SIGHTSEER

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

SIGHTSEER is a 1960 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2025, along with 11 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2005 and 2008.

Records from 2005 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 May 2025.

Built: 1960
Last inspected: 21 May 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 11 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2005–2008

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 May 2025

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations12

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 11 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

282387

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WDN 9993

43911

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-43911

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)62.0 ft × 22.0 ft × 7.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 64 / net 44

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSHERMAN BOAT WORKS CO. · LONG BEACH, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1960

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSEATTLE, WA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 February 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 it64 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
44 - 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

21 May 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8141883

1 May 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8038878

20 June 2023 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7719550

8 November 2022 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7592344

20 September 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7562898

3 November 2021 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7344950

10 February 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7134173

17 November 2020 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7095879

13 November 2019 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6851757

13 November 2018 DAPI Audit · Internal Structural Exam · In-Service Inspection · Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6578073

10 October 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6284552

20 January 2017 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6070522

15 November 2016 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6035662

Deficiency record · 11

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

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

Each lifeline on a ring buoy must be buoyant, at least 60 feet in length, non-kinking, & diameter = 5/16". Lifeline is < 60 feet.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 June 2025
Resolved 29 May 2025
Resolution: Received confirmation of lifeline replacement with compliant line.

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

Issued 21 May 2025 Resolved

Each ring life buoy must be marked with Type II retroreflective material approved IAW 46CFR164.018 or other approved standard. White ring buoys are missing retroreflective tape.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 4 June 2025
Resolved 29 May 2025
Resolution: Received confirmation of retro adequately applied to the white ring buoys. Alternate arrangement of retro accepted on vessel name side of ring buoy, allowing 5 strips around face without modification of vessel name stencilling or covering.

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

Issued 20 June 2023 Resolved

46 CFR 183.340 Cable and wiring requirements. Each connection to a conductor or terminal part of a conductor must be made within an enclosure. Exposed connections/dead-end cables within engine room; add junction boxes/rewire as necessary to meet requirements.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 30 July 2023
Resolved 15 July 2023
Resolution: Provided photographic evidence of corrected condtion.

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Structural features (ship)

Issued 20 June 2023 Resolved

46 CFR 177.405 (a) Fire Protection; General arrangement and outfitting. Fire hazards to be minimized: The general construction of the vessel must be such as to minimize fire hazards insofar as it is reasonable and practicable. Installing new vinyl floor-covering- replacement not in kind. Provide MSDS from manufacturer; verify safe for passengers in case of fire/does not produce toxic fumes harmful to people on board.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 23 June 2023
Resolved 15 July 2023
Resolution: Provided requested documentation for flooring material.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings

Issued 8 November 2022 Resolved

Materials used in the piping systems must meet the requirements of this subpart and be otherwise acceptable to the cognizant [name withheld] discovered soft patch on overboard deck drain pipe in starboard void midship.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 8 November 2022
Resolved 23 January 2023
Resolution: Recieved photo of proper repair.

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

Issued 10 February 2021 Resolved

Child size life preservers not stored in seperate location IAW 46 CFR 117.78 (a)(5)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 24 February 2021
Resolved 10 February 2021
Resolution: Divider added to PFD storage.

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