BACK BAY BERTHA

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

BACK BAY BERTHA is a 2013 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency.

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

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 10 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 inspections18

…physical examinations15

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 1 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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1223027

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1223027

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Simplified, Gross Ton
4 - Simplified, 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

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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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

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.

WATERFRONT WANDA Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 1231365 · 16 November 2024 · activity 8036445

Inspection history · 18

10 March 2026 Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection · Vessel Attendance · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8318697

7 November 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8270512

24 August 2025 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8217466

24 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8241328

5 March 2025 Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8077983

16 November 2024 Deficiency Check · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8035737

16 November 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8036445

24 January 2024 Annual Inspection · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7858987

2 November 2023 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7819103

21 February 2023 Hull Examination · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7648426

2 March 2022 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7422944

2 March 2021 Hull Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7147895

25 February 2020 Annual Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6916234

25 February 2019 Annual Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6630703

7 September 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6534842

5 March 2018 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6370479

6 March 2017 Annual Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6099648

29 February 2016 Hull Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5833488

Deficiency record · 1

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

Issued 24 August 2025 Resolved

Propulsion machinery must be suitable in type and design for propulsion requirements of the hull in which it is installed and capable of operating at constant marine load under such requirements without exceeding its designed limitations. Vessel reported loss of propulsion. Report cause of the loss of propulsion and submit repair plan, if applicable, to the marine inspector prior to carriage of passengers.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 28 August 2025
Resolution: Completed in-water inspection by qualified [name withheld] harness sensor was replaced. Demonstrated successful use of propulsion.

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.