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BIG BLUE

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named BIG BLUE

BIG BLUE is a 2019 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2019, most recently in December 2025, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2022.

Records from 2019 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 9 December 2025.

Built: 2019
Last inspected: 9 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2022

Identity

1298947

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WDN9487

1566989

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368327520

Maury page id

psix-1566989

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations11

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2019–2025)

The 13 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1977.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)36.0 ft × 14.0 ft × 7.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 23 / net 18

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNEWTON BOATS INC · Slidell, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2019

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPANAMA CITY, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 22 December 2025 · expires 31 December 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 it23 - Simplified, Gross Ton
18 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

WDN9487MMSI 368327520 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 2 August 2023, expires 2 August 2033

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspection history · 13

9 December 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8280365

12 August 2025 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8207332

15 January 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8064157

8 December 2023 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7836547

11 August 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7765721

15 December 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7609674

15 June 2022 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7485226

15 March 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7412422

3 December 2021 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7408850

3 August 2021 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7276323

17 February 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7141745

6 January 2020 Deficiency Check · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6876465

28 July 2019 Plan Review "T" Boat · Construction Oversight · Inclining Experiment · Drydock Exam · Simplified Stability Test · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6811378

Deficiency record · 1

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)

Issued 6 January 2020 Resolved

Licensees of radio stations are required to have current station documents as indicated. Missing FCC Communications Act Safety Certificate. Provide current FCC Safety Certificate. 47CFR80.401

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 5 February 2020
Resolved 30 January 2020
Resolution: Operator provided proof of valid FCC Communications Act Safety Radiotelephony Certificate

Casualty record · 1

15 June 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 7485226

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.