SHRIMP WATCHER

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

SHRIMP WATCHER is a 2002 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2023, most recently in April 2026, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2023 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 April 2026.

Built: 2002
Last inspected: 13 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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1778279

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1778279

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2023–2026)

The 7 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 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it3 - Simplified, Gross Ton
3 - Simplified, Net Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 7

13 April 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8343620

3 October 2025 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8245925

7 April 2025 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8106473

7 October 2024 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8015582

30 May 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7922980

17 October 2023 Simplified Stability Test · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection · Plan Review "T" Boat · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7868135

9 May 2023 Administrative Inspection · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7693930

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 7 April 2025 Resolved

Portable and semi-portable extinguishers must be inspected and maintained in accordance with NFPA 10 Vessel's 40 B:C and 10 B:C portable fire extinguishers did not have evidence of up to date annual servicing.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 21 April 2025
Resolved 9 April 2025
Resolution: Recieved photos of fire extighishers with new serive tags.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 7 April 2025 Resolved

All vessels must have navigation lights that are in compliance with the applicable sections of the International and Inland Navigation Rules. Vessel's stern and anchor lights were incorrectly installed, causing the arc of visibility on each light to be incorrect.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 10 April 2025
Resolution: Replaced Stern light / anchor light combo with all around white light.

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

Issued 7 April 2025 Resolved

Each floating waterlight must be approved in accordance with § 161.010 in subchapter Q of this chapter. Vessel's waterlight did not have batteries.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 9 April 2025
Resolution: Received photo of new battery installed in waterlight.

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

Issued 22 April 2024 Resolved

Each floating waterlight must be approved in accordance with § 161.010 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant, including, but not limited to, approval series 160.110. Each floating waterlight installed after March 11, 1997, on a vessel carrying only one ring buoy, must be attached to the lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip. The clip must have a strength of at least 22.7 kilograms (50 pounds), and allow the waterlight to be quickly disconnected from the ring life buoy. Vessel's waterlight not approved in accordance with 161.110. Vessel missing corrosion resistant clip. Vessel restricted to daylight operations in clear visibility. 46 CFR 180.70(d)(1)

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 8 May 2024
Resolution: USCG approved waterlight placed in service with corrosion resistant water clip.

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.