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BAYWATCHER
BAYWATCHER is a 2019 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2019, most recently in March 2025, along with 9 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2023.
Records from 2019 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 March 2025.
- Built
- 2019
- Last inspected
- 27 March 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2023
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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
27 March 2025
…with no type recorded2
Deficiencies
9 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
7 calendar years (2019–2025)
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
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Identity
1302364
1594131
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1594131
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)40.0 ft × 12.0 ft × 3.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 6 / net 6
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTRIDENT PONTOONS INC · TAVARES, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2019
Hull materialAluminum
PropulsionGasoline Engine
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationTwin Hull
Hailing portGALVESTON, TX
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 13 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it6 - Simplified, Gross Ton
6 - Simplified, Net Ton
6 - 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.
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Detail on this page
16 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 9 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; 1 casualty investigation, with date and classification; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port, endorsements, dates. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.
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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.
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Inspection history · 16
27 March 2025
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8100583
8 May 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7993256
27 March 2024
Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7885716
1 February 2024
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7859425
14 July 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7742647
13 July 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7743096
24 May 2023
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7695655
3 May 2023
Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7680717
8 April 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7665224
27 September 2022
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7567337
7 March 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7407055
23 December 2021
Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7371874
10 March 2021
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7153894
9 February 2021
Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7138085
22 January 2020
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6893906
18 September 2019
Deadweight Survey · Plan Review "T" Boat · Administrative Inspection · Construction Oversight
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6819035
Deficiency record · 9
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking
Issued 27 March 2025
Resolved
2 cracks found on welds near centerline in the transome area.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 24 May 2023
Resolved
Each floating waterlight installed after March 11, 1997, on a vessel carrying only one rin bouy, must be attached to the lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip.
MI witnessed quick disconnect on floating waterlight lanyard corroded and requires replacement.
46 CFR 180.70(d)(3)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 24 May 2023
Resolved
Each child size life jacket must be stowed in a location that is appropriately marked and separated from adult life jackets so the child size life jackets are not mistaken for adult life jackets.
MI witnessed child life jacket storage location not appropriately marked on the forward most starboard side bench.
Apply appropriate markings for the 7 child life jackets stored on the starboard side.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 10 March 2021
Resolved
All machinery and equipment must be installed and maintained in such a manner as to afford adequate protection from machinery failure.
Engine would not start. Vessel is not allowed to carry passengers until deficiency is cleared. In order to complete annual inspection, marine inspectors must get underway to conduct a MOB drill.
Action code changed to 16 after engine battery was replaced by tech. Drills still need to be conducted so def not cleared on 10MAR2021.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 10 March 2021
Resolved
Each child sized life jacket must be stowed in a location that is appropriately marked and separated from adult life jackets so the child size life jackets are not mistaken for adult life jackets.
Child sized lifejackets not separated from adult lifejackets and marked.
14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage discharge connection
Issued 10 March 2021
Resolved
When operating a vessel on a body of water where the discharge of untreated sewage is prohibited by the EPA IAW 40 CFR 140.3, the operator must secure each Type III device in a manner which prevents discharge of sewage. Acceptable methods of securing the device include - closing each valve leading to an overboard discharge and removing the handle; padlocking each valve leading to an overboard discharge in the closed position; or using a non-releasable wire-tie to hold each valve leading to an overboard discharge in the closed position.
Overboard discharge not appropriately secured.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 10 March 2021
Resolved
All vessels must have navigation lights that are in compliance with the applicable sections of the International and Inland Navigation Rules.
Vessels starboard navigation light lens was cracked and thus not meeting the requirements. Vessel to repair the light to the satisfaction of a USCG Marine Inspector
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 10 March 2021
Resolved
As appropriate for the intend voyage, a vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date: (1) charts of large enough scale to make safe navigation possible; (2) U.S. Coast Pilot or similar publications; (3) Coast Guard Light List; (4) Tide tables; and (5) current tables.
Vessel had out dated charts and publications on board.
Vessel is to update charts and publications to the satisfaction of a USCG Marine Inspector.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 10 March 2021
Resolved
Vessels are to undergo internal structural examinations at required intervals.
Vessel could not open inspection ports on pontoons so that marine inspectors could visually inspect the inside of the pontoons.
Casualty record · 1
13 July 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7743096
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. 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,
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