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BLUE DOLPHIN
BLUE DOLPHIN is a 1999 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 23 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2025, along with 6 deficiencies and 4 casualty investigations between 2004 and 2021.
Records from 2004 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 October 2025.
- Built
- 1999
- Last inspected
- 15 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2004–2021
Identity
1082213
WCZ4125
496618
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-496618
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
…with no type recorded2
Years with a record
9 calendar years (2016–2025)
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)62.6 ft × 25.0 ft × 8.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 46 / net 37
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderKNIGHT & CARVER YACHT · NATIONAL CITY CA, UNITED STATES · built 1999
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionAuxiliary Sail
Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED
Hull configurationTwin Hull
Hailing portKOLOA, HI
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 18 August 2025 · expires 30 September 2026
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 it46 - Simplified, Gross Ton
37 - Simplified, Net Ton
37 - 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.
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Inspected as a tow unit · 1
The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
BLUE DOLPHIN II Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 563799 · 18 September 2021 · activity 7321555Inspection history · 23
15 October 2025
Deficiency Check · COI Inspection
Physical examination · OP location-Sector Honolulu Prevention Department- Lihue · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8252049
23 May 2025
Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8137866
30 October 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · OP location-Sector Honolulu Prevention Department- Lihue · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8027246
15 November 2023
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7840393
4 May 2023
Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7684059
16 November 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7592325
15 May 2022
Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7464782
21 October 2021
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7337140
18 September 2021
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7321555
30 March 2021
In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7165909
30 October 2020
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7087450
28 May 2020
Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6963165
30 January 2020
Administrative Inspection · Excursion Permit
Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6899106
21 January 2020
Excursion Permit · Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6893322
4 December 2019
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6867567
6 May 2019
Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6683261
12 March 2019
Examination of Repairs · Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6642155
12 March 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6660879
31 January 2019
Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6618173
13 December 2017
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6323451
15 May 2017
Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6160757
19 April 2017
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6128543
1 December 2016
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6051031
Deficiency record · 6
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 October 2025
Resolved
A space containing diesel machinery must be fitted with at least two ducts to furnish natural or powered supply and exhaust ventilation. The total inlet area and the total outlet area of each ventilation duct may not be less than one square inch for each foot of beam of the vessel. These minimum areas must be increased as necessary when the ducts are considered as part of the air supply to the engines. One duct to furnish ventilation was missing from vessel. Provide two ducts to furnish ventilation using approved plans.
46 CFR 182.465(c)
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire prevention structural integrity
Issued 15 November 2023
Resolved
Vessel was built with General Purpose resin and requires non composite insulation. Install material or an approved equivalent and prove proper insulation
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 21 October 2021
Resolved
Managing operator shall be prepared to conduct tests and have vessel ready for inspection of the condition of the mast and sail arrangements and all rigging components.
MI found the Main sail Travel Bracket to be worn by 50%. Vessel shall provide serviceable travel bracket and prove operational test.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces
Issued 21 October 2021
Resolved
Fuel shut off valves at the tank must be manually operated outside the compartment in which the valve is located.
MI found the starboard Fuel shut off valve not capable of closing completely from out side the space. Provide system works as per design and prove valve is capable of closing from outside the space
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills
Issued 30 October 2020
Resolved
Drills are required to be completed in the presence of a CG Marine Inspector during each inspection for recertification. Due to restrictions stemming from COVID-19 restrictions the vessel is in an INACTIVE status IAW CVC-WI-08(1) and drills have been deferred until the vessel resumes operations. Drills must be performed in the presence of a CG MI prior to the carriage of passengers.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 31 January 2019
Resolved
Each life float shall be provided with a floating water light. The vessel has 4 life floats arranged into two groups with only one light per group. Provide two additional floating lights.
Casualty record · 4
20 July 2004Routine · role: Moored/Anchored in Vicinity of Primary Subject · serious marine incident, as classified · 2 injured · activity 2147460
27 July 2005Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 1 injured · activity 2443219
12 March 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6660879
18 September 2021Routine · role: Sighted in Area · activity 7321555
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
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