SUM FUN

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

SUM FUN is a 1960 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in January 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2005.

Records from 2005 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 14 January 2026.

Built: 1960
Last inspected: 14 January 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2005

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 14 January 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations16

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

281982

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WCX6853

43894

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-43894

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)57.4 ft × 20.0 ft × 5.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 38 / net 26

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderGEORGE W SUTTON · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1960

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portDANA POINT, CA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery

DocumentationValid · issued 29 January 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it38 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
26 - 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 · 16

14 January 2026 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8246100

14 April 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8071275

16 May 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7868298

10 January 2024 Hull Examination · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7739915

24 May 2023 Annual Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7654403

14 April 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7430702

13 January 2022 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7379571

15 April 2021 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7162392

22 June 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6984239

30 January 2020 Deficiency Check · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6816222

29 April 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6636673

19 April 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6367616

10 January 2018 Hull Examination · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6265800

27 April 2017 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6097781

11 May 2016 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5824995

13 January 2016 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5795150

Deficiency record · 2

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 24 May 2023 Resolved

At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification, the owner or managing operator shall be prepared to test the steering systems of the vessel and make them available for inspection to the extent necessary to determine that they are in suitable condition and fit for the service intended. During an operational test of the steering system, the Marine Inspector witnessed excessive water entering the lazarette through the starboard rudder post with the rudder set hard to starboard.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 23 June 2023
Resolved 12 June 2023
Resolution: Repairs were completed on starboard rudder post packing and MI witnessed satisfactory sea trial.

08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (alarms)

Issued 24 May 2023 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 in each of the following normally unmanned spaces: A machinery space bilge, bilge well, shaft alley bilge, or other spaces subject to flooding from sea water piping within the space. The bilge high level alarm for the bait tank space was found to be faulty.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 24 May 2023
Resolution: Crewmembers changed damaged wire connecting the bilge alarm to the wheelhouse panel.

Casualty record · 1

2 March 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 2323299

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.