STEPPINGSTONE

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

STEPPINGSTONE is a 1988 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2025, along with 9 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 13 May 2025.

Built: 1988
Last inspected: 13 May 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

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WAR5251

302505

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-302505

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 inspections14

…physical examinations14

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Simplified, Gross Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 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 · 14

13 May 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8111928

3 September 2024 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7994854

6 June 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7704969

16 May 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7689651

17 May 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7452911

27 May 2021 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7208024

19 June 2020 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6974058

5 March 2020 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6921347

12 March 2019 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6639040

5 February 2019 Simplified Stability Test · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6623938

18 October 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6561491

2 October 2018 Construction Oversight · Plan Review "T" Boat · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Southeastern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6632537

10 May 2017 Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6146470

19 July 2016 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5946282

Deficiency record · 9

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

Issued 3 September 2024 Resolved

(a) Alcohol testing. (1) The marine employer must have a sufficient number of alcohol testing devices readily accessible on board the vessel to determine the presence of alcohol in the system of each individual who was directly involved in the SMI. USCG MI observed expired alcohol swabs at inspection. 46 CFR 4.06-15(a)(1)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 September 2024
Resolved 8 September 2024
Resolution: Recieved objective photographic evidence to clear.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings

Issued 5 March 2020 Resolved

Make permanent repairs to shaft tube. Vessel reps cut through tube while attempting to remove cutless bearing and was vessel was taking on water.

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 5 March 2020
Resolved 18 March 2020

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Decks - cracking

Issued 5 February 2019 Resolved

Conduct stability test prior to carrying passengers. Concluded that weight change from repower in 2012 and deck replacement weight change questions vessel's stability.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 11 April 2019

Fire Fighting › Fixed CO2 Fire Extinguishing System › Operating Controls

Issued 20 July 2016 Resolved

Vessel's Pre-engineered fixed fire extinguishing system must have an audible and visual alarm upon discharge. Prove proper operation of the audible and visual alarm.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 August 2016
Resolved 1 August 2016

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Serviceable

Issued 19 July 2016 Resolved

Provide ring buoy IAW 46CFR160.050 Ring buoy must be marked IAW 46CFR185.604(i) and with vessel name.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 August 2016
Resolved 21 July 2016
Resolution: Vessel purchased and tested knew ring buoy meeting CFR compliance.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-igniting Lights

Issued 19 July 2016 Resolved

Provide floating light for ring buoy IAW 46CFR161.010. Restrict vessel to daylight operations.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 August 2016
Resolved 21 July 2016
Resolution: Vessel purchased and tested new floating light.

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Recordkeeping

Issued 19 July 2016 Resolved

Prepare Drug and Alcohol program for audit.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 August 2016
Resolved 19 October 2016

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Emergency Instructions

Issued 19 July 2016 Resolved

Provide emergency instructions for fire, heavy weather, and man overboard procedures.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 August 2016
Resolved 10 August 2016

Operations/Management › Passenger Operations › Safety Orientation

Issued 19 July 2016 Resolved

Provide a written passenger count that is available ashore at vessel's normal berthing location.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 August 2016
Resolved 10 August 2016

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.