JOHN NEWMAN

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

JOHN NEWMAN is a 2025 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2024, most recently in July 2026, along with 8 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2026.

Records from 2024 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 31 July 2026.

Built: 2025
Last inspected: 31 July 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2026
Inspected with: 11 other vessels

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 31 July 2026

Recorded inspections4

…physical examinations3

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2024–2026)

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

1350716

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WDQ4373

1791302

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1791302

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)55.0 ft × 15.0 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 27 / net 22

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderJ & B MANUFACTURING LLC · CHAUVIN · built 2025

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 12 June 2026 · expires 30 June 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 it27 - Simplified, Gross Ton
22 - 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.

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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Inspected as a tow unit · 11

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.

Inspection history · 4

31 July 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8437154

25 March 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8338679

18 July 2025 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8177990

30 May 2024 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Construction Oversight · Simplified Stability Test · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8151288

Deficiency record · 8

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Guards - fencing around dangerous machinery parts

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

An exposed hazard, such as rotating machinery, must be properly protected by a cover, guard, or rail. Both main diesel engines did not have a cover for the exposes crankshaft pulleys, the jet drive shafts (port & stbd) in machinery and lazarette space.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 August 2025
Resolved 21 July 2025
Resolution: Provided proof of guard installations.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 144 - MARPOL Annex IV (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › Sewage discharge connection

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

hen operating a vessel on a body of water where the discharge of untreated sewage is prohibited by the EPA under 40 CFR 140.3, the operator must secure each Type III device in a manner which prevents discharge of sewage. Acceptable methods of securing include—(1) Closing each valve leading to an overboard discharge and removing the handle;(2) Padlocking each valve leading to an overboard discharge in the closed position; or(3) Using a non-releasable wire-tie to hold each valve leading to an overboard discharge in the closed position. Over board valve was not secured.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 August 2025
Resolved 18 July 2025
Resolution: Locked & removed handle.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

Rails or equivalent protection must be installed near the periphery of all decks of a vessel accessible to passengers or crew. Vessel did not have rails or equivalent protection across the bow.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 July 2025
Resolution: Chains were installed matching rail courses.

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

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

The number and identification of the items stowed inside, and their sizes, must be marked in clearly legible letters and numbers on each location for life jackets. Life Jacket stowage location under chairs were not marked.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 August 2025
Resolved 21 July 2025
Resolution: Provided proof of life jacket sign installation.

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

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

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 and allow the waterlight to be quickly disconnected from the ring life buoy. Waterlight was attached to the ring life buoy and did not have a clip to disconnect.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 July 2025
Resolution: Installed clip to disconnect light.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

Each vessel must be equipped with at least two operable portable battery lights. One of these lights must be located at the operating station and the other at the access to the propulsion machinery space. Vessel did not have two operable portable battery lights.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 July 2025
Resolution: Installed 02 portable battery lights.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 141 - MARPOL Annex I › Other (MARPOL Annex I)

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

A ship, except a ship of less than 26 feet in length, must have a an "Oil Pollution Placard" of at least 5 by 8 inches, made of durable material fixed in a conspicuous place in each machinery space, or at the bilge and ballast pump control station. Vessel did not have placard.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 August 2025
Resolved 18 July 2025
Resolution: Placard installed.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Garbage management plan

Issued 18 July 2025 Resolved

The master or person in charge of a ship shall ensure that the ship is not operated unless a garbage management plan is on the ship and that each person handling garbage follows the plan. Each garbage management plan must be in writing, describe procedures for minimizing, collecting, processing, storing, and discharging garbage; and designate the person who is in charge of carrying out the plan. Vessel did not have a garbage management plan.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 18 July 2025
Resolution: Provided proof of plan.

Casualty record · 1

25 March 2026Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 8338679

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

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