SOUTH CHANNEL

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

SOUTH CHANNEL is a 1973 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2026, along with 3 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2011.

Records from 2011 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 2 June 2026.

Built: 1973
Last inspected: 2 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 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 2 June 2026

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations14

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 3 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

547083

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WAL 9898

47473

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-47473

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)64.5 ft × 30.3 ft × 6.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 94 / net 67

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBLOUNT MARINE CORPORATION · WARREN RI, UNITED STATES · built 1973

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portALGONAC, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 2 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it94 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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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Inspection history · 16

2 June 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8387253

20 October 2025 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Vessel Attendance

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8255706

3 June 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8150682

12 June 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7935600

2 May 2023 Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7679508

14 June 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7483202

18 March 2022 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7418404

22 June 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7232981

17 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7035545

16 June 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6980067

20 June 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6719777

21 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 6629627

8 November 2018 Deficiency Check · Hull Examination · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6579517

12 June 2018 Drydock Exam · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6423312

7 June 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6169148

7 June 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5902303

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition

Issued 16 June 2020 Resolved

Each child size life jacket must be stowed in a location that is appropriately marked and separated from adult life jackets so the child size life jackets are not mistaken for adult life jackets. Child lifejackets were not kept separate from adult lifejackets were found mingled with adult, not in keeping with posted signs.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 16 July 2020
Resolved 24 June 2020
Resolution: Life jackets were seperated by sizes as posted.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear

Issued 16 June 2020 Resolved

A vessel must be provided with a main steering gear that is of adequate strength. A significant hydraulic fluid leak was found in a piping elbow near the expansion tank on the island side.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 16 July 2020
Resolved 24 June 2020
Resolution: Email and pictures confirmed the hydraulic leak was repaired.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Log-books/compulsory entries

Issued 20 June 2019 Resolved

Vessel not logging month fire or lifesaving inspections.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 June 2019
Resolved 20 June 2019

Casualty record · 1

3 September 2011Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 4144840

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.