BIO LAB

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1940s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

BIO LAB is a 1947 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2016, most recently in April 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2012 and 2015.

Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 15 April 2026.

Built: 1947
Last inspected: 15 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2012–2015

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 15 April 2026

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations12

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 2 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

253741

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WYN4822

42370

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-42370

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)37.3 ft × 11.9 ft × 5.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 19 / net 16

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderVERMILION ENGINEERING CO · VERMILION, OH, UNITED STATES · built 1947

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPUT IN BAY, OH

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 29 July 2026 · expires 31 July 2027

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 it19 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
16 - 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 · 13

15 April 2026 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8349861

16 July 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8187463

7 November 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8034114

1 November 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7824693

21 October 2022 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7581576

3 November 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7377046

22 October 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7082483

14 November 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6856203

4 March 2019 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6635966

2 November 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6574708

29 November 2017 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6314612

1 November 2017 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6298237

25 October 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6030946

Deficiency record · 2

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Bottom Plating

Issued 28 February 2018 Resolved

Conduct ultrasonic (UT) gauging of vessels hull to determine the extent of pitting found during hull exam. Conduct a minimum of 03 belts, 1 forward, 1 amidships, and 1 aft. Make repairs as required based on the gauging report.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 February 2019
Resolved 23 May 2019
Resolution: Entire hull plate has been renewed.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 28 February 2018 Resolved

Make permanent repairs to all wasted sections of rub rail and wasted sideshell plating in way of rubrail.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 February 2019
Resolved 23 May 2019
Resolution: Hull plate has been renewed.

Casualty record · 2

18 June 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4355945

2 June 2015Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 5142043

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.