BLUE HERON

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

BLUE HERON is a 2018 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2018, most recently in May 2026, along with 6 deficiencies.

Records from 2018 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 29 May 2026.

Built: 2018
Last inspected: 29 May 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 6 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 29 May 2026

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations14

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2018–2026)

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

1287370

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WDK4250

1501787

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1501787

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

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 · 15

29 May 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8383502

13 May 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8372572

14 May 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8140522

31 January 2025 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8073563

28 May 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7923265

16 May 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7913950

20 March 2023 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7653504

18 January 2023 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7624379

29 December 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7614221

17 May 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7459822

17 May 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7257820

24 July 2020 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7025900

20 July 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7025885

18 November 2019 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6859161

25 July 2018 Initial Certification · Drydock Exam · Simplified Stability Test

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6490270

Deficiency record · 6

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 13 May 2026 Resolved

11117 - Each ring life buoy on a vessel must be stowed in a way that it can be rapidly cast loose. The life buoy was secured to the vessel by w bungee cord. 46 CFR 180.70(b)(3)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 May 2026
Resolution: Received photographic evidence the vessel secured the life ring to the vessel properly.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 13 May 2026 Resolved

11117 - 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. The lanyard was not buoyant material resistant to ultraviolet light. 46 CFR 180.70(d)(2)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 29 May 2026
Resolution: Received photographic evidence the correct lanyard was put on the float light.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › On board training and instructions

Issued 16 May 2024 Resolved

11131 - The master and crew of a vessel will be familiar with the content of and have mounted at the operating station, emergency instructions containing the actions to be taken in the event of fire, heavy weather, or man overboard conditions. There were no emergency instructions posted. 46 CFR 185.510(a)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 31 May 2024
Resolved 28 May 2024
Resolution: Received photographic evidence the emergency instructions were posted.

18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)

Issued 16 May 2024 Resolved

18299 - Alcohol testing must be conducted on each individual engaged or employed on board the vessel who is directly involved in the SMI. The alcohol testing of each individual must be conducted within 2 hours of when the SMI occurred. There were no alcohol test strips on board the vessel. 46 CFR 4.06-3(a)(1)(i)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 31 May 2024
Resolved 28 May 2024
Resolution: Received photographic evidence alcohol test strips were on board.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 16 May 2024 Resolved

11117 - Each ring life buoy with a floating waterlight must have a lanyard of at least 3 feet in length, but not more than 6 feet, securing the waterlight around the body of the ring life buoy. Each floating waterlight must be attached to the lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip. The clip must have a strength of at least 50 pounds, and allow the waterlight to be quickly disconnected. The floating waterlight was not attached around the life buoy with a corrosion resistant clip. 46 CFR 180.70(d)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 31 May 2024
Resolved 30 May 2024
Resolution: Received photographic evidence the floating water light was attached with a corrosion resistant clip.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 29 December 2022 Resolved

A vessel that is exposed to salt water more than three months in any 12 month period since the last examination must undergo a drydock examination and an internal structural at least once every two years. Vessel owner/operator failed to complete required drydock by 07/31/2022 as indicated on vessel COI. 46 CFR 176.600

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 17 May 2024
Resolution: DDX was completed in January 2023

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.