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PARROTDISE EXPRESS
PARROTDISE EXPRESS is a 1989 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2016, most recently in April 2026, along with 36 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2019 and 2023.
Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 7 April 2026.
- Built
- 1989
- Last inspected
- 7 April 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 36 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2019–2023
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
7 April 2026
…with no type recorded2
Deficiencies
36 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
11 calendar years (2016–2026)
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
944693
WDK9659
325821
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-325821
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)47.0 ft × 15.3 ft × 4.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 21 / net 17
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderR. W. GREEN BOAT YARD · DELTAVILLE, VA, UNITED STATES · built 1989
Hull materialWood
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portDUNEDIN, FL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery
DocumentationValid · issued 23 May 2025 · expires 30 June 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 it21 - Simplified, Gross Ton
17 - Simplified, Net Ton
17 - 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.
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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 1
The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
PARROTDISE EXPRESS II Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 799325 · 21 September 2019 · activity 6840227Inspection history · 22
7 April 2026
Examination of Repairs · Vessel Attendance · Drydock Exam · Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8300041
10 September 2025
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8222645
24 August 2025
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8216483
5 September 2024
Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7969703
23 April 2024
Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7876344
17 August 2023
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7746479
15 June 2023
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7715955
13 June 2023
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7719859
12 July 2022
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7472154
17 March 2022
Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam · In-Service Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7413478
16 June 2021
COI Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7197039
25 September 2020
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7020350
12 August 2020
Internal Structural Exam · Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7031206
27 September 2019
Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6822362
21 September 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6840227
1 August 2019
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6769831
16 May 2019
Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6679015
12 April 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6661119
30 May 2018
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6408082
24 May 2017
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6206904
30 March 2017
Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6114555
6 April 2016
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5848629
Deficiency record · 36
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
A vessel on which a pre-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing system is installed must have a means to reset devices used to automatically shut down ventilation systems and engines as required by paragraph (a)(3) of this section. Upon activation, MI observed re-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing system capable of shutting down main engine. However, override function did not operate. Repair override function within 3 days (by end of day 12SEPT25).
46 CFR 181.420 (b) (3)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
A vessel on a limited coastwise route must carry six hand red flare distress signals and six hand orange smoke distress signals. One of the following may be substituted for any of the hand orange smoke distress signals required: a hand red flare distress signal. MI observed vessel carrying (09) hand red flare distress signals. Vessel limited to lakes, bays, and sounds, and rivers routes until all 12 proper distress signals acquired. Acquire distress signals within one week (by 17SEPT25).
46 CFR 180.68 (a)(1)&(2)
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
On a vessel of at least 26 feet in length, a visual and audible alarm must be provided at the operating station to indicate a high water level. Vessels constructed of wood must provide bilge level alarms in all watertight compartments except small buoyancy chambers. Make repairs within one week (by 17SEPT25).
46 CFR 182.530 (a) & (b)
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)
Issued 10 September 2025
Resolved
An inspection for renewal of a Certificate of Inspection is conducted to determine if the vessel is in satisfactory condition, fit for the service intended, and complies with all applicable regulations. MI observed incomplete wood repair located on the bottom STBD side of the aft wall of house. Complete repairs within one week (by 17SEPT25).
46 CFR 176.404 (a)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 24 August 2025
Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be suitable in type and design for propulsion requirements of the hull in which it is installed and be capable of operating at constant marine load under such requirements.
The shaft became uncoupled from the transmission coupling allowing the shaft to slide back. Propeller and rudder must be inspected for damage/line and the shaft coupling shall be repaired. These repairs must be made to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard prior to carrying passengers.
46 CFR 182.200
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 182.100
All machinery and equipment must be installed and maintained in such a manner as to afford adequate protection from causing fire, explosion, machinery failure, and personnel injury. MI observed that main diesel engine fuel injection pump was leaking from three of the fuel line connections. Vessel shall enact repairs to the satisfaction of attending USCG Marine Inspector.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 182.530 (d)
Vessels constructed of wood must provide bilge level alarms in all watertight compartments except small buoyancy chambers. MI observed that fore peak bilge alarm was not operational. Enact repairs to the satisfaction of attending USCG Marine Inspector.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 176.810 (b) (1) (i)
Certification or licensing by a state or local jurisdiction as a fire extinguisher servicing agency will be accepted by the Coast Guard as meeting the personnel certification requirements of NFPA 10 for annual maintenance and recharging of extinguishers. MI observed that annual service for fire extinguishers was due July 2024. Provide proof of annual fire extinguisher service.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 176.802
All parts of interior hull will be available for inspection. Wood rot was observed on fourth frame from aft end of port side engine room. Submit repair proposal to the Coast Guard prior to repairs. Deficiency will be changed to a CODE: 701 prior to the carriage of passengers if repairs are not completed w/in 14 days.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 180.71 (a)
An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel. MI observed 17 adult size life jackets that need to be replaced.
CODE 705: Restricted to carrying a total of 17 passengers that would require an adult size life jacket.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 184.710
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit that meets the requirements in 46 CFR 199.175(b)(10) or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. MI observed that aspirin, burn cream, and ammonia inhalants were expired. Replace listed items.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 185.510 (a)
The master and crew of a vessel will have mounted at the operating station emergency instructions containing the actions to be taken in the event of fire, heavy weather, or man overboard conditions. MI observed that emergency
instructions were not mounted. Mount emergency instructions.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
47 CFR 80.159 (e) (1)
Radio operator must hold a marine radio operator permit or higher class license. Master of vessel during did not have a radio operator permit on board. Provide copy of marine radio operator permit.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Doc evidence for personnel on passenger ships
Issued 5 September 2024
Resolved
46 CFR 16.500 (b)
By March 15 of the year following the collection of the data in paragraph (a) of this section, marine employers must submit the data on the form titled U.S. Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form. A consortium or other employer representative may submit data for a marine employer. Reports may contain data for more than one marine employer. Each report, however, must list the marine employers included in the report. MIS report was not available. Provide report.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 17 August 2023
Resolved
All parts of interior hull will be available for inspection.
Water leaks were observed in hull plank seams below the water line in 02 areas. Area 1 starboard side amidships in the storage area below the pilothouse. Area 2 port side engine room, outboard side shell.
Submit repair proposal to the Coast Guard prior to repairs.
46 CFR 176.802
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 17 August 2023
Resolved
Each collision bulkhead must not be fitted with any type of fitting or opening that cannot be made water tight.
Rotten/holed wood in the collision bulkhead upper portion, centerline.
Submit a repair plan to the Coast Guard prior to repairs being made.
46 CFR 176.700
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 17 August 2023
Resolved
Each life ring with a floating water light must have a lanyard 3' to 6' in length and secured around the body of the ring.
The water light lanyard was dry rotted and not fit for service.
46 CFR 46 CFR 180.70
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 17 August 2023
Resolved
Life jackets must be carried for each person onboard.
05 life jackets were faded with damaged retro reflective tape.
Life jackets were removed from the vessel and replaced with spares.
46 CFR 180.71
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 17 August 2023
Resolved
Vessels on limited coastwise routes must carry 6 day and 6 night distress signals.
04 of the 12 signals were past their expiration. The expired signals were removed and replaced with spares.
46 CFR 180.68
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Man Overboard Drill (MOB)
Issued 17 August 2023
Resolved
Inspector may require a man overboard drill be run under simulated emergency conditions.
The man overboard could only be recovered on the starboard side because the rail on the port side was bolted shut. Replace bolt with a quick release. A safety lanyard must be attached to the crew member going onto the rescue platform to recover the MOB.
46 CFR 185.520
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors
Issued 12 July 2022
Resolved
Each vessel must meet the applicability requirements of Subchapter S of this Chapter. Penetrations and openings in watertight bulkheads in a vessel less than 100 gross tons must have the means to make them watertight.
Inspector found the lazarette and forepeak scuttle hatch inoperable.
46 CFR 177.13-1
46 CFR 171.114 (a)(2)
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Scuppers, inlets and discharges
Issued 25 September 2020
Resolved
If a vessel operates only on protected or partially protected waters, it must have at least 100 percent of the freeing port area derived from Table 171.150. All of the vessel's freeing ports on the port and starboard side have hinged closures that are seized closed, no longer allowing for 100 percent freeing port area.
46 CFR 171.150(b)(1)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 25 September 2020
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved under approval series 160.041 or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. The on board first aid kit contained all expired contents for those contents that have expiration.
46 CFR 184.710
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 September 2020
Resolved
At least one ring life buoy must be fitted with a lifeline. The lifeline on the ring buoy was worn and no longer serviceable.
46 CFR 180.70(c)
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Identified in the third and fourth plank forward that was still installed on the vessel had the same wood bore holes through out length of vessel. Estimated depth of holes is ½” – 1-1/2” deep. Planks will have to be removed for replacement and further inspection of next plank. Provide plan proposal for repair.
Port side bottom shell next to keel area that is approximately 18” x 26”, identified (09) holes with depths ranging from ¼” – 1/ ¼” in depth. Remove planks for further inspection and provide plan proposal for repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Port side bottom shell 8’ from back of keel in vicinity of seachest has area 12” x 12” with (06) wood bore holes, (01) hole is 1” in depth and the other are approximately ¼” to ½” in depth. Remove planks for further inspection and provide plan proposal for repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Port side stern outside plank is split and decayed. Provide plan proposal for repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Starboard side next to keel approximately 1’ from back of keel with an area 28” going aft to forward and 24” going towards outer shell has approximately (50) wood bore holes. At least half of those holes are 1-1/4” in depth and one hole goes all the way through. Remove planks for further inspection and provide plan proposal for repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Beams, frames, floors-corrosion
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Identified the aft steering hatch has large area of decay around the back edge. Provide plan proposal for repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Identified decay looking up at main deck in starboard aft corner from below. It appears to be an area that is approximately 18” long running from very aft corner forward and inboard approximately 3”. Provide plan proposal for repair.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Beams, frames, floors-corrosion
Issued 14 August 2020
Resolved
Starboard side internal steering compartment, identified numerous mounting bolts with wasted nuts on for the sideshell planking. Replaced nuts.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 27 September 2019
Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be suitable for propulsion requirements. Identify and correct issue causing loss of propulsion to the satisfaction of an attending marine inspector. 46CFR182.200(a)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 1 August 2019
Resolved
An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel.
Three Unsatisfactory Life-jackets destroyed. Passenger count reduced to thirty-one (31) until satisfactory life-jackets are available for full passenger count. 46 CFR 180.71 (a)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rescue boats
Issued 1 August 2019
Resolved
A vessel of not more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length is not required to carry a rescue boat unless the cognizant OCMI determines that the vessel is designed, arranged, or involved in operations so that the vessel itself cannot serve as an adequate rescue craft.
A rescue boat may be substituted with a rescue platform. Provide vessel with adequate rescue platform and conduct MOB in presence of a marine inspector. 46 CFR 180.210 (b) (2)
Communications › Radio Communications › VHF Radiotelephone
Issued 19 May 2016
Resolved
Program MMSI into DSC capable radio and test per MSIB Jan 2016.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Testing, Random
Issued 19 May 2016
Resolved
Provide proof of proper random testing pool per DAPI program Audit (25% annually)
Casualty record · 2
21 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6840227
13 June 2023Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7719859
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.