NIKOLA TESLA

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2020s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

NIKOLA TESLA is a 2020 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2018, most recently in September 2025, along with 10 deficiencies and 5 casualty investigations between 2021 and 2025.

Records from 2018 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 September 2025.

Built: 2020
Last inspected: 23 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2021–2025

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 23 September 2025

Recorded inspections21

…physical examinations15

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded5

Deficiencies 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 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

1301252

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WDL7798

1550056

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1550056

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)86.6 ft × 33.3 ft × 10.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 96 / net 66

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)86.6 ft × 33.3 ft × 10.0 ft

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSHIPBUILDERS OF WISCONSIN INC · Manitowoc, WI, UNITED STATES · built 2020

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionElectric Motor

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNIAGARA FALLS, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 7 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it66 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
96 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 21

23 September 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8234677

31 July 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8200197

24 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8198148

22 April 2025 DAPI Audit

Administrative · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8134778

20 November 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8038490

9 October 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8017312

15 July 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7958930

23 May 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7929210

23 May 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7933558

11 October 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7808007

11 October 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7575662

6 July 2022 Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7498366

5 July 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7497488

16 May 2022 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7452227

16 May 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7457957

25 April 2022 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Plan Review (Other than "T")

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7438343

22 November 2021 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7356076

15 October 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7333809

28 June 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7374939

19 November 2018 Administrative Inspection · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6670097

1 November 2018 Deadweight Survey · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Construction Oversight · Plan Review (Other than "T")

Physical examination · Sector Eastern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6930820

Deficiency record · 10

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

Issued 22 April 2025 Resolved

Maid of the Mist Corporation submitted their 2024 Management Information System (MIS) report to the U.S. Coast Guard as required by federal regulation. However, the information captured in the MIS report was incomplete and did not accurately reflect the company's U.S. Coast Guard mandated drug test conducted in 2024.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 22 May 2025
Resolved 15 May 2025
Resolution: Maid of the Mist Corporation resubmitted an updated 2024 MIS report to the U.S. Coast Guard with pre-employment test data.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 16 May 2022 Resolved

Vessel lost steering response on stbd side. Determine cause of loss of steering and take corrective actions to the satisfaction of Coast Guard prior to the carriage of passengers.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 16 May 2022
Resolved 27 May 2022
Resolution: Received tech report and report of function test of steering. All sat. Cleared Def.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Tonnage certificate

Issued 25 April 2022 Resolved

Provide confirmation letter/documentation from ABS that vessel tonnage was not impacted by the addition of a "Crew Quarters". 46CFR114.110(a)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 25 May 2022
Resolved 24 May 2022
Resolution: Received ABS tonnage cert confirming no changes to GRT

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

Issued 25 April 2022 Resolved

Amend vessel security plan as applicable for the addition of the "Crew Quarters". 33CFR104.415

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 May 2022
Resolved 15 July 2024

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Damage control plan

Issued 25 April 2022 Resolved

Review vessel operations manual and amend to reflect addition of "Crew Quarters" in regards to vessel evacuation/emergency procedures. 46CFR115.113(d)

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 26 April 2022
Resolved 11 May 2022
Resolution: recieved updated plan

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

Issued 15 October 2021 Resolved

Dead end wires were found in starboard potable water compartment. Repair to the satisfaction of attending Coast Guard Marine Inspector.