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HESTER

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Other hulls named HESTER

HESTER is a 1978 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 1995, most recently in September 2007, along with 19 deficiencies — 4 with no resolution recorded —.

Records from 1995 to 2007. Most recent: inspection, 25 September 2007.

Built: 1978
Last inspected: 25 September 2007
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 19 recorded · 4 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 2 other vessels

Identity

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WCW8396

443615

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UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-443615

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations12

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded3

…past their stated due date4

Years with a record 13 calendar years (1995–2007)

The 17 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 19 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1977.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
4 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

Inspected as a tow unit · 2

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.

SOPHY Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 228774 · 15 August 2002 · activity 1661855 DISPATCH Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 239842 · 15 August 2002 · activity 1661855

Inspection history · 17

25 September 2007 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 3065733

17 May 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2651371

3 August 2005 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2449806

28 June 2004 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 2113343

17 June 2003 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1819534

15 August 2002 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1661855

12 July 2002 COI Inspection · Hull Examination · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1645054

25 July 2001 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1413980

27 July 2000 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1466704

25 May 2000 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1449320

21 July 1999 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1101037

18 May 1998 Hull Examination · Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 792145

16 July 1997 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1115096

21 August 1996 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1086733

16 July 1996 Initial Certification

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1084277

7 May 1996 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1089975

21 April 1995 Plan Review "T" Boat

Administrative · MSO BOSTON · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1085671

Deficiency record · 19

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Marking

Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved

Provide lifejacket donning placard.

Due 10 August 2005
Resolved 10 August 2005
Resolution: Donning placard installed sat.

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Storage

Issued 3 August 2005 Resolved

Separate child and adult lifejackets.

Due 10 August 2005
Resolved 10 August 2005
Resolution: Life jackets seperated.

Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Service

Issued 3 August 2005 No resolution recorded

service all portable and fixed fire extinquishers.

Due 10 August 2005 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Resolution: Portables serviced.

Fire Fighting › Portable CO2 Fire Extinguisher › Service

Issued 28 June 2004 No resolution recorded

PROVE SERVICING OF PORTABLE EXTINGUISHERS.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 July 2004 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Resolution: SERVICING COMPLETE

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System › Valve

Issued 28 June 2004 No resolution recorded

PROPERLY LABEL FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 July 2004 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Resolution: LABELING COMPLETE

Fire Fighting › Fixed Gas Fire Extinguishing System

Issued 17 June 2003 Resolved

Install automatic activation capability (with indicator) for fixed gas fire extinguishing system. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Operating Controls

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 July 2003
Resolved 8 October 2003
Resolution: Received photo evidcence of required installation.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys

Issued 12 July 2002 No resolution recorded

Install separate halyard (min 3') with corrosion resistant clip on waterlight. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Self-igniting Lights

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 July 2002 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Resolution: Examined and found satisfactory.

Engineering › Fuel Oil Service System

Issued 12 July 2002 Resolved

Install and label fuel cutout valve on fuel supply line, outside of engine space. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Valve

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 July 2002
Resolved 26 July 2002
Resolution: Examined and found satisfactory new fuel shut of valve and marking.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys

Issued 12 July 2002 Resolved

Replace or repair lens on waterlight. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Self-igniting Lights

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 July 2002
Resolved 26 July 2002
Resolution: Examined and foud satisfactory new water light.

Documentation

Issued 25 July 2001 Resolved

Properly post the registration numbers on the starbpard side of the hull and registration sticker.

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 August 2001
Resolved 25 July 2001

Engineering

Issued 25 July 2001 Resolved

Properly repair the fuel leak at the fuel filter

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 August 2001
Resolved 25 July 2001

Fire Fighting

Issued 25 July 2001 Resolved

Properly service the fixed firefighting system.

Condition: Unknown
Due 3 August 2001
Resolved 25 July 2001

Navigation

Issued 27 July 2000 Resolved

Prove proper operation of running lights.

Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 2000
Resolved 27 July 2000

Lifesaving

Issued 27 July 2000 Resolved

Prove proper operation of ring buoy waterlight.

Condition: Unknown
Due 27 July 2000
Resolved 27 July 2000

Fire Fighting

Issued 21 July 1999 Resolved

REMOTE PULL CABLE NOT PROVIDED FOR FIXED GAS FIRE SYSTEM. INSTALL AND PROVE PROPER OPERATION OF REMOTE PULL CABLE_x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 5 August 1999
Resolved 12 October 1999

Navigation

Issued 16 July 1996 Resolved

PROVIDE CHART FOR AREA OF OPERATION.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1996
Resolved 16 July 1996

Lifesaving

Issued 16 July 1996 Resolved

PROVIDE FIRST AID KIT.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1996
Resolved 16 July 1996

Documentation

Issued 16 July 1996 Resolved

PROVIDE POLLUTION PLACARD FOR COMPLIANCE WITH MARPOL I.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1996
Resolved 16 July 1996

Documentation

Issued 16 July 1996 Resolved

PROVIDE COPY OF VALID FCC STATION LICENSE.

Condition: Unknown
Due 16 July 1996
Resolved 16 July 1996

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.