HOPPER IV

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

HOPPER IV is a 1986 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2022, along with 20 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2016 to 2022. Most recent: inspection, 6 September 2022.

Built: 1986
Last inspected: 6 September 2022
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 20 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 4 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 6 September 2022

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations8

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 20 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2022)

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

900118

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WAE5046

270070

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-270070

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)27.5 ft × 12.1 ft × 4.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 9 / net 7

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderISLAND HOPPER INC · MARATHON SHORES, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1986

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portZEPHYR COVE, NV

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery, Recreational

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

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 it9 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
7 - 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 · 9

6 September 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7552885

27 April 2021 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7179555

12 May 2020 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6949165

25 June 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6728030

15 May 2019 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6734791

11 June 2018 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6441529

6 June 2017 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6163653

31 May 2017 Examination of Repairs · Plan Review "T" Boat · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6161816

4 May 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5872980

Deficiency record · 20

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

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

The Certificate of Inspection and Stability Letter must be posted under glass or other suitable transparent material, such that all pages are visible in a conspicuous place on the vessel where observation by passengers is likely. 46 CFR 176.302/46 CFR 176.306

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 May 2021
Resolved 27 April 2021
Resolution: Operator posted COI/Stability Letter in vessel's cabin.

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

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

Each life jacket must be marked with Type I retroreflective material approved in 46 CFR 164.018. The arrangement of the retroreflective material applied after March 11, 1996 must be as specified by IMP Resolution A.658(16). Discovered 05 adult life jackets did not have retroreflective material on one side of each life jacket. 46 CFR 185.604(h)

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 May 2021
Resolved 27 April 2021
Resolution: Operator sent photograph of additional retroreflective material for all sides of called out life jackets.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Buoyant apparatus

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

The number of persons capacity and vessel’s name must be marked or painted in clearly legible letters and numbers on each life float. Discovered that the life float onboard did not contain the number of persons and the vessel’s name. 46 CFR 185.604

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 May 2021
Resolved 27 April 2021
Resolution: Operator sent photographs of properly marked life float.

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

Issued 27 April 2021 Resolved

Portable watertight containers for distress flares and smoke signals shall be of a bright color, and containers shall be clearly marked in legible contrasting letters at least .5 inches high “DISTRESS SIGNALS”. Discovered that the vessel’s portable watertight container containing the vessel’s distress flares was labeled “FLARES”. 46 CFR 185.614

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 May 2021
Resolved 27 April 2021
Resolution: Operator sent photograph of properly marked "DISTRESS SIGNALS" watertight container.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 12 May 2020 Resolved

A vessel must be provided with a satisfactory arrangement for draining any watertight compartment, other than small buoyancy compartments, under all practicable conditions. Teh manual powered bilge manifold was missing a valve handle for the FWD compartment. Replace the handle IAW 46CFR182.500(a). 46CFR182.500(a)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 12 May 2020
Resolved 12 May 2020
Resolution: The valve handle was replaced to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances

Issued 25 June 2019 Resolved

Except as allowed by paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section, each vessel construction of a material other than wood certificated to operate on a lakes, bays, and sounds route in cold water must be provided with life floats of an aggregate capacity that will accommodate at least 50 percent of the total number of persons permitted onboard. Inner sections of life float are tearing and are in need of service. Vessel is restricted from carriage of passengers until repaired. 46 CFR 180.200 (c)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 28 July 2019
Resolved 12 September 2019
Resolution: Vessel rep sent MI picture of new life float.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › On board training and instructions

Issued 25 June 2019 Resolved

Each fire drill must include: (3) Instruction in the use and location of fire alarms, extinguishers, and any other fire fighting equipment onboard. Vessel needs instructions on board indicating that the ignition must be turned in order to use FIREBOY override function. 46 CFR 185.524

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 5 July 2019
Resolved 12 September 2019
Resolution: Vessel rep sent MI picture of instructions for FIREBOY system posted near operating station.

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

Issued 25 June 2019 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. Child life jackets were not stowed separately from the adult life jackets on board at the time of inspection. 46 CFR 180.78 (a)(5)

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 25 June 2019
Resolved 25 June 2019

Stability › Weathertight Integrity › General

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Aft Hatch, fuel fill, and Emergency Fuel Shutoff Accesses are not weathertight. All three openings need to be resealed. 46 CFR 171.24

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 June 2017
Resolved 18 June 2017
Resolution: Weathertight Hatch, Fuel Fill, and Emergency Shutdown Access were fitted and resealed.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › US Coast Pilot

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Applicable section of Coast Pilot is not onboard. 46 CFR 184.420

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Provided US Coast Pilot.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Coast Guard Light List

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Applicable section of light list is not onboard.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Provided Light List.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Marine Charts

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Vessel does not have applicable updated Marine Charts onboard. 46 CFR 184.420

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Provided Charts.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Inland Navigation Rules

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Vessel does not have a copy of inland Navigation Rules onboard.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 November 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Provided Inland Navigation Rules.

Operations/Management › Drills/Instruction › Making Voice Radio Distress Call

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Emergency Brodcast Placard is not Posted.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 18 June 2017
Resolution: Emergency Broadcast Placard Installed.

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Quantity

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Vessel is missing 5 Adult size life jackets.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 June 2017
Resolved 18 June 2017
Resolution: 5 new adult life jackets were labled and properly stowed.

Documentation › Markings/Placards › Lifejacket Placard

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Life Jacket Placard is not posted.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 18 June 2017
Resolution: Life Jacket Placard is displayed.

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Lifeline

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Chains are missing from port and starboard rails at embarkation points.46 CFR 177.35-1

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Installed Chains at embarkation points.

Fire Fighting › Ventilation Systems › Ventilation Fire Dampers

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Vessel does not have appropriate means for securing ventilation to the Engine Room.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 18 June 2017
Resolution: Plugs were provided and stowed near vents for securing ventilation.

Fire Fighting › Fire Bucket › Quantity

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Fire Buckets were not on vessel. 46 CFR 181.610

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 18 June 2017
Resolution: Fire Buckets provided.

Fire Fighting › Structural Fire Protection - General › Accommodation Space Protection

Issued 6 June 2017 Resolved

Forward Engineroom Bulkhead contained hole exposing Engine Room to an accomodation space.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 18 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Filled hole with fire stop.

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.