AVALON

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

AVALON is a 1984 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2003 and 2013.

Records from 2003 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 18 May 2026.

Built: 1984
Last inspected: 18 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2003–2013

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 18 May 2026

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations16

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

664828

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WDI4605

228998

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-228998

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)136.0 ft × 38.0 ft × 5.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 81 / net 55

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderPATTI SHIPYARDS, INC · PENSACOLA FL, UNITED STATES · built 1984

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSTILLWATER, MN

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational

DocumentationValid · issued 26 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it81 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
55 - 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

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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Inspection history · 17

18 May 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8373760

22 October 2025 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8253961

25 September 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8237441

20 May 2025 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8128707

20 May 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7903430

19 October 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7810546

7 September 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7787036

16 May 2023 In-Service Inspection · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7675486

18 April 2022 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7416405

13 May 2021 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7199033

2 July 2020 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6998578

13 June 2019 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6713138

25 October 2018 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6568731

17 July 2018 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6483275

18 April 2017 MTSA Verification · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6104515

11 May 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5875317

8 April 2016 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5850066

Deficiency record · 6

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 19 October 2023 Resolved

Stairways, stair towers, ladders, elevators, and landings must be designed with sufficient strength to sustain a load of 100 pounds square foot with a safety factor of 4, based on ultimate strength of the material. Port Side embarkation landing was found deteriorated.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 November 2023
Resolved 20 May 2024

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 18 April 2022 Resolved

P/V in E/R found with excessive sludge buildup.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 26 May 2022
Resolution: pressure vessel has been replaced

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 17 July 2018 Resolved

2nd deck outlet below the sink needs to be GFCI.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 18 July 2018
Resolution: GFCI installed.

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

Issued 17 July 2018 Resolved

3rd deck aft life ring becketed lifeline is rotten.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 18 July 2018
Resolution: lifeline replaced.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Panelboard

Issued 18 April 2017 Resolved

Closure device borken. Repair as original.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 April 2017
Resolved 18 April 2017
Resolution: Repaired on scene.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Outlet Box

Issued 18 April 2017 Resolved

Cover on 220 volt outlet missing. Repair as original.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 April 2017
Resolved 18 April 2017
Resolution: Corrected on the scene.

Casualty record · 2

28 October 2003Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1940973

16 November 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4766157

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.