AVOCA ISLAND FERRY

Passenger (Uninspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

AVOCA ISLAND FERRY is a 1968 passenger vessel (uninspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 1 inspection in 2026, along with 5 casualty investigations between 2009 and 2026.

Records from 2009 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 7 January 2026.

Built: 1968
Last inspected: 7 January 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 1
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 5 investigations · 2009–2026
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 7 January 2026

Recorded inspections1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 1 calendar year (2026)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 1 inspection recorded in 2026, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 2016–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

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

606885

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171264

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-171264

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)76.8 ft × 32.0 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 86 / net 86

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)76.8 ft × 32.0 ft × 5.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 103 / net 30

BuilderST MARY IRON WORKS INC · FRANKLIN, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1968

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 10 July 2026 · expires 31 July 2027

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Uninspected)

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it103 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
86 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
30 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
86 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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 Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

CAPT. DANIEL Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 459645 · 7 January 2026 · activity 8334325

Inspection history · 1

7 January 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8334325

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 5

5 June 2009Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3498421

7 February 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4239983

6 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4455111

29 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4381582

7 January 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8334325

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, 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.