FIREBIRD

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

FIREBIRD is a 1984 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2011.

Records from 2011 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 29 July 2025.

Built: 1984
Last inspected: 29 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2011

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 29 July 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations17

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

670012

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WSR9873

230351

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-230351

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)81.8 ft × 20.0 ft × 7.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 72 / net 44

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderWARREN, RI, UNITED STATES · built 1984

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW YORK, NY

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 6 May 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 it72 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
44 - 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 · 19

29 July 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8196717

24 April 2025 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8111708

24 January 2025 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8069135

19 December 2024 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8048790

31 October 2024 DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8033381

31 July 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7969785

26 July 2023 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7752744

21 March 2023 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7653728

8 April 2022 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7417256

21 July 2021 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7260793

7 April 2021 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7170578

19 April 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6944533

25 July 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6742059

9 April 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6651789

10 July 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6441125

1 May 2017 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6125988

17 April 2017 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6126558

26 July 2016 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5952619

3 March 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5826230

Deficiency record · 4

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery controls alarm

Issued 10 April 2025 Resolved

DVTP's for mach/steering need to be completed in presence of Marine Inspector. As of 4/14/25, still waiting review by MSC. Complete prior to carrying passengers.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 24 April 2025
Resolution: Completed

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Quantity

Issued 26 July 2016 Resolved

Provide 6 adult PFD's on board vessel (have 394, need 400). Restricted to 394 pax until completed.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 July 2016
Resolved 26 July 2016
Resolution: This was corrected on the spot.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › FCC Vessel Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephony Cert.

Issued 26 July 2016 Resolved

Provide copy of valid FCC Bridge to Bridge Radio Certificate.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 August 2016
Resolved 8 August 2016
Resolution: O/O provided copy of Bridge to Bridge

Fire Fighting › Fire Main › Condition

Issued 26 July 2016 Resolved

Repair fire main piping in accom space, has hole at connection.

Due 26 August 2016
Resolved 8 August 2016
Resolution: Repair was made

Casualty record · 1

29 August 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 4138607

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.