HIAWATHA

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1950s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

HIAWATHA is a 1959 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 2016, most recently in December 2025, along with 8 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2019.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 6 December 2025.

Built: 1959
Last inspected: 6 December 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2019

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 6 December 2025

Recorded inspections19

…physical examinations14

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

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. 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

279049

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WV2978

43713

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-43713

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)60.8 ft × 23.3 ft × 7.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 90 / net 76

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBLOUNT MARINE CORP · WARREN, RI, UNITED STATES · built 1959

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSAULT STE MARIE, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 23 March 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it90 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
76 - 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 · 19

6 December 2025 Excursion Permit · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8316405

16 October 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8241222

16 October 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8021242

24 October 2023 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7813636

3 August 2023 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7763284

11 May 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7686218

17 October 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7578963

12 September 2022 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7557240

23 May 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7457047

27 October 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7340215

26 May 2021 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7207967

19 October 2020 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7075849

21 October 2019 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6839086

10 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6809578

16 October 2018 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6562619

22 November 2017 Hull Examination · Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6312059

13 October 2017 Annual Inspection · Drydock Extension

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6286816

8 February 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6085039

17 October 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6015006

Deficiency record · 8

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Openings to cargo area, doors, ... scuttles

Issued 27 October 2021 Resolved

Freeing port covers are sticking due to excessive coatings. Remove coatings and ensure covers can freely open and close.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 November 2021
Resolved 6 July 2022

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes

Issued 27 October 2021 Resolved

Found vessel's main fire pump to not be operational. Make operational to the satisfaction of the attending Marine Inspector.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 29 November 2021
Resolved 6 July 2022

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 19 October 2020 Resolved

Remove extension cord from overhead bridge console. Cord is affixed with permanent attachments and is no longer temporary.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 November 2020
Resolved 12 November 2020
Resolution: Corrected.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 19 October 2020 Resolved

MDE oil filters are leaking. Repair/replace fitting to make filters not leak.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 November 2020
Resolved 26 May 2021
Resolution: Corrected.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Manholes/flush scuttles

Issued 19 October 2020 Resolved

Deck hatches need gasket replaced.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 November 2020
Resolved 12 November 2020
Resolution: Corrected.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition

Issued 16 October 2018 Resolved

9 adult lifejackets and 1 child life jackets excessively deteriorated, destroyed and removed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 16 October 2018
Resolved 16 October 2018
Resolution: Owner removed the lifejackets from the vessel. With the condemned lifejackets removed from the vessel, there were still enough serviceable life jackets onboard to comply with the COI.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Switch

Issued 17 October 2016 Resolved

Provide means of disconnection for positive conductors on main battery to satisfaction of the attending marine inspector, before operating in 2017.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 April 2017
Resolved 16 October 2017
Resolution: Confirmed compliance at annual inspection last month but neglected to clear during casework. Clearing now for admin purposes.

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Condition

Issued 17 October 2016 Resolved

Condemned and destroyed 4 deteriorated child size PFD, replaced with new during inspection.

Due 17 October 2016
Resolved 17 October 2016

Casualty record · 1

10 September 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 6809578

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.