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GATOR BAIT VIII
GATOR BAIT VIII is a 2013 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2016, most recently in February 2026, along with 1 deficiency.
Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 25 February 2026.
- Built
- 2013
- Last inspected
- 25 February 2026
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
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.
Inspections, by type
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it3 - Simplified, Gross Ton
3 - Simplified, Net Ton
3 - 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
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 · 12
25 February 2026
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8315180
20 February 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8064498
26 February 2024
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7857201
8 March 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637975
22 February 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7392269
5 March 2021
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139982
19 February 2020
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6894822
22 February 2019
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6630563
20 February 2018
MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6337195
21 February 2017
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6087735
23 February 2016
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5817355
5 January 2016
Construction Oversight · Simplified Stability Test
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5791538
Deficiency record · 1
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Portable Fuel System
Issued 23 February 2016
Resolved
Emergency fuel cutoff procedures missing. Corrected on the spot to satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
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.