← All vessels
TELSTAR
TELSTAR is a 1969 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 24 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 33 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 3 casualty investigations between 2017 and 2021.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 23 September 2025.
- Built
- 1969
- Last inspected
- 23 September 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 33 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 3 investigations · 2017–2021
Everything above is free. The detail below — the inspection history, the deficiency record, the operational controls, the casualty record and the documentation record — is Professional, $39 a month. Sign in.
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
23 September 2025
…with no type recorded5
Deficiencies
33 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
521523
WDL5252
46316
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-46316
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)47.0 ft × 16.2 ft × 7.3 ft
Registered tonnagegross 37 / net 29
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTHERMODYNE INC · MARYSVILLE, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1969
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portFORT BRAGG, CA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 22 April 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it37 - Simplified, Gross Ton
29 - Simplified, Net Ton
29 - 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.
Professional
Detail on this page
24 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 33 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; 1 operational control with the dates imposed and removed; 3 casualty investigations, with date and classification; the documentation record: dimensions, tonnage, builder, hailing port, endorsements, dates. The counts in the summary above are the same counts, and they are free.
$39 a month or $299 a year, every vessel page, cancel any time. Founding rate $19.99 a month for life, for the first 200 subscribers. Plans Sign in
Maury does not score, rate or grade vessels, at any price.
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.
This report is in development and is not for sale yet. There is no date, and nothing is charged. Leave an email and we will tell you when it exists, once.
Used only to tell you when the report exists. Not shared, not sold, and not added to a mailing list.
Inspection history · 24
23 September 2025
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8215882
23 October 2024
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8015677
27 March 2024
Hull Examination · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7889931
23 October 2023
Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7811235
28 December 2022
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7613903
27 October 2022
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7585639
19 October 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7581708
25 April 2022
Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7438811
3 November 2021
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7344742
23 August 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Noyo River · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7294826
23 August 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7300600
30 November 2020
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7103746
25 October 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7083639
24 October 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Noyo River · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7083757
30 September 2020
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7068622
16 June 2020
Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6978531
23 December 2019
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6884174
16 December 2019
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6875590
20 December 2018
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6618659
9 May 2018
Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6442582
13 December 2017
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6326724
4 December 2017
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6318034
22 December 2016
Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6057936
4 May 2016
Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Humboldt Bay · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5869250
Deficiency record · 33
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Division - decks, bulkheads and penetrations
Issued 23 September 2025
Resolved
Machinery and fuel tank spaces must be separated from accommodation spaces by boundaries that prevent the passage of vapors. Operator to repair hole in engine room forward bulkhead to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector.
46 CFR 177.405(c)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 23 September 2025
Resolved
Each life jacket carried on a vessel on oceans, coastwise, or Great Lakes route, must have a life jacket light. Operator to repair 01 non-functioning life jacket lights to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector. Maximum passenger count to be reduced by one (01) until repaired.
46 CFR 180.75(a)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 23 October 2024
Resolved
The discharge ends of fuel tank vent pipes must be fitted with removable flame screens or flame arresters. The flame screens must consist of a single screen of corrosion resistant wire of at least 30 × 30 mesh. The flame screens or flame arresters must be of such size and design as to prevent reduction in the net cross-sectional area of the vent pipe and permit cleaning or renewal of the flame screens or arrester elements. Vessel’s port fuel tank missing flame screen. Operator to replace to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 182.450 (e)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries
Issued 23 October 2024
Resolved
Vessel did not have a log as required by 46 CFR 185.420 - crew training, 46 CFR 185.520 – abandon ship and man overboard drills, 46 CFR 185.524 – firefighting drills, 46 CFR 185.702 – maintenance of survival craft, 46 CFR 185.728 – EPIRB testing. Operator to provide evidence of existing log, or start new log, to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 185.420
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 23 October 2024
Resolved
An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel. In addition, a number of child size life jackets equal to at least 10% of the number of persons permitted on board must be provided. Vessel is missing one adult and two child life-jackets according to count on COI. Vessel is limited to 29 adult and 01 child passengers until replaced to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 180.71
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire alarm
Issued 23 October 2024
Resolved
An interconnected detection and alarm system must be installed such that the actuation of alarm in one area results in both audible and visual alarms in all areas required by 46 CFR 181.405(c) to be protected by the interconnected detection and alarm system. Vessel does not have an interconnected alarm system installed. Vessel’s COI is for an Ocean route, however, vessel is now restricted to a Limited Coastwise Route until interconnected detection and alarm system is installed to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 181.450
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Medical certificate
Issued 18 April 2024
Resolved
Each officer employed on any vessel subject to this subchapter must have his or her license or merchant mariner credential onboard and available for examination at all times when the vessel is operating.
A person may not employ or engage an individual in a position required to hold an MMC unless that individual maintains a current medical certificate.
Vessel operator has expired medical certificate. Vessel to provide documentation of valid/unexpired medical certificate, to the satisfaction of the Marine Inspector, prior to the carriage of passengers.
46 CFR 185.402
46 CFR 15.401 (c)
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Beams, frames, floors-corrosion
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
The construction and arrangement of a vessel must allow the safe operation of the vessel in accordance with the terms of its Certificate of Inspection giving consideration to provisions for a seaworthy hull. Vessel has deck support beam in forepeak area no longer attached. Vessel to repair to satisfaction of the marine inspector. Vessel to repair or replace in accordance with approved plan prior to credit dry dock.
46 CFR 177.100
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
A vessel of at least 7.9 meters (26 feet) in length must be provided with individual bilge lines and bilge suctions for each watertight compartment. Vessel has broken bilge line connection. Vessel to repair to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 182.510(a)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
For the purpose of flexibility only, flexible hose installed in lengths of not more than 30 inches and subject to pressures of not more than 5 psi, may meet the following requirements: Flexible hose designed for use with hose clamps may be installed with two clamps, at both ends of the hose. Vessel has non-metallic pipe not double clamped. Vessle to install two clamps, at both ends of the hose to the satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 182.72 (e)(3)(v)(B)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
A suitable metal marine type strainer, meeting the requirements of the engine manufacturer, must be fitted in the fuel supply line in the engine compartment. Fuel filter and strainer bowls must be highly resistant to shattering due to mechanical impact and resistant to failure due to thermal shock. Fuel filters fitted with bowls of other than steel construction must be approved by the Commandant and be protected from mechanical damage. Vessel using fuel filter with no bowl attached. Vessel to install metal bowl on fuel filter assembly to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 182.455(b)(6)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
A pre-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing system must: Be approved by the Commandant; Be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Vessel has temporarily unused ducting in engine room creating ventilation opening into space. Vessel to seal opening to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 141.420(a)
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
All vessels must have navigation lights that are in compliance with the applicable sections of the International and Inland Navigation Rules. Vessel to repair forward mast head light and starboard running light to satisfaction of the marine inspector prior to operations at night.
46 CFR 183.420
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
Each life jacket carried on a vessel on oceans or coastwise route, must have a life jacket light approved in accordance with § 161.012 in subchapter Q of this chapter. Vessel has 06 life jackets with nonworking lights. Vessel's max passenger count to be reduced by 06 persons from that listed on COI until repair completed to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 180.75(a)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit that meets the requirements in 46 CFR 199.175(b)(10) or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. Vessel has expired first-aid kit contents (ammonia inhalant, aspirin, burn gel, eye wash). Vessel to replace with unexpired items to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 184.710
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
A marine employer whose vessel is involved in a casualty or incident that is, or is likely to become, a serious marine incident as defined in § 4.03–2 of subchapter A of this chapter shall comply with the requirements of § 4.06 in subchapter A of this chapter. The marine employer must have a sufficient number of alcohol testing devices readily accessible on board the vessel to determine the presence of alcohol in the system of each individual who was directly involved in the SMI. Vessel to replace expired alcohol testing devices to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 185.212
46 CFR 4.06-15(a)(1)
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Protection machines/parts
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
An exposed hazard, such as gears or rotating machinery, must be properly protected by a cover, guard, or rail. Vessel has forward end of main engine, with exposed rotating belts and pulleys, not protected by a guard. Vessel to install guard or rail to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 177.960
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 1 November 2023
Resolved
Each small battery installation must be located in a well ventilated space and protected from falling objects. Vessel has engine room batteries not protected. Vessel to install covers for batteries to satisfaction of the marine inspector.
46 CFR 186.354
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system
Issued 28 December 2022
Resolved
Vessels described by 46 CFR 175.110(c) must have an interconnected fire detection system in compliance with § 181.450 installed in all enclosed areas where passengers and crew have routine access, including accommodation spaces and machinery spaces. Vessel does not have installed detectors in required spaces by 27Dec2022. Vessel has been limited to a Limited Coastwise route until detector installation has been verified by a Marine Inspector.
46 CFR 181.405(c)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 19 October 2022
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 a FCC Type Accepted Category 1, 406 MHz EPIRB, installed to automatically float free and activate. The disposable hydrostatic release that allows the EPIRB to float free, is expired. Install a new un-expired hydrostatic release that allows float free operation of the EPIRB.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Functional requirements
Issued 16 June 2020
Resolved
Vessels operated beyond the 20 nautical miles, but not more than 100 nautical miles from the nearest land, must be equipped with a MF-DSC frequency transmitter meeting the requirements of §80.1101(c)(3) and capable of transmitting J3E emission and a receiver capable of reception of J3E emission within the band 1710 to 2850 kHz,or a functioning satellite phone. The DSC function was not operable on the vessels MF Radio.Provide MF radio installation with functioning DSC or a functioning satellite phone.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 16 June 2020
Resolved
The following spaces must be equipped with a fixed gas fire extinguishing system, in compliance with §181.410, or other fixed fire extinguishing system specifically approved by the Commandant, except as otherwise allowed by paragraph (b) of this section:
(1) A space containing propulsion machinery;
(2) A space containing an internal combustion engine of more than 37.3 kW (50 hp)
The generator space containing the ships service diesel generator was not equipped with any fixed gas fire extinguishing system. Operation of the ships service diesel generator is prohibited until an approved fixed gas fire extinguishing system is installed, or proof that the Diesel engine is not more than 50 horse power.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
The master of the vessel shall ensure that: Each EPIRB, other than an EPIRB in an inflatable liferaft, must be tested monthly, using the integrated test circuit and output indicator, to determine that it is operative; The EPIRB test required by paragraph (a) shall be logged or otherwise documented, as applicable the required EPIRB tests were not being logged. Provide record and maintain onboard the vessel of EPIRB tests.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
The master of the vessel shall ensure that the EPIRB's battery is replaced after it is used, or before the date required by FCC regulations in 47 CFR part 80, whichever comes sooner. The vessels EPIRB battery is expired. Replace vessels EPIRB battery or install a new EPIRB with an unexpired battery.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
Each survival craft must be: Stowed so that when the vessel sinks the survival craft floats free and, if inflatable, inflates automatically. The hydrostatic release that allows the liferaft to automatically float free was expired. Install new unexpired hydrostatic release.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
A vessel on an oceans, coastwise, limited coastwise, or Great Lakes route must carry, Six hand red flare distress signals approved in accordance with §160.021 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant, including, but not limited to, approval series 160.121; and, Six hand orange smoke distress signals approved in accordance with §160.037 in subchapter Q of this chapter, or other standard specified by the Commandant. There were only three orange smoke distress signals onboard the vessel. Three additional unexpired orange smoke distress signals shall be placed in service onboard the vessel.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved under approval series 160.041 or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. For equivalent kits, the contents must be stowed in a suitable, watertight container that is marked “First-Aid Kit”. A first-aid kit must be easily visible and readily available to the crew. The first aid kit contained several items that were expired. Provide new first aid kit, or replace expired items with new non expired items.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
A vessel must comply with the applicable requirements for any radio and Electronic Position Indicating Radiobeacon (EPIRB) installations, including the requirements for a station license and installation certificates to be issued by the Federal Communications Commission, as set forth in 47 CFR part 80. The FCC Safety Radio Certificate was expired. A new unexpired FCC Safety Radio Certificate must be obtained and placed aboard the vessel.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Functional requirements
Issued 16 December 2019
Resolved
Vessels operated beyond the 20 nautical mile limitation specified in paragraph, but not more than 100 nautical miles from the nearest land, must be equipped with a MF-DSC frequency transmitter meeting the requirements of §80.1101(c)(3) and capable of transmitting J3E emission and a receiver capable of reception of J3E emission within the band 1710 to 2850 kHz, in addition to the VHF-DSC radiotelephone installation required by paragraph (a)(1) of this section. The DSC function was not operable on the vessels VHF, and MF radios. Provide vessel with 01 VHF radio installation with functioning DSC, and 01 MF radio installation with functioning DSC.
Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Serviceable
Issued 13 December 2017
Resolved
Worn out seagull pecked deteriorated ring buoy
Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Other Accommodation Spaces › Open Deck Space
Issued 13 December 2017
Resolved
Hand rails port and starboard attached to pilot house loose
Engineering › Shafting/Propeller Arrangements › Stern Tube Lubrication/Sealing
Issued 13 December 2017
Resolved
Worn out shaft packing, excessive leakage
Casualty record · 3
4 December 2017Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6318034
25 October 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7083639
23 August 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7300600
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.