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CALIFORNIA EXPLORER

Passenger (Uninspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Other hulls named CALIFORNIA EXPLORER

CALIFORNIA EXPLORER is a 1987 passenger vessel (uninspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 1988, most recently in July 2025, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 1988 to 2025. Most recent: operational control imposed, 5 July 2025.

Built: 1987
Last inspected: 5 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 22
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

922764

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WTC8883

298196

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-298196

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations16

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 13 calendar years (1988–2025)

The 22 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1977.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)28.1 ft × 9.5 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 8 / net 7

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDELTA BOAT WORKS · CAPE CANAVERAL, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1987

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMONTEREY, CA

Trade endorsementsRecreational

DocumentationValid · issued 20 May 2026 · expires 30 June 2027

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Uninspected)

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it7 - Simplified, Net Ton
8 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

WCY5021MMSI not assigned · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 29 June 1998, cancelled 30 August 2008 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

Inspection history · 22

5 July 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8178810

5 July 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8178831

24 August 1999 Administrative

Administrative · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1115543

22 March 1999 Administrative

Administrative · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1030404

4 March 1999 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 800241

18 June 1998 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1454575

29 May 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 792457

26 March 1998 MARPOL Annex V Examination · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 786786

11 August 1997 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1118407

24 February 1997 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 795265

24 February 1997 MARPOL Annex V Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1093987

11 April 1996 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1082858

14 April 1995 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1189281

3 April 1995 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 879653

30 March 1994 COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1169208

30 March 1993 Hull Examination · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1149154

13 April 1992 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 959622

1 April 1991 COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 907735

18 April 1990 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 903366

25 October 1989 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 908992

20 April 1989 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1351410

21 April 1988 Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1341863

Deficiency record · 4

Documentation

Issued 30 March 1994 Resolved

SUBMIT WRITTEN PROOF OF A CHEMICAL TESTING PROGRAM WHICH COMPLIES WITH 46 CFR PART 16 TO COAST GUARD MSO MIAMI.

Condition: Unknown
Due 30 March 1994
Resolved 30 March 1994

Documentation

Issued 21 April 1988 Resolved

PROVIDE A VALID FCC RADIO STATION LICENSE, AND A VALID FCC MARINE OPERATORSPERMIT.

Condition: Unknown
Due 21 April 1988
Resolved 21 April 1988

Navigation

Issued 21 April 1988 Resolved

PROVIDE NAVIGATION CHARTS, PUBLICATIONS FOR THE VESSEL'S OPERATING AREA ANDA COPY OF CFR SUB CAP T.

Condition: Unknown
Due 21 April 1988
Resolved 21 April 1988

Documentation

Issued 21 April 1988 Resolved

PROVIDE A VALID FCC COMMUNICATIONS ACT SAFETY CERTIFICATE AND A COPY OF THEFCC RULES PART 80.

Condition: Unknown
Due 21 April 1988
Resolved 21 April 1988

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.