KAYAK EXPRESS

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

KAYAK EXPRESS is a 2019 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2018, most recently in September 2025, along with 9 deficiencies.

Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 10 September 2025.

Built: 2019
Last inspected: 10 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 9 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 10 September 2025

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations10

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2018–2025)

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

1295376

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WDK8819

1542000

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1542000

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)64.0 ft × 19.0 ft × 8.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 71 / net 57

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMORAN IRON WORKS · ONAWAY, MI, UNITED STATES · built 2019

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMUNISING, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 29 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it71 - Simplified, Gross Ton
12 - Dead Weight, Ton
57 - 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

10 September 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8233295

5 June 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7915834

18 April 2024 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7915802

7 November 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7831067

6 September 2023 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7796063

6 June 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7480235

8 September 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7317035

3 November 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7089032

16 September 2020 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7064985

13 September 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6811280

15 October 2018 Construction Oversight · Deficiency Check · Initial Certification · Simplified Stability Test

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6706557

Deficiency record · 9

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Cleanliness of engine room

Issued 6 June 2022 Resolved

Eng rm bilges have excessive trash and debris, must be properly cleaned.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 June 2022
Resolved 9 June 2022
Resolution: corrected.

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

Issued 6 June 2022 Resolved

RLB needs retro-reflective tape applied.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 6 June 2022
Resolved 6 June 2022
Resolution: corrected.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Safe means of access

Issued 8 September 2021 Resolved

Engine room access and egress points need to be appropriately labeled with emergency exit criteria.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 21 September 2021
Resolved 6 September 2023

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 8 September 2021 Resolved

High water alarm not functioning in the steering compartment.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 21 September 2021
Resolved 21 September 2021
Resolution: Corrected.

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

Issued 16 September 2020 Resolved

Replace unapproved RLB light with approved light. Night/low visibility operations are not permitted until light is replaced to OCMI satisfaction.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 30 September 2020
Resolved 3 November 2020
Resolution: Recieved statement from credentialed Master attesting to light replacement.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment

Issued 2 July 2019 Resolved

Update first aid kit with required equipment and put into watertight container. 46 CFR 184.710

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 July 2019
Resolved 15 July 2019
Resolution: Owner replaced first aid kit.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation

Issued 2 July 2019 Resolved

Simple instructions with a diagram must be posted at or near the fixed gas fire extinguishing system cylinders detailing alternative release methods. 46 CFR 185.612

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 July 2019
Resolved 17 July 2019
Resolution: Owner provided picture of instructions and diagram.

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

Issued 2 July 2019 Resolved

Float light must have lanyard of at least 3-6ft securing aroudn the body of the ring life buoy, the landyard must be attached with a corrosion-resistant clip. 46 CFR 180.70

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 July 2019
Resolved 15 July 2019
Resolution: Owner replaced lanyard and secured it to buoy with a clip.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 2 July 2019 Resolved

Provide proof that the circuit breaker installed on the generator and shore tie feeder conform to the requirements of UL 489. 46 CFR 183.380(m)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 August 2019
Resolved 16 September 2020
Resolution: corrected.

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.