38 SPECIAL

Passenger (Uninspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

38 SPECIAL is a 1983 passenger vessel (uninspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2022, most recently in July 2023.

Records from 2022 to 2023. Most recent: inspection, 11 July 2023.

Built: 1983
Last inspected: 11 July 2023
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 3
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 3 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 11 July 2023

Recorded inspections3

…physical examinations3

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2022–2023)

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

673219

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246158

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-246158

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)34.6 ft × 12.7 ft × 6.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 17 / net 11

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTOPAZ MARINE CORPORATION · OWINGS, MD, UNITED STATES · built 1983

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portATLANTIC BEACH, NC

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Uninspected)

Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it17 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
11 - 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

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 0 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 · 3

11 July 2023 Uninspected Passenger Vessel

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7741701

11 July 2023 Uninspected Passenger Vessel

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7746510

24 May 2022 Uninspected Passenger Vessel

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7458257

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

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.