CHALLENGE is a 1975 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 1981, most recently in September 1986, along with 1 deficiency.
Records from 1981 to 1986. Most recent: inspection, 28 September 1986.
The 8 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 40 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
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)100.0 ft × 21.7 ft × 7.1 ft
Registered tonnagegross 97 / net 65
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSWIFTSHIPS HULL · MORGAN CITY LA · built 1975
Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)
Hull formunknown (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 65 - 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 September 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.
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 · 8
28 September 1986Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1312413
27 February 1986Credit Drydock · COI Inspection
Physical examination · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1307541
20 August 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1296222
28 February 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1286280
2 March 1984Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 974107
30 June 1983Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 969569
2 July 1982Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 971422
11 June 1981Type not recorded
No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1274529
PROVIDE DISTINCT MANCFATURE PLATE INFORMATION AND [name withheld] SHIP'S SERVICE AIR RECEIVERS. ONCE PROVIDED, ATTACHED THIS INFO OR MATION TO THE AIR RECEIVERS AS ORIGINAL THE ABOVE ITEM TO THE COMPLETED TO THE SATISFACTION OF A COAST GUARD MARINE INSPECTION PRIOR TO 30APR86.
Condition: Unknown
Due 30 April 1986
Resolved 18 May 2002
Resolution: MISLE Maintenance - Resolved all open deficiencies issued prior to 6/1/1997 where activity was closed and deficiency due date was past
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.
