TOP HAT is a 1968 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 1985, most recently in January 1990, along with 4 deficiencies.
Records from 1985 to 1990. Most recent: inspection, 25 January 1990.
The 10 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 36 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.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it30 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 22 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net 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.
A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.
Inspection history · 10
25 January 1990Administrative
Administrative · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1226207
7 July 1989Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 889202
16 August 1988COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1346336
25 November 1987Hull Examination
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1027410
8 October 1987Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1321233
22 September 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1010355
24 August 1987Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1031518
20 August 1986Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1295866
4 March 1986Credit Drydock
Administrative · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1295093
21 August 1985COI Inspection
Physical examination · MSO LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 1293571
REPAIR AND DEMONSTRATE PROPER OPERATION OF LOWER STEERING STATION STEERING PUMP PRIOR TO NAVIGATION FROM THIS POSITION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 October 1987
Resolved 8 October 1987
Engineering
Issued 24 August 1987Resolved
REMOVE OR DISABLE AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMP SWITCH FOR ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR MODIFIY IT TO BE A BILGE ALARM.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 August 1987
Resolved 24 August 1987
Navigation
Issued 24 August 1987Resolved
REPAIR AND DEMONSTRATE PROPER OPERATION OF LOWER STEERING STATION STEERING PUMP PRIOR TO NAVIGATION FROM THIS POSITION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 August 1987
Resolved 24 August 1987
Navigation
Issued 24 August 1987Resolved
RELOCATE FORWARD RADIO ANTENNAES PORT AND STARBOARD TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTION OF RUNNING LIGHTS PORT AND STBD.
Condition: Unknown
Due 24 August 1987
Resolved 24 August 1987
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.
