BIG KAHUNA

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2020s · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O)

BIG KAHUNA is a 2025 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2024, most recently in May 2025, along with 7 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded —.

Records from 2024 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 20 May 2025.

Built: 2025
Last inspected: 20 May 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 20 May 2025

Recorded inspections2

…physical examinations2

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

…past their stated due date1

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2024–2025)

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 not do.

Identity

1354681

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1855932

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1855932

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.0 ft × 16.0 ft × 8.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 39 / net 31

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNEWTON BOATS INC · SLIDELL, LA, UNITED STATES · built 2025

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHONOLULU, HI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational

DocumentationValid · issued 25 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it39 - Simplified, Gross Ton
31 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 1 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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 2

20 May 2025 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8130063

6 September 2024 Simplified Stability Test · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Initial Certification · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8101182

Deficiency record · 7

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 20 May 2025 Resolved

All machinery and equipment must be installed and maintained in such a manner as to afford adequate protection from causing fire, explosion, machinery failure, and personnel injury. Starboard side engine seawater intake hose is kinked sharply. Reinstalled the starboard side engine seawater intake hose to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector. 46 CFR 182.100

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2025
Resolved 22 May 2025
Resolution: Received picture of the properly re-installed starboard side engine seawater intake hose.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)

Issued 20 May 2025 Resolved

Every vessel operating with reduced manning with only the master onboard shall be outfitted with additional medical equipment to include automated external defibrillator (AED) and portable oxygen. The adult and child size AED pads are expired. Replace the AED pads to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector. Endorsement of Work Instruction 31 is suspended until the deficiency is rectified. 46 CFR 176.840 USCG Sector Honolulu WI 31 5.5

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2025
Resolved 27 May 2025
Resolution: Received proof of new AED pads replaced.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)

Issued 20 May 2025 Resolved

Every vessel subject to Part III of Title III of the Communications Act must have a detailed inspection of the radio installation by an FCC-licensed technician once every five years. The FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate is missing. Provide the FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector. 47 CFR 80.903

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2025
Resolved 22 May 2025
Resolution: Recieved copy of the FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate from operator.

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

Issued 20 May 2025 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. life jacket stowage locations are not marked. Properly mark adult and child size life jacket stowage to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector. 46 CFR 180.78(a)(5)

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2025
Resolved 28 May 2025
Resolution: Received picture of properly marked child size life jacket stowage.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 20 May 2025 Resolved

A vessel on a limited coastwise route must carry at least six hand red flare distress signals and six hand orange smoke signals. A red hand flare distress signal may be substituted for any of the hand orange smoke distress signals. There are only three hand red flare distress signals and three hand orange smoke signals onboard. 46 CFR 180.68(a)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 20 May 2025
Resolution: Operator provided 12 red hand flares onboard

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

Issued 20 May 2025 Resolved

Each floating waterlight installed on a vessel carrying only one ring buoy, must be attached to the lanyard with a corrosion-resistant clip that allow the waterlight to be quickly disconnected from the ring life buoy. The ring buoy is not properly attach to the line and the waterlight. 46 CFR 180.70(d)(3)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 20 May 2025
Resolution: Operator properly re-attached the ring buoy to the lanyard and the waterlight.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 21 March 2025 No resolution recorded

The initial inspection is conducted to determine that, the materials, workmanship and condition of all parts of the vessel and its machinery and equipment maybe checked to determine if the vessel is satisfactory in all respects for the service intended. Vessel was constructed and moving to new OCMI zone. Conduct New to Zone to the satisfaction of the OCMI zone in Honolulu, HI.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 21 March 2025 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

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.