THE CELEBRATION

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1950s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

THE CELEBRATION is a 1953 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2018, most recently in March 2026, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 2018 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 9 March 2026.

Built: 1953
Last inspected: 9 March 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

1295278

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1530091

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1530091

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations10

…administrative events4

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2018–2026)

The 14 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 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it144 - Simplified, Gross Ton
144 - 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.

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 · 14

9 March 2026 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8325682

17 October 2025 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8254553

16 April 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8113450

20 March 2025 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8096932

17 September 2024 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8004391

15 March 2024 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7879578

19 September 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7885226

3 April 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7661796

13 October 2022 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7577389

6 April 2022 Excursion Permit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7434082

24 May 2021 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7207426

26 March 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6696848

12 March 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6641756

29 August 2018 Excursion Permit

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Huntington · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6527703

Deficiency record · 1

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Ballast, fuel and other tanks

Issued 24 May 2021 Resolved

Small fraction was discovered in the number one void, fracturee which shingled the way shall remain monitored.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 25 June 2021
Resolved 27 May 2021
Resolution: Barge drydocked & found fracture is not thru the hull but water trapped between bottom plates where the barge had been re-plated. Vessel not taking on water.

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.