TOP SHELF

Passenger (Uninspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1990s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

TOP SHELF is a 1999 passenger vessel (uninspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections in 2018, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2018.

Records in 2018. Most recent: inspection, 5 June 2018.

Built: 1999
Last inspected: 5 June 2018
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2018
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1078651

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491917

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-491917

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 8 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 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.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 1 calendar year (2018)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2018, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 2016–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity 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.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)28.4 ft × 10.4 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 9 / net 7

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCAROLINA CLASSIC BOATS · EDENTON, NC, UNITED STATES · built 1999

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWANCHESE, NC

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational

DocumentationExpired · issued 30 June 2004

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Uninspected)

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it9 - Simplified, Gross Ton
7 - 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.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 2

5 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Oregon Inlet · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6435481

5 June 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6488529

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Casualty record · 1

5 June 2018Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6488529

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.

Recorded names · 1

WAVE DANCER (2018). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.