BIG RAY II

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BIG RAY II is a 1996 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2024.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 12 May 2026.

Built: 1996
Last inspected: 12 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2024
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

1042362

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WDD8587

440143

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-440143

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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections12

…physical examinations11

…with no type recorded1

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. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)57.0 ft × 19.0 ft × 7.2 ft

Registered tonnagegross 52 / net 41

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderNEUVILLE BOAT WORKS INC · NEW IBERIA LA, UNITED STATES · built 1996

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 28 April 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it52 - Simplified, Gross Ton
41 - 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

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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

CHARLES Freight Ship · MISLE 1168507 · 24 September 2024 · activity 8013858

Inspection history · 12

12 May 2026 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8371483

16 June 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8133153

24 September 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8013858

14 June 2024 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7915969

15 June 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7689524

6 June 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7459146

18 March 2021 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7158346

15 July 2020 Annual Inspection · MTSA Verification · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6998716

12 July 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6747267

31 July 2018 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6488707

6 July 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6197853

20 June 2016 Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5908453

Deficiency record · 5

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Doors

Issued 6 June 2022 Resolved

A hatch exposed to the weather must be watertight, except that the following hatches may be weathertight: A hatch on a vessel that operates only on protected waters. Vessel’s cabin doors and engine room hatch gaskets were missing sections and were in dry rotted. Vessel rep replaced all gaskets with new. 46CFR179.630

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 June 2022

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

Issued 6 June 2022 Resolved

At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification of a vessel, the owner or managing operator shall be prepared to conduct tests and have the vessel ready for inspections of the hull structure and its appurtenances. Vessel has a crack weld in the forward most void, STBD side forward. Vessel rep had welder repair the cracked weld. 46CFR176.802 (a)

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 June 2022

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

Issued 6 June 2022 Resolved

Each ring life buoy with a floating waterlight must have a lanyard of at least 910 millimeters (3 feet) in length, but not more than 1,830 millimeters (6 feet), securing the waterlight around the body of the ring life buoy. The landyard was partial cut and frayed. Vessel rep replaced with new lanyard. 46CFR180.70 (d)(2)

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 June 2022

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Guards for Exposed Hazards

Issued 6 July 2017 Resolved

Owner/operator shall install guards over rotating machinery in engine room on all 3 engines. Exposed belts and wheels.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Vessel operator installed appropriate guards.

Fire Fighting › Miscellaneous Items › Insulation (Penetration of Oil/Oil Vapors)

Issued 6 July 2017 Resolved

Owner/operator shall install (firestop) noncombustible material in bulkhead penetrations of engine room.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 July 2017
Resolved 10 July 2017
Resolution: Vessel used "Great Stuff Fireblock" to fill in penetrations in deck between engine room and deck at operating station.

Casualty record · 1

24 September 2024Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 8013858

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.