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JOHN NEWMAN
Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2020s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named JOHN NEWMAN
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 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 1 investigation · 2026
Identity
1350716
WDQ4373
1791302
Flag
UNITED STATES
368424910
Maury page id
psix-1791302
Inspections, by type
The 4 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)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
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 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
WDQ4373MMSI 368424910 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 June 2025, expires 18 June 2035
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.
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.
CAPT. RUSSELL L Towing Vessel · MISLE 113252 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679EMS 326 Tank Barge · MISLE 426015 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679REGGIE Industrial Vessel · MISLE 667862 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679FRI 616 Freight Barge · MISLE 804032 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679FRI 659 Freight Barge · MISLE 873081 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679MADELINE Towing Vessel · MISLE 938613 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679EMS 383 Tank Barge · MISLE 1168472 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679IN122022 Freight Barge · MISLE 1204948 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679IN122024 Freight Barge · MISLE 1204951 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679WMG781 Freight Barge · MISLE 1446771 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679WMG784 Freight Barge · MISLE 1481786 · 25 March 2026 · activity 8338679Inspection 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.