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SEA STAR

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A)

SEA STAR is a 2017 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2017, most recently in April 2026, along with 32 deficiencies.

Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 8 April 2026.

Built
2017
Last inspected
8 April 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
17
Deficiencies
32 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.
1277061
IMO number
—
Call sign
WDJ5193
MISLE id
1436061
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1436061

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

Recorded inspections17
…physical examinations17
Years with a record 10 calendar years (2017–2026)
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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.0 ft × 14.5 ft × 5.8 ft
Registered tonnagegross 25 / net 20
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderBENTZ BOATS LLC · LEWISTON, ID, UNITED STATES · built 2017
Hull materialAluminum
PropulsionJet Drive
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portJUNEAU, AK
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 14 November 2025 · expires 31 October 2026
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 it25 - Simplified, Gross Ton
20 - 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 · 17

8 April 2026 Vessel Attendance · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8345052
20 August 2025 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8213829
2 April 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8105382
15 July 2024 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7958673
10 July 2023 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7721805
14 April 2023 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7662519
2 August 2022 Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7530990
4 May 2022 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7444048
11 April 2022 Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7429561
28 May 2021 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7209323
19 April 2021 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7178496
7 July 2020 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6999553
9 October 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6831642
5 March 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6636837
24 April 2018 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6398380
22 May 2017 In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6152381
8 May 2017 Plan Review "T" Boat · Construction Oversight · Hull Examination · Initial Certification · Simplified Stability Test
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6137325

Deficiency record · 32

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 20 August 2025 Resolved
Certificate of Inspection: Conditions of validity. To maintain a valid Certificate of Inspection, you must complete your annual inspection within the periods specified in § 176.500(b)(1) and your Certificate of Inspection must be endorsed. Vessel is past due for their annual inspection. 46 CFR 176.502
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 25 August 2025
Resolution: New COI conducted and issued.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 20 August 2025 Resolved
(a) On a vessel of at least 7.9 meters (26 feet) in length, a visual and audible alarm must be provided at the operating station to indicate a high water level in each of the following normally unmanned spaces: (2) A machinery space bilge, bilge well, shaft alley bilge, or other spaces subject to flooding from sea water piping within the space. Aft engine space high water alarm is not working. 46 CFR 182.530
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 25 August 2025
Resolution: Rectified
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 20 August 2025 Resolved
Except as otherwise allowed by this subpart, a vessel must comply with the structural design requirements of one of the standards listed below for the hull material of the vessel.(1) Lloyd's Yachts and Small Craft; Vessel has 2 damaged weldsin the 2nd fwd void space on stbd side bewteen 2nd and 3rd frame. Repair prior to start of next season. 46 CFR 177.300(D)(1)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 9 April 2026
Resolution: Verfied welds; all sat.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 20 August 2025 Resolved
(d) A vessel must carry one floating waterlight, unless it is limited to daytime operation, in which case no floating waterlight is required.(2) Each ring life buoy with a floating waterlight must have a lanyard of at least 910 millimeters (3 feet) in length, but not more than 1,830 millimeters (6 feet), securing the waterlight around the body of the ring life buoy. Replace float light line. 46 CFR 180.70 (D)(2)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 25 August 2025
Resolution: Rectified
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF EPIRB
Issued 20 August 2025 Resolved
(b) Each disposable hydrostatic release unit must be marked with an expiration date of two years after the date on which the unit is installed. Hydrostatic realease missing month of installation. 46CFR 185.740(B)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 25 August 2025
Resolution: Rectified
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
Shutoff valves. Shutoff valves of a suitable type shall be installed in the fuel supply lines, one as close to each tank as practicable, and one as close to each carburetor as practicable. Where fuel tanks are installed below the weather deck, arrangements shall be provided for operating all shutoff valves at the tanks from outside the compartments in which they are located, preferably from an accessible position on the weather deck. The operating gear for the shutoff valves at the tanks shall be accessible at all times and shall be suitably marked.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 22 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Resolved
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved under ISO 18813:2006(E) paragraph 4.12 for contents and instructions. Include expiration dates of items that expire.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 29 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Resolved
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
Each battery must be located as high above the bilge as practicable, secured to protect against shifting with the roll and pitch of the vessel, and free from exposure to water splash or spray. Secure engine room batteries.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 29 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Resolved
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
The number and identification of the items stowed inside, and their sizes, must be marked in clearly legible letters and numbers on each container for life jackets and immersion suits. Child life jacket storage not labeled.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 29 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Resolved
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
All escape hatches and other emergency exits used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”, unless such markings are deemed unnecessary by the cognizant [name withheld] emergency exit lettering is not clearly visible.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 29 July 2024
Resolved 16 July 2024
Resolution: Resolved
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
A hatch cover must have securing devices.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 July 2024
Resolved 15 July 2024
Resolution: Lanyard installed
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 15 July 2024 Resolved
Each life jacket and ring life buoy must be marked in clearly legible capital letters with the vessel's name. Child life jackets were written with another vessel name and vessel name on ring buoys were not clearly visible.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 July 2024
Resolved 15 July 2024
Resolution: Rectified on the spot
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 15 July 2024 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 jet drive bucket was inoperable.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 15 July 2024
Resolved 15 July 2024
Resolution: Rectified
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
An identification code, recognized by NOAA must be programmed in each EPIRB unit to establish a unique identification for each EPIRB station. NOAA registration paperwork and sticker is in the mail. Provide NOAA paperwork to CG marine inspector and place sticker on EPIRB. 47 CFR 80.1061(e)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 July 2023
Resolved 24 July 2023
Resolution: NOAA registration renewed and sticker placed on EPIRB.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
Machinery and equipment installed on each vessel must be suitable for the vessel and its operation and for the purpose intended. Secondary electric submersible bilge pump in the engine room is inoperable. Replace pump and prove proper operation to the attending marine inspector.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 July 2023
Resolved 24 July 2023
Resolution: Bilge pump replaced and tested.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
Each child size life jacket must be stowed in a location that is appropriately marked and separated from adult life jackets so the child size life jackets are not mistaken for adult life jackets. The number and identification of the items stowed inside, and their sizes, must be marked in clearly legible letters and numbers on each container for life jackets. Spare child life jackets were being stored with adult lifejackets due to space limitations. Configure and properly label life jacket storage for spare child PFDs. 46 CFR 180.78(a)(5); 46 CFR 185.604(f)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 July 2023
Resolved 31 July 2023
Resolution: Child life jackets are marked and separated.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Nautical publications
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
As appropriate for the intended voyage, a vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date: US Coast Pilot [name withheld] List and Current Tables. Vessel's Coast Pilot and Light List were out of date and current tables were missing. Provide nautical publications.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 10 July 2023
Resolved 31 July 2023
Resolution: Up to date nautical pubs were provided.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
Each small battery installation must be protected from falling objects. Covers for 06 batteries in the engine room were missing. Install covers.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 July 2023
Resolved 12 July 2023
Resolution: Battery covers installed.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
The master of the vessel shall ensure that the monthly EPIRB test is logged. Abandon ship and man overboard drills and training shall be logged. Firefighting drills and training shall be logged. The inspection and maintenance of the survival craft shall be logged. Vessel's logbook was missing the above-mentioned items. Provide July and August log entries for review by the Coast Guard. 46 CFR 185.728(c); 46 CFR 185.520(f); 46 CFR 185.524; 46 CFR 185.702
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 31 August 2023
Resolved 31 July 2023
Resolution: Monthly tests were logged and will be maintained.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces
Issued 10 July 2023 Resolved
Remote fuel shutoff stations must be marked in clearly legible letters at least 1" high indicating purpose of the valve and direction of operation. Remote fuel shutoff pull stations did not indicate which engine each valve was associated with.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 10 July 2023
Resolution: Fuel shutoffs labeled with associated engine location.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 2 August 2022 Resolved
Vessel suffered a mechanical failure in the starboard engine. Vessel rep stated the engine will be rebuilt by MC Machinery. Prior to carrying passengers vessel must conduct a sea trial with attending Marine Inspector.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 11 August 2022
Resolution: Vessel's starboard engine had a top end overhaul and a 30 minute sea trial was conducted to confirm condition of engine. Engine performed satisfactorily and all gauges worked as required.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 28 May 2021 Resolved
Each vessel that operates beyond three miles for the coastline must have on board a FCC type accepted, Cat 1 406 MHz EPIRB, installed to automatically float free and activate. Found the vessels EPIRB, hydrostatic release had expired.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 11 June 2021
Resolved 2 June 2021
Resolution: Owner replaced the EPIRB's hydrostatic release.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 28 May 2021 Resolved
Vessel must have navigation lights that in compliance with International Navigation Rules. Found the vessels anchor light not working.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 11 June 2021
Resolved 2 June 2021
Resolution: Owner replaced a faulty light bulb in the vessel's anchor light.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 30 April 2019 Resolved
Provide a longer light ring buoy light line.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 30 April 2019
Resolution: vessel replaced line
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Nautical publications
Issued 30 April 2019 Resolved
Provide update charts, CG pilot, Light list and current tables
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 1 May 2019
Resolution: Vessel has provide update charts, CG pilot, Light list and current tables
14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Garbage management plan
Issued 30 April 2019 Resolved
Provide a written garbage management plan from the company
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 1 May 2019
Resolution: Vessel has posted waste management plan onboard
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 30 April 2019 Resolved
Display and distribution of a community service hot-line telephone number for crewmember assistance.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 1 May 2019
Resolution: Vessel has provide local hot-line numbers.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage discharge connection
Issued 24 April 2018 Resolved
The operator must secure the overboard discharge of a Type III sewage system in a manner which prevents discharge of sewage. The valve handle is not secured. 33 CFR 159.7(c)
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 24 April 2018
Resolution: Verified handle was removed from the overboard discharge valve.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 24 April 2018 Resolved
Crew training and drills must be logged. 46 CFR 185.420(c) Monthly EPIRB testing must be logged. 46 CFR 185.728(c) Verify at next Annual.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 8 August 2019
Resolved 30 April 2019
Resolution: Vessel has loged all drills and EPRIB testing for the last year and started the log for this year.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 24 April 2018 Resolved
All alcohol testing dvices for use during post-casualty testing must be currently listed on the Conforming Products List published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 1 May 2018
Resolution: Verified compliant alcohol screening devices were provided.
Operations/Management › Vessel Activity › Other
Issued 8 May 2017 Resolved
Contact Sector Juneau for a new to zone inspection prior to carrying passengers.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 8 June 2017
Resolved 19 May 2017
Resolution: Completed a New To Zone check, sat.
Electrical › Electric Supply System (service) › Overcurrent Device
Issued 8 May 2017 Resolved
No over current protection or neutral ground tie provided in shore tie circuit. Rewire and prove proper operation to attending Coast Guard marine inspector.
Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 8 June 2017
Resolved 5 June 2017
Resolution: Completed by electrician, sat.

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.