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DOLPHIN QUEST
- Built
- 2002
- Last inspected
- 21 November 2025
- Documentation
- No record in the NVDC file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 27 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
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
21 November 2025
Deficiencies
27 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
9 calendar years (2016–2025)
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
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Simplified, Gross Ton
4 - Simplified, Net Ton
4 - Simplified, Net 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.
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Behind this panel: 16 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 27 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; operational controls, none recorded without a removal date; no tow-unit appearances recorded; no other recorded names; no NVDC documentation record for this Official Number. Every line is a record the Coast Guard wrote; the counts above are the same counts as in the summary, and they are free.
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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 · 16
21 November 2025
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8262294
4 February 2025
Hull Examination · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8060508
5 November 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8020435
1 November 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7799888
8 March 2023
Simplified Stability Test
Physical examination · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 7654582
16 February 2023
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7637833
27 January 2023
Hull Examination · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7619866
25 October 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7562637
19 October 2021
Deficiency Check · COI Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7312018
15 March 2021
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7154936
6 January 2021
Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7120312
6 April 2020
DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6933185
9 July 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6742944
22 January 2019
COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6613120
4 December 2017
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6314906
31 October 2016
Hull Examination · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6030600
Deficiency record · 27
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 16 February 2023
Resolved
The OCMI may require an inspection and testing whenever a repair or alteration is undertaken.
Vessel completed an engine re-power which requires a PSST. Passenger count reduced from 24 to 17, total persons count reduced from 26 to 19.
46CFR176.700(d)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 27 January 2023
Resolved
The owner or managing operator shall notify the cognizant OCMI of repairs or alterations affecting the safety of the vessel. MI found engines replaced without authorization from the C.G. Notify MSC and comply with their requirements regarding the stability letter. Approval from MSC will be required prior to closing deficiency.
46 CFR 177.665(a)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 25 October 2022
Resolved
At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification, the owner or managing operator must have the vessel ready for inspection its fire protection equipment, including each portable fire extinguisher.
MI found the 40-B-C portable fire extinguisher corroded and not sufficiency charged.
46 CFR 176.810(a)(1)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 October 2022
Resolved
A vessel must carry one floating waterlight approved in accordance with 46 CFR 161.010 in subchapter Q of this chapter.
MI found the floating waterlight extinguished and battery expired.
46 CFR 180.70(d)(1)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
A vessel on a lakes, bays, and sounds, or rivers route must carry: three hand red flare distress signals and three hand orange smoke distress signals.
MI observe vessel missing 02 distress signals.
46 CFR 180.68(b)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved under approval series 160.041 or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions.
MI observed vessel did not have an approved first aid kit onboard.
46 CFR 184.710
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel.
MI observed 12 serviceable adult life jackets. Vessel restricted to 12 adult persons until unserviceable life jackets are replaced.
46 CFR 180.71(a)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
Each ring life buoy on a vessel must:
(1) Be approved in accordance with §160.050 in subchapter Q.
MI observed the plug on the ring life buoy is missing, exposing the inner core of the ring buoy.
46 CFR 180.70(b)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
Each portable fire extinguisher on a vessel must be of an approved type. The minimum number of portable fire extinguishers required on a vessel must be acceptable to the cognizant Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, but must not be fewer than the minimum number required by Table 181.500(b).
MI observed the fire extinguisher at the operation station is a 5-B:C and the fire extinguisher near the engines is a 20-B:C.
46 CFR 181.500 (a)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
A vessel not required to have a power driven fire pump by § 181.300 must have at least three 9.5 liter (2 1/2 gallon) buckets, with an attached lanyard satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI, placed so as to be easily available during an emergency. The words “FIRE BUCKET” must be stenciled in a contrasting color on each bucket.
Vessel did not have fire buckets onboard.
46 CFR 181.610
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
Remote fuel shutoff stations must be marked in clearly legible letters at least 25 millimeters (1 inch) high indicating purpose of the valve and direction of operation.
MI observed the fuel shutoff not labeled.
46 CFR 185.608
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
In systems and applications where flexible hoses are permitted to be clamped:
(1) Double hose clamping is required where practicable;
(2) The clamps must be of a corrosion resistant metallic material;
(3) The clamps must not depend on spring tension for their holding power; and
(4) Two clamps must be used on each end of the hose, or one hose clamp can be used if the pipe ends are expanded or beaded to provide a positive stop against hose slippage.
MI observed fuel hoses to the engines do not have double hose clamps.
46 CFR 182.410
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 19 October 2021
Resolved
Each vessel must be equipped with at least two operable portable battery lights. One of these lights must be located at the operating station and the other at the access to the propulsion machinery space.
Master did not have portable lights onboard.
46 CFR 183.430.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 March 2021
Resolved
Provide 01 additional fire bucket. Vessel currently has 02 onboard.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 15 March 2021
Resolved
Provide 02 additional flares. Vessel currently maintains 04 for their Lakes, Bays, and Sounds route.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 15 March 2021
Resolved
Provide proof of fire extinguisher servicing report. Fire extinguishers show high levels of corrosion and are expired.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of Fire protection systems
Issued 15 March 2021
Resolved
Vessel must install a flame screen of a single screen of corrosion resistant wire of at least 30x30 mesh. Vessel currently has none installed.
Fire Fighting › Portable Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher › Service
Issued 4 December 2017
Resolved
Service the A1 FFE near operating station.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Quantity
Issued 4 December 2017
Resolved
Provide 2 Life Jackets
Engineering › Bilge Water Management System › Not Operational
Issued 4 December 2017
Resolved
Renew the portable bildge pump.
Construction/Loadline › Penetrations › Bottom Plug
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Replace pontoon plugs with new gasket materail.
Construction/Loadline › Hull › Collision Chock
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Weld fenderign system up forward due to cracked weld.
Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Approval
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Fire extinguisher bracket needs approved bracket and not PVC pipe.
Fire Fighting › Fire Bucket › Stenciling
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Fire buckets need to be replaced.
Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Buoyant Lifeline
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Life ring line needs replacing.
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Tank
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Fuel tank needs bonding wire renewed.
Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Tank
Issued 31 October 2016
Resolved
Fuel lines need to be organized and too long resulting in chafing.
Ownership record
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