PUT-IN-BAY

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

PUT-IN-BAY is a 1997 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 2016, most recently in April 2026, along with 11 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2008 and 2016.

Records from 2008 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 28 April 2026.

Built: 1997
Last inspected: 28 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 24
Deficiencies: 11 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 2 investigations · 2008–2016
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

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 28 April 2026

Recorded inspections24

…physical examinations21

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 11 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

1053037

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WCX 4126

455819

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-455819

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)131.4 ft × 38.0 ft × 8.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 97 / net 66

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)131.4 ft × 38.0 ft × 8.8 ft

ITC tonnagegross 432 / net 186

BuilderBAY SHIPBUILDING CO · STURGEON BAY, WI, UNITED STATES · built 1997

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portPUT IN BAY, OH

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 10 February 2026 · expires 31 March 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 it97 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
432 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
66 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
186 - Convention (Subpart B), 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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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.

SOUTH BASS Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 317758 · 21 November 2016 · activity 6045404

Inspection history · 24

28 April 2026 Vessel Attendance · Administrative Inspection · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8356395

17 November 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8269818

24 April 2025 In-Service Inspection · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8116221

27 December 2024 In-Service Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Deadweight Survey

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8051199

27 August 2024 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7990511

1 May 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7905393

1 November 2023 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7819482

26 April 2023 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7676080

8 September 2022 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7554388

20 April 2022 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7435922

31 August 2021 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7302110

28 April 2021 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7184771

29 April 2020 MTSA Verification · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6944333

1 November 2019 COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6846921

14 May 2019 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6683935

23 April 2019 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6670279

10 May 2018 MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6410683

5 July 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6197738

19 May 2017 DAPI Audit · MTSA Verification · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6150053

22 November 2016 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6045901

21 November 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6045404

2 November 2016 MTSA Verification

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6033762

18 October 2016 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6029345

26 April 2016 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Toledo · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5862619

Deficiency record · 11

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

Each vessel that operates on the high seas, or that operates beyond three miles from the coastline of the Great Lakes, must have on board an FCC Type Accepted Category 1, 406 MHz EPIRB, installed to automatically float free and activate. Vessel's EPIRB battery was found to be out of date. Vessel cannot operate beyond 3 miles from coastline of Great Lakes. 46 CFR 117.64

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 15 May 2026
Resolution: New cert and battery

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Warning notices

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

All escape hatches and other emergency exits used as means of escape must be marked on both sides in clearly legible letters at least 50 millimeters (2 inches) high: “EMERGENCY EXIT, KEEP CLEAR”, unless such markings are deemed unnecessary by the cognizant [name withheld] exit from engineroom side was not marked. 46 CFR 122.606

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 May 2026
Resolved 15 May 2026
Resolution: Exit market

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 28 April 2026 Resolved

The minimum number of portable fire extinguishers required on a vessel must be acceptable to the cognizant OCMI, but must be not less than the minimum number required by table 1 to § 118.500(b) and other provisions of this section. Machinery space: Minimum required rating 40-B:C, quantity and location 1 in the vicinity of the exit. Vessel did not have portable fire extinguisher in the the vicinity of the exit of the engine room. 46 CFR 118.500(b)

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 28 May 2026
Resolved 15 May 2026
Resolution: F/E placed at entrance

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 28 April 2021 Resolved

Floating water light found to be inoperable.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 28 April 2021
Resolved 28 April 2021
Resolution: Waterlight replaced on the spot.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 28 April 2021 Resolved

Fire nozzle found unserviceable due to cracked handle.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 28 April 2021
Resolved 28 April 2021
Resolution: Fire nozzle replaced on the spot.

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

Issued 28 April 2021 Resolved

Fuel leak found on STBD MDE fuel return line.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 28 April 2021
Resolved 28 April 2021
Resolution: Fuel line replaced with approved hose/fittings.

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

Issued 28 April 2021 Resolved

Fire pump pressure gauge found inoperable.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 28 April 2021
Resolved 28 April 2021
Resolution: New gauge installed and found satisfactory.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Life Saving Appliances

Issued 29 April 2020 Resolved

9 Life floats retro-reflective tape is worn and shall be replaced with the proper SOLAS Retro-reflective as required by the regulations. Vessel owner shall replace the Worn Retro-reflective tape within 14 days.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 13 May 2020
Resolved 11 May 2020
Resolution: Vessel Rep. sent photos of the Life Floats with new Retro-Reflective tape. All Sat

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

Issued 23 April 2019 Resolved

Engine room electrical installation between Main engines needs a non-conductive mat on the deck in front of the electrical installation.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 7 May 2019
Resolved 25 April 2019
Resolution: Miller Boat company put a non-conductive mate in front of the electrical installation between the engines.

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

Issued 23 April 2019 Resolved

Water tight door at the entry to the Engine room does not seal properly. Door seal failed a chalk test. door shall be repaired to seal properly when closed and dogged down.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 7 May 2019
Resolved 25 April 2019
Resolution: Watertight door at the entry to the engine room was ajusted and rechalk tested sat.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces

Issued 23 April 2019 Resolved

Emergency Fuel shut off pull station not operational. Cable is unable to pull valve handle to the closed position. Vessel repaired cable and is now operational.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 23 April 2019
Resolved 23 April 2019
Resolution: Emergecy Fuel Shut off pull station was fixed and now operating as designed.

Casualty record · 2

28 October 2008Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 3354179

21 November 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6045404

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.