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.
The 12 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.
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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1977.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it3 - Simplified, Gross Ton 3 - Simplified, Net 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.
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. Reports.
Inspection history · 12
25 February 2026Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8315180
20 February 2025Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8064498
26 February 2024COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7857201
8 March 2023Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637975
22 February 2022Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7392269
5 March 2021Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139982
19 February 2020Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6894822
22 February 2019COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6630563
20 February 2018MTSA Verification · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6337195
21 February 2017Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6087735
23 February 2016Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5817355
5 January 2016Construction Oversight · Simplified Stability Test
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5791538
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Portable Fuel System
Issued 23 February 2016Resolved
Emergency fuel cutoff procedures missing. Corrected on the spot to satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 February 2016
Resolved 23 February 2016
Resolution: Added label with procedures 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.