following requirements...Suitable compression type connection fittings may be accepted. Fuel hose connection is corroded. 46 cfr 182.720(e)(3)(v)(A) Action: 16 c

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 March 2026
Resolved 19 March 2026
Resolution: Picture of new hose received.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 25 March 2025 Resolved

Each ring life buoy on a vessel must be approved in accordance with 46 CFR 160.050. 46 CFR 180.70(b)(1) Grab line on the ring life buoy is degrading and needs renewal.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 April 2025
Resolved 10 April 2025
Resolution: Vessel representative purchased a new ring life buoy with a new grab line.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 25 March 2025 Resolved

Each rescue boat and ring life buoy must be marked with Type II retroreflective material approved in accordance with 46 CFR 164.018 or other standard specified by the Commandant. 46 CFR 185.604 (i) Retroreflective material on the life buoy does not adequately reflect light.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 April 2025
Resolved 10 April 2025
Resolution: Vessel representative applied retroreflective tape to the new ring life buoy.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries

Issued 25 March 2025 Resolved

Abandon ship and man overboard drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The drill entry shall include the date of the drill and training, and a general description of the drill scenario and training topics.46 CFR 185.520 (f) Vessel did not have any man overboard drills documented.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 April 2025
Resolved 10 April 2025
Resolution: Vessel representative logged the man overboard drill done during this annual inspection in a new log book.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries

Issued 25 March 2025 Resolved

Firefighting drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The drill entry shall include the date of the drill and training; and a general description of the drill scenario and training topics. 46 CFR 185.524 (d) Vessel did not have any fire drills documented.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 April 2025
Resolved 10 April 2025
Resolution: Vessel representative conducted a fire drill and logged it into the vessel's new log book.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 25 March 2025 Resolved

Electrical equipment on a vessel must be installed and maintained to protect passengers, crew, other persons, and the vessel from electrical hazards, including fire, caused by or originating in electrical equipment, and electrical shock. ABYC E-9.16.k.10 recommends that batteries have no more than 04 connections to each individual terminal stud. Vessel currently has 05 connections to one of the battery studs.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 April 2025
Resolved 10 April 2025
Resolution: Vessel redistributed the number of connections to each stud so that neither one has more than 04 connections.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 10 March 2021 Resolved

Lakes, bays, and sounds, and rivers routes. A vessel on a lakes, bays, and sounds, or rivers route must carry: (1) Three hand red flare distress signals approved in accordance with §160.021 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant; and (2) Three hand orange smoke distress signals approved in accordance with §160.037 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant. Replace expired flares to meet required amount.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 March 2021
Resolved 24 March 2021
Resolution: Replaced the flares

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition

Issued 10 March 2021 Resolved

An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel. 02 life jackets were un-serviceable. Reduced to 10 passengers

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 24 March 2021
Resolution: Replaced the missing life jackets

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 10 March 2021 Resolved

Each floating waterlight must be approved in accordance with §161.010 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant, including, but not limited to, approval series 160.110.Battery was expired. Limited to daytime and clear visibility operations.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 24 March 2021
Resolution: replaced the expired battery

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 10 March 2021 Resolved

A portable hand bilge pump must be: (1) Capable of pumping water, but not necessarily simultaneously, from all watertight compartments; and (2) Provided with suitable suction hose capable of reaching the bilge of each watertight compartment and discharging overboard. Bilge hand pump is inoperable.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 March 2021
Resolved 24 March 2021
Resolution: replaced hand bilge pump

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 10 March 2021 Resolved

Except as provided in 173.17, no person may use a vessel to which this part applies unless: It has a number issued on a certificate of number by the issuing authority in the State of principal operation; and the number is displayed as described in 173.27. Vessel's principal operation in in South Carolina as a Commercial Passenger Vessel, but is registered as (Personal Passenger Vessel/Other-State Vessel/Personal Pleasure). Contact SC-DNR to make changes to state registration per regulation and provide documentation to OCMI.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 April 2021
Resolved 24 March 2021
Resolution: applied for commercial registration

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Access/structure

Issued 10 March 2021 Resolved

Except as otherwise provided in this section, rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks of a vessel accessible to passengers or crew. Equivalent protection may include lifelines, wire rope, chains, and bulwarks, which provide strength and support equivalent to fixed rails. Aft part of the vessel has no railings and railing restricting passenger movement past operation station were not installed. Vessel placed two lines in service to correct missing courses.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 10 March 2021
Resolved 10 March 2021
Resolution: lines put in place

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 2 March 2021 Resolved

A visual indicator must be provided at the operating station to indicate when any automatic bilge pump is operating.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 March 2021
Resolved 24 March 2021
Resolution: Corrected the bilge pump visual indicator

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation

Issued 28 February 2019 Resolved

VHF safety radio is expired and DSC not programmed. Restricted to 1000 feet from shore.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 March 2019
Resolved 28 February 2019
Resolution: DSC is extended until next drydock.

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

Issued 28 February 2019 Resolved

Fuel filters must be of metal type.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 March 2019
Resolved 15 July 2020

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

Issued 28 February 2019 Resolved

Fuel shut off not present and not labeled.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 March 2019
Resolved 6 March 2019

Operations/Management › Vessel Activity › Other

Issued 12 March 2018 Resolved

Make vessel available to test outboard motor.

Due 12 April 2018
Resolved 29 March 2018

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Serviceable

Issued 12 March 2018 Resolved

Replace worn life ring.

Due 12 April 2018
Resolved 29 March 2018

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.