BIG STONE 5

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

BIG STONE 5 is a 1985 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2016, most recently in July 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 3 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2019.

Records from 2004 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 July 2025.

Built: 1985
Last inspected: 16 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 18
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 2004–2019

Identity

689662

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WSE3119

255726

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-255726

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections18

…physical examinations15

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

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. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.0 ft × 15.0 ft × 6.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 34 / net 27

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBREAUX BROTHERS ENTERPRIS · LOREAUVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1985

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW CASTLE, DE

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 14 August 2025 · expires 30 September 2026

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 it34 - Simplified, Gross Ton
27 - 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.

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Inspection history · 18

16 July 2025 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8173203

11 June 2025 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8152254

17 September 2024 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8003373

6 September 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7789289

27 July 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7753540

7 September 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7552488

9 September 2021 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7307745

27 July 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7268833

17 June 2020 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6971739

11 September 2019 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6809107

24 July 2019 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6760346

1 April 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6659701

22 October 2018 Administrative Inspection · Plan Review "T" Boat

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6565630

18 October 2018 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6567959

5 October 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6558726

25 September 2017 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6307542

28 February 2017 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6095483

22 September 2016 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lewes · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6007576

Deficiency record · 4

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

Issued 11 June 2025 Resolved

Examine all accessible parts of exterior and interior hull. Cracked weld on frame attaching to transom. Scorched hull plating STBD side beneath the operating station. Both are above the waterline. 46CFR176.25-5

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 11 July 2025
Resolved 12 June 2025
Resolution: O/O backgauged weld on transom and re-welded. Scorched hull plating cleaned and filled in with clad weld. All sat.

18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)

Issued 7 September 2022 Resolved

Alcohol testing must be conducted within two hours on each individual engaged on a vessel that was directly involved in a serious marine incident. The marine employer must have a sufficient number NHTSA approved alcohol testing devices readily accessible on board the vessel to determine the presence of alcohol. COI authorizes vessel to operate on a 100 mile oceans route. Vessel restricted to operations inside the Delaware Bay until adequate alcohol testing devices are provided on board vessel ready for immediate us. 46CFR4.06-3, 46CFR4.06-15. 50C

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 19 September 2022
Resolution: Received BAC testing strips and placed onboard.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts

Issued 7 September 2022 Resolved

Each vessel certificated to operate on an oceans route in cold water must be provided with inflatable buoyant apparatus of at least 100% of the total persons permitted on board. Vessel has total inflatable life raft capacity of 10 persons. Maximum persons onboard reduced from 17 to 10 until liferaft capacity is increased. 46 CFR 180.202 50C

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Resolved 13 September 2022
Resolution: Received invoice for 20 person IBA and statement from Vice President that IBA is placed in service onboard.

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

Issued 5 October 2018 Resolved

Vessels must undergo an annual inspection within the three months before or after each anniversary date. Vessel is beyond the three months of the anniversary date. Conduct an annual inspection prior to carrying passengers. 46 CFR 176.500

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 5 October 2018
Resolved 31 October 2018
Resolution: Completed satisfactory annual inspection.

Casualty record · 3

3 December 2004Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · activity 2254810

4 February 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 dead · activity 2866994

1 April 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 6659701

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.