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MS. JOY

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

MS. JOY is a 1998 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 2016, most recently in February 2026, along with 39 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2007 and 2011.

Records from 2007 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 12 February 2026.

Built
1998
Last inspected
12 February 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
18
Deficiencies
39 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date
Casualties
2 investigations · 2007–2011

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 12 February 2026
Recorded inspections18
…physical examinations16
…administrative events1
…with no type recorded1
Deficiencies 39 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 8 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

US Official No.
1062000
IMO number
8964240
Call sign
WCY2036
MISLE id
468735
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-468735

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)137.6 ft × 30.0 ft × 12.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 98 / net 68
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)137.6 ft × 30.0 ft × 12.0 ft
ITC tonnagegross 309 / net 92
BuilderBREAUX'S BAY CRAFT, INC. · LOREAUVILLE, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1998
Hull materialAluminum
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED
Hailing portBAYOU LA BATRE, AL
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 28 July 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it309 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
92 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
68 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
310 - Dead Weight, Ton
126 - Displacement, 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.
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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.

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Inspection history · 18

12 February 2026 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8310271
17 June 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8150451
4 April 2025 Administrative Inspection · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8105245
27 November 2023 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7829816
14 November 2023 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7824782
22 February 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7636560
16 December 2021 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7369106
16 November 2021 Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7352374
4 February 2021 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7135973
12 June 2020 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6974629
15 January 2020 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6890228
19 November 2019 Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6858387
11 April 2019 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6664464
18 January 2019 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6612178
27 October 2017 Examination of Repairs · Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6296117
27 October 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6296121
9 February 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6085237
21 January 2016 DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5801296

Deficiency record · 39

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 12 February 2026 Resolved
A vessel to which this subchapter applies may not be operated without having on board a valid U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection. Vessel's COI is expired. Vessel is prohibited from carrying passengers until the Certificate of Inspection is renewed.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 2 March 2026
Resolved 2 March 2026
Resolution: Conducted COI renewal. Issued temp COI and routed full term.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rigid liferafts
Issued 12 February 2026 Resolved
The float-free link required by § 180.130(a)(1) must be: Of proper strength for the size of the life float or buoyant apparatus as indicated on its identification tag; observed weak link not the proper strength for both port and starboard side.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 March 2026
Resolved 4 March 2026
Resolution: Provided proper weak link for liftfloats
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Auxiliary engine
Issued 12 February 2026 Resolved
Electrical equipment on a vessel must be installed and maintained to:(a) Provide services necessary for safety under normal and emergency conditions; observed grease and dust build-up around stator. The Bridge-to-Bridge Act and the regulations of this part apply to the following vessels in the navigable waters of the United States:(a) Every power-driven
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 March 2026
Resolved 4 March 2026
Resolution: Provided picture of clean stators
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 12 February 2026 Resolved
The Bridge-to-Bridge Act and the regulations of this part apply to the following vessels in the navigable waters of the United States:(a) Every power-driven vessel of 20 meters or over in length while navigating; observed vessels Bridge-to-Bridge certificate was expired.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 March 2026
Resolved 4 March 2026
Resolution: Provided picture of updated certificate
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 12 February 2026 Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 March 2026
Resolved 4 March 2026
Resolution: Provided picture of renewed certificate
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 17 June 2025 Resolved
Each survival craft must be secured to the vessel by a painter with a float free link. Vessel Representative could not prove the adequacy of the float free link presently on board.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 July 2025
Resolved 3 July 2025
Resolution: Weak links replaced, evidenced with new tags.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Voyage or passage plan
Issued 17 June 2025 Resolved
The master of a vessel shall keep a correct, written count of all passengers that embark on and disembark from the vessel. Vessel could not provide a passenger list or log.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 17 June 2025
Resolution: vessel created new log on the spot
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 2 June 2025 Resolved
To maintain a valid Certificate of Inspection, you must complete your annual inspection within the periods specified in § 176.500(b)(1) and your Certificate of Inspection must be endorsed. Your vessel must undergo an annual inspection within the 3 months before or after each anniversary date. Vessel has gone beyond the 3 month window to receive an annual inspection.
Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 17 June 2025
Resolution: Completed COI annual. Did not conduct COI renewal due to anniversary date falling during time vessel was in dry dock.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)
Issued 22 February 2023 Resolved
At each inspection for certification and at every other vessel inspection the bilges and other spaces may be examined to see that there is no excessive accumulation of oil, trash, debris, or other matter that might create a fire hazard. Significant accumulation of oil underneath four main engines to be satisfactorily cleaned.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 March 2023
Resolved 2 March 2023
Resolution: Cleaned oil beneath the engines
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Signs, indications
Issued 22 February 2023 Resolved
The maximum number of passengers allowed on an upper deck must be indicated by a durable marking. Upper deck has no markings indicating number of passengers allowed.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 March 2023
Resolved 2 March 2023
Resolution: Marked ladder to upper deck "no passengers allowed"
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 22 February 2023 Resolved
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 and the EPIRB test required shall be logged or otherwise documented. Vessel not testing EPIRB monthly or logging tests when conducted.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 22 February 2023
Resolved 2 March 2023
Resolution: Vessel created Monthly Survival Equipment Inspection log & inputted inspection results from February.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 4 February 2021 Resolved
Each life float must be fitted with 2 paddles of at least 4 feet in length and lashed to the life float to which it belongs. Paddles were not lashed to life floats.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 9 February 2021
Resolved 9 February 2021
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 4 February 2021 Resolved
Each life float must be fitted with a floating water light approved under 46 CFR 161.010. Watertight light was not functional.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 9 February 2021
Resolved 9 February 2021
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 February 2020 Resolved
Missing instruction placard for tranfer between primary and auxillary steering at transfer station. Install instructions at transfer station.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 February 2020
Resolved 9 February 2021
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for radio personnel
Issued 6 February 2020 Resolved
FCC station lisence expired. Renew FCC station lisence.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 February 2020
Resolved 9 February 2021
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical
Issued 6 February 2020 Resolved
Electrical extension cord mounted as a permanant source of power for equipment at the primary operating station. Remove extension cord and equipment or install certified permanantly mounted electical outlet.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 February 2020
Resolved 9 February 2021
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 6 February 2020 Resolved
First aid kit on crew deck missing items and other items expired. Install complete first aid kit.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 February 2020
Resolved 9 February 2021
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
All required navigation charts were not updated. Provide updated/corrected navigation charts for operating areas.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Observed updated navigation charts.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
On board voyage plan is not submitted to ashore representative. Provide voyage plan to ashore representative prior to departing on voyage.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Observed voyage and passenger plan is being submitted to ashore representative.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Stability Information Booklet
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Stability letter was not posted at the operating station. Post Stability letter at operation station.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Observed stability letter posted at operating station.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Functional requirements
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
MMSI and GPS information were not programed on all radios. Program MMSI/GPS information into all radios.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Observed MMSI and GPS programmed into radios.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Forepeak bilge suction piping severed at collision bulkhead. Repair and operationally test bilge system.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 28 March 2019
Resolved 28 March 2019
Resolution: Provided proof of corrected deficiency
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found portable fire extinguishers and stations were not maintained correctly. Log monthly inspections and label all portable fire extinguisher stations.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Portable fire extinguishers are being maintained and logged as required.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found spanner wrench at starboard deck fire hydrant broken. Provide spanner wrench at starboard fire station
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Observed new spanner wrench at starboard fire station.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.)
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found escape hatch not attached to vessel. Provide means to attach hatch cover to prevent its loss.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Escape hatch is attached to vessel.
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found not all through-hull passages in aft generator bulkhead were water tight. Make all through hull fittings in aft generator room bulkhead water tight.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Through-hull passages are tight and sealed.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found rudder angle indicator broken. Renew inoperable rudder angle indicator within 7 days.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 3 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Rudder angle indicator is installed and working.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Closing devices/watertight doors
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Adjust dogs on maindeck forward escape hatch to seal door when closed.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Door is adjusted and closes tightly.
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Renew all bilge pickup strainers to size not less than three times the area of the bilge piping.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: All bilge pickup strainers are new and sized appropriately.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Renew all navigation light bulbs with manufacturer recommended bulbs.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Navigation lights have manufacturer recommended bulbs installed.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Renew frayed and cracking fixed fire fighting CO2 cylinder hoses.
Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Renewed frayed and cracked CO2 hoses.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Renew pull cable tubing runs for fixed fire fighting CO2 system at next dry dock availability.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 November 2019
Resolved 26 November 2019
Resolution: Observed new tubing, All Sat. uploaded paperwork from servicing representative
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found cracked welds on both sides of steering rudder posts. Repair all cracked welds.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 28 March 2019
Resolved 28 March 2019
Resolution: Welder repaired cracks on both rudder posts.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Post emergency placard including correct CG monitoring frequencies.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 April 2019
Resolved 4 April 2019
Resolution: Posted updated emergency broadcast placards.
08 - Alarms › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire alarm
Issued 28 March 2019 Resolved
Found battery removed from smoke detector.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 28 March 2019
Resolved 28 March 2019
Resolution: Representative renewed battery for smoke detector.
Communications › Radio Communications › Satellite Communications Capability
Issued 2 March 2017 Resolved
Have DSC work properly with GPS or have VHF with Lat & Long on it.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 2 April 2017
Resolved 3 March 2017
Resolution: Provided DSC with GPS capabilities.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Training Requirements
Issued 2 March 2017 Resolved
Provide letter of completion of supervisory training for all captains or any one on board that is in a supervisory position.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 2 April 2017
Resolved 2 March 2017
Resolution: Was corrected during inspection.
Fire Fighting › Fixed Fire Detection System › Approval
Issued 3 February 2016 Resolved
Vessel had a new fixed fire detection system panel box installed in the pilot house; could not provide documentation that the panel box is 'CG' approved type IAW 46 CFR 161.002. Provide documentation or proof that the system is 'CG' approved.
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 February 2016
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: Removed and replaced panel box and installed a "CG" approved type panel box IAW 46 CFR 161.002.
Communications › Alarms/Indicators › General Alarm
Issued 3 February 2016 Resolved
General Alarm strobe light in the vessel's 'rudder room' did not operate when tested. Light shall be made to operate properly. IAW 46 CFR 183.200
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 10 February 2016
Resolved 17 February 2016
Resolution: All general alarms, lights, audible alarms, and detectors tested with successful completion of operational checks alongside fire servicing technician. Panel display reprogrammed to indicate accurate zone display of fire locations.

Casualty record · 2

5 January 2007Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2854927
27 July 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4102768
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.