ASSISTANT

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

ASSISTANT is a 2018 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2025, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 August 2025.

Built: 2018
Last inspected: 21 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 3 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 21 August 2025

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations11

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

1287176

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WDK3212

1425639

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1425639

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)52.4 ft × 15.9 ft × 7.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 42 / net 33

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDUCLOS CORP · SOMERSET, MA, UNITED STATES · built 2018

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 5 January 2026 · expires 28 February 2027

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it42 - Simplified, Gross Ton
33 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

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 · 11

21 August 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8034861

8 January 2024 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7846763

8 January 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7846781

3 August 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7671958

21 July 2022 Annual Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7483996

11 August 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7283509

1 October 2020 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7026796

1 July 2020 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6992754

22 August 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6773670

28 August 2018 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6518530

18 October 2016 Initial Certification

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6490200

Deficiency record · 3

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 3 August 2018 Resolved

Vessel to complete New To Zone Inspection.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 3 August 2018

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 3 August 2018 Resolved

Provide Proof of DAPI enrolment.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 3 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 2018

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Stability Information Booklet

Issued 3 August 2018 Resolved

Provide Stability Letter From MSC.

Condition: Invalid
Due 3 August 2018
Resolved 28 August 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.