LADY CLARE

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1940s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

LADY CLARE is a 1948 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2026, along with 6 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2012.

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

Built: 1948
Last inspected: 15 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2012
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 June 2026

Recorded inspections7

…physical examinations6

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 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

255436

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WDP5320

42439

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-42439

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)45.1 ft × 12.0 ft × 5.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 16

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderFRANK WINCHENBAUGH · FRIENDSHIP, ME, UNITED STATES · built 1948

Hull materialWood

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portSOUTHWEST HARBOR, ME

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 3 March 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it20 - Simplified, Gross Ton
16 - 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.

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 · 7

15 June 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8372874

24 November 2025 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8273106

16 February 2022 COI Inspection · Plan Review "T" Boat · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7397182

6 January 2022 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7376574

5 June 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6434609

20 June 2017 Hull Examination · Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6189852

20 April 2016 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Belfast · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5857841

Deficiency record · 6

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 16 February 2022 Resolved

Completion of COI prior to carry passengers.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 May 2025

99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)

Issued 16 February 2022 Resolved

Complete SST (CG 4006) prior to carry passengers, after repairs.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 May 2025

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 16 February 2022 Resolved

Complete hull repairs to include hull planks, cabin top , stem and gunwale degraded wood structures.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 6 August 2024
Resolution: Repairs discussed are completed.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 13 November 2018 Resolved

There are 04 work list items from the 2017 hull exam. Items are: cockpit seatbacks, stbd pilothouse window, electrical wiring need supporting in E/R, & fuel hoses to SAE J1942. These items are added as 1 def to be completed prior to COI exam.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 24 November 2025
Resolution: Completed

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)

Issued 13 July 2018 Resolved

Vsl has a Protected Stability Letter, vsl to conduct a new SST for Partially Protected Route prior to next operating season.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 24 November 2025
Resolution: Completed

Construction/Loadline › Structures › Transverse Bulkhead

Issued 7 August 2017 Resolved

Vsl to repair the collison bulkhead and make watertight.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 24 November 2025
Resolution: Completed

Casualty record · 1

7 July 2012Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4410449

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.

Recorded names · 1

SCHOODIC (2012). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.